Describing appearance
Wie siehst du aus? – What do you look like?
To write an answer to this question, you need to know some vocabulary to describe appearance.
Question
Using the vocabulary in the grid below, create as many sentences as possible to describe different appearances under the following categories:
- size
- eyes
- hair
- other features
Examples:
- ich bin klein - I'm small (size)
- ich habe grüne Augen - I have green eyes (eyes)
- ich habe lange Haare - I have long hair (hair)
- ich habe einen Bart – I have a beard (other features)
Size
- ich bin groß – I am tall
- ich bin mittelgroß – I am medium-sized
- ich bin klein – I am small
- ich bin dick – I am fat
- ich bin schlank – I am slim
Eyes
- ich habe blaue Augen – I have blue eyes
- ich habe braune Augen – I have brown eyes
- ich habe graue Augen – I have grey eyes
- ich habe grüne Augen – I have green eyes
- ich habe blaugraue Augen – I have blue-grey eyes
Hair
- ich habe kurze Haare – I have short hair
- ich habe mittellange Haare – I have mid-length hair
- ich habe lange Haare – I have long hair
- ich habe glatte Haare – I have straight hair
- ich habe graue Haare – I have grey hair
- ich habe lockige Haare – I have curly hair
- ich habe braune Haare – I have brown hair
- ich habe rote Haare – I have ginger/red hair
- ich habe schwarze Haare – I have black hair
- ich habe blonde Haare – I have blond hair
- ich habe hellbraune Haare – I have light brown hair
- ich habe dunkelbraune Haare – I have dark brown hair
- ich habe keine Haare – I have no hair
Other features
- ich habe einen Bart – I have a beard
- ich habe einen Schnurrbart – I have a moustache
You could also use the verb tragen - to wear:
- ich trage eine Brille – I wear glasses
Er hat einen langen Bart – He's as old as the hills/He's long in the tooth (literally: He has a long beard)
