A2 German · separable-prefix verbs
Nächte am See
A woman slips into a city lake at night and leaves her worries on the shore. One of the most readable songs here — nearly every word is high-frequency — and its calm imagery is carried by separable-prefix verbs, the ones whose prefix flies to the end.
Generated using AI, checked by people · A2 German · published 2026-09-12
Lights dance on the city lake
The night breathes softly beside me
I am the woman who seeks water
Streets fall silent, only wind speaks
My feet find the cold stones
Moon-glass shimmers on my skin
The city grows distant, almost like a dream
I dive into this gentle blue
Only the lake and me, just we two
All my worries stay above
Under stars I breathe completely free
Your laughter rolls like little waves
We whisper softly about tomorrow
And still we stay another moment
I dive into this gentle blue
Only the lake and me, just we two
All my worries stay above
Under stars I breathe completely free
The city calls, but we walk slowly
The night in the lake stays deep within me
89%
of this song's words are in the 5,000 most common
55
words from the top 1,000
1–2,328
frequency ranks covered
75
unique words in the lyrics
Lyrics, line by line
Hover or tap a word for its meaning and frequency rank (1 = most common).
Intro
Lichter tanzen auf dem Stadtsee
Lights dance on the city lake
Die Nacht atmet leise neben mir
The night breathes softly beside me
Verse
Ich bin die Frau, die Wasser sucht
I am the woman who seeks water
Straßen schweigen, nur der Wind spricht
Streets fall silent, only wind speaks
Meine Füße finden kalte Steine
My feet find the cold stones
Mondglas schimmert auf meiner Haut
Moon-glass shimmers on my skin
Die Stadt wird fern, fast wie ein Traum
The city grows distant, almost like a dream
Chorus
Ich tauch ein in dieses weiche Blau
I dive into this gentle blue
Nur der See und ich, wir zwei
Only the lake and me, just we two
Alle Sorgen bleiben oben zurück
All my worries stay above
Unter Sternen atme ich ganz frei
Under stars I breathe completely free
Verse-short
Dein Lachen rollt wie kleine Wellen
Your laughter rolls like little waves
Wir flüstern leise über Morgen
We whisper softly about tomorrow
Und bleiben doch noch einen Moment
And still we stay another moment
Chorus
Ich tauch ein in dieses weiche Blau
I dive into this gentle blue
Nur der See und ich, wir zwei
Only the lake and me, just we two
Alle Sorgen bleiben oben zurück
All my worries stay above
Unter Sternen atme ich ganz frei
Under stars I breathe completely free
Outro
Die Stadt ruft, doch wir gehen langsam
The city calls, but we walk slowly
Die Nacht im See bleibt tief in mir
The night in the lake stays deep within me
A1 · the 55 words to know first
Every word in this song that sits in the 1,000 most common German words, by rank.
| Rank | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | dem | The |
| 1 | Die | The |
| 1 | der | The |
| 2 | und | And |
| 3 | in | In (prep.) |
| 4 | bin | To be |
| 5 | ein | A, an |
| 5 | einen | A, an |
| 8 | wird | To become, get |
| 10 | Ich | I |
| 16 | auf | On, at, to |
| 24 | dieses | This, that |
| 25 | wie | How |
| 26 | wir | We |
| 33 | noch | Still, yet |
| 36 | Alle | All (pron.) |
| 39 | nur | Only |
| 47 | über | Above, over, about |
| 51 | Meine | My, mine |
| 51 | meiner | My, mine |
| 63 | mir | Me |
| 66 | gehen | To go |
| 69 | ganz | Whole, all the |
| 70 | zwei | Two |
| 73 | doch | However, but |
| 89 | Unter | Under |
| 99 | Frau | Woman, wife, Mrs. |
| 103 | finden | To find |
| 110 | kleine | Small, little |
| 113 | bleiben | To stay, remain |
| 113 | bleibt | To stay, remain |
| 161 | spricht | To speak |
| 202 | fast | Almost |
| 204 | Stadt | City, town |
| 233 | Dein | Your |
| 245 | Wasser | Water |
| 266 | neben | Next to, beside |
| 289 | frei | Free |
| 293 | sucht | To search, look for |
| 325 | Nacht | Night |
| 358 | Moment | Moment |
| 391 | Straßen | Street |
| 417 | oben | Above, up there |
| 436 | Lichter | Light |
| 442 | tief | Deep |
| 444 | Lachen | To laugh |
| 526 | langsam | Slow |
| 530 | ruft | To call |
| 573 | Füße | Foot |
| 618 | Sorgen | To worry, take care |
| 621 | Morgen | Morning |
| 887 | kalte | Cold |
| 948 | Blau | Blue |
| 973 | schweigen | To remain silent |
| 992 | Traum | Dream |
B1 grammar note
separable verbs — the prefix goes to the end
"Ich tauch ein in dieses weiche Blau" comes from eintauchen (to dive in): in the sentence the prefix ein detaches and jumps to the end, leaving tauch with the subject. "Alle Sorgen bleiben oben zurück" does the same with zurückbleiben. Once you spot this you'll hear the little stranded prefix — ein, zurück, an, auf — closing line after line of German.
Questions
- What level is "Nächte am See"?
- A2 German. 55 of its 75 unique words are in the 1,000 most common German words, and 89% are in the top 5,000, so it is readable early and still teaches ranks up to 2,328.
- What grammar does this song teach?
- separable verbs — the prefix goes to the end. "Ich tauch ein in dieses weiche Blau" comes from eintauchen (to dive in): in the sentence the prefix ein detaches and jumps to the end, leaving tauch with the subject.
- Is the song real or AI-generated?
- The song, video and translations are generated using AI and checked by people. Every page says so, and the lyrics are original — no licensed recordings are used.
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