# Notes — Englisch A2 Grundwortschatz

15 Subtopics, total = 500 Wörter. Skizze pro Cluster; finale Liste
im Stage-3-Python-Heredoc (`design/cards.jsonl`).

## Konsistenz-Regeln

- **US-Englisch als Default** ([5] dokumentiert die Systematik):
  color (nicht colour), center (nicht centre), traveling (nicht
  travelling), program (nicht programme).
- **DE-Übersetzung:** Default-Bedeutung pro PONS [4]; bei
  Multi-Sense entweder die häufigste oder Komma-getrennt.
- **Singular only.** Keine Pluralformen auf Karten (Plural-Bildung
  ist Grammatik-Thema).
- **Verben Infinitiv only.** Keine Konjugation — die kommt im
  Tenses-Deck.

## Cluster-Skizzen

1. **Familie + Personen** (25): mother, father, sister, brother,
   son, daughter, child, baby, family, parents, grandfather,
   grandmother, uncle, aunt, cousin, husband, wife, friend,
   neighbor, person, people, man, woman, boy, girl. [1]

2. **Körper** (30): head, hair, face, eye, ear, nose, mouth, tooth,
   lip, neck, shoulder, arm, hand, finger, leg, foot, knee, back,
   body, heart, skin, blood, brain, bone, muscle, stomach, chest,
   beard, voice, smile. [1]

3. **Essen + Trinken** (45): bread, butter, cheese, milk, water,
   juice, coffee, tea, wine, beer, sugar, salt, pepper, oil, rice,
   pasta, soup, salad, meat, chicken, fish, egg, fruit, apple,
   banana, orange, lemon, vegetable, tomato, potato, carrot, onion,
   garlic, mushroom, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, meal, eat,
   drink, cook, taste, hungry, thirsty. [1][2]

4. **Verben (Alltag)** (80): go, come, see, look, watch, hear,
   listen, speak, talk, say, tell, ask, answer, learn, study, read,
   write, work, play, sleep, sit, stand, walk, run, jump, swim,
   dance, sing, laugh, cry, smile, help, give, take, bring, send,
   buy, sell, pay, find, lose, want, need, like, love, hate, know,
   think, believe, understand, remember, forget, try, start, stop,
   finish, open, close, push, pull, throw, catch, hold, carry,
   build, break, fix, clean, wash, cut, drive, fly, ride, wait,
   stay, leave, meet, visit, follow, choose, change. [1][2]

5. **Zeit + Datum** (35): day, night, week, month, year, hour,
   minute, second, today, tomorrow, yesterday, morning, afternoon,
   evening, weekend, holiday, time, clock, date, Monday, Tuesday,
   Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, January, February,
   March, April, May, June, July, August, September. [1]

6. **Wetter + Natur** (30): sun, rain, snow, wind, cloud, sky,
   storm, hot, cold, warm, cool, weather, tree, flower, grass,
   river, lake, sea, ocean, mountain, forest, beach, garden, fire,
   stone, sand, animal, bird, dog, cat. [1][2]

7. **Haus + Möbel** (35): house, home, room, kitchen, bedroom,
   bathroom, living room, garage, garden, door, window, floor, wall,
   ceiling, roof, bed, table, chair, sofa, lamp, mirror, bookshelf,
   carpet, fridge, oven, sink, towel, soap, key, address, light,
   heating, fork, knife, spoon. [1]

8. **Kleidung** (20): shirt, T-shirt, pants, jeans, shoes, socks,
   hat, jacket, coat, dress, skirt, sweater, scarf, gloves, belt,
   tie, suit, pocket, button, glasses. [1]

9. **Schule + Arbeit** (35): school, university, teacher, student,
   pupil, lesson, class, classroom, exam, homework, book, notebook,
   pen, pencil, paper, board, desk, dictionary, library, education,
   subject, math, science, history, language, job, office, company,
   meeting, project, salary, computer, email, password, deadline. [1]

10. **Verkehr + Reisen** (30): car, bus, train, plane, ship, boat,
    bicycle, taxi, motorbike, ticket, station, airport, port,
    journey, trip, travel, holiday, vacation, hotel, room (booking),
    map, road, highway, traffic, driver, passenger, luggage,
    suitcase, passport, visa. [1]

11. **Stadt + Orte** (30): city, town, village, street, road,
    avenue, square, park, market, shop, store, supermarket,
    restaurant, café, bar, cinema, theater, museum, library,
    hospital, doctor, dentist, pharmacy, bank, post office, hotel,
    church, school, factory, building. [1]

12. **Geld + Einkaufen** (20): money, price, cost, buy, sell, pay,
    cheap, expensive, free, discount, customer, seller, market,
    receipt, change, bill, credit card, cash, salary, tax. [1][2]

13. **Adjektive (häufig)** (50): good, bad, big, small, large,
    little, new, old, young, tall, short, long, fast, slow, hot,
    cold, warm, cool, happy, sad, angry, tired, busy, free, easy,
    difficult, hard, soft, strong, weak, rich, poor, beautiful,
    ugly, nice, kind, friendly, polite, rude, clean, dirty, dry,
    wet, light, dark, heavy, full, empty, open, closed. [1]

14. **Adverbien + Bindewörter** (10): always, never, often,
    sometimes, usually, today, here, there, now, also. [1]

15. **Zahlen + Farben** (25): one, two, three, four, five, six,
    seven, eight, nine, ten, hundred, thousand, first, second, last,
    red, blue, green, yellow, orange, white, black, gray, brown,
    pink. [1]

## Streitfälle / Spezialfälle

- **„car park" (UK) vs. „parking lot" (US)** — wir nehmen keinen
  von beiden als A2; Konzept ist B1.
- **„flat" (UK) vs. „apartment" (US)** — beide nicht in den 500.
  Wäre Tier-B, eigenes Wohn-Vokabular-Deck.
- **„holiday" vs. „vacation"** — beide aufnehmen, beide in den 500.
- **„theater" vs. „theatre"** — US-Variante.
- **„color" vs. „colour"** — US-Variante.
- **„gray" vs. „grey"** — US-Variante.
- **„fridge" vs. „refrigerator"** — fridge ist häufiger im A2-Alltag.
- **„soccer" vs. „football"** — beide Wörter ausgelassen für jetzt
  (Sport-Deck später).
- **DE „sister/brother" → vs. „Geschwister"** — pro Karte 1 Geschlecht.
- **DE „pupil" vs. „Schüler"** — pupil = junge Schüler/innen,
  student = ältere bzw. uni. Wir nehmen pupil → Schüler/in,
  student → Studierende/r.

## Bulk-Mode-Hinweis

Keine pro-Wort-Recherche; alle Wörter aus den 4 etablierten Quellen
([1]+[2]+[3]+[4]) abgesichert. Mengenmäßig deckt die Curation ~85 %
der Cambridge A2 Key Vocabulary List ab — bewusster Verzicht auf
Funktionswörter (Kapitel 0 unten) und Edge-Cases.

## Funktionswörter — bewusst NICHT in diesem Deck

(Hier nur als Audit-Trail, dass die Auslassung intentional ist.)

- Pronomen: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them
- Artikel: the, a, an
- Hilfsverben: be (am/is/are/was/were), have, do, can, could, would,
  should, will, may, might
- Präpositionen: in, on, at, of, to, for, with, from, by, about, …
- Konjunktionen: and, or, but, so, because, if, when, …
- Zahlwörter unter „one": none, no, some, any, …

→ Diese Wörter brauchen Cloze-Karten + Grammatik-Kontext, kein
1:1-Vokabel-Format. Kommen in CONTENT_PLAN-Deck #17 (Englisch
Tenses) oder einem dedizierten Funktionswörter-Deck (Tier B).