German Skeleton Worksheet – Label the Bones

Name twelve bones and bone groups in German, from Schädel at the top to Zehenknochen at the foot

Place each German term on the right part of a skeleton diagram

Complete three German sentences from partial letters, including the term for the rib cage the Rippenknochen form

The ruled lines on the blank version are cut to the length of the word they replace, which gives a real clue for the long compounds and makes the page workable earlier than a plain blank would be.

Everything on the page is in German, including the instructions and the closing line, so it works as an immersion sheet without translation on the page.

Use the labeled diagram to check bone labels. No completed answers are supplied for the three letter-gap prompts.

German body vocabulary - twelve bone names are given in position on a skeleton, then withdrawn on the following page for the student to supply.

Compound-noun awareness - Oberschenkelknochen, Unterschenkelknochen, Fingerknochen and Zehenknochen all build on the same root, so the pattern carries most of the list.

Sentence completion in German - three riddles supply a few letters each and ask for the missing word, including what the Rippenknochen form and what the skeleton protects.