B1 German · verb-second (V2) after a fronted phrase
Dachgarten im Regen
Two people stay out on a rooftop garden as the rain comes down, voices mixing with the weather. A soft jazz-pop mood piece whose lines keep starting with the scene rather than the subject — a perfect place to hear German's verb-second rule.
Generated using AI, checked by people · B1 German · published 2026-09-12
Wet wind above the lights
Gentle jazz inside my hands
I am the woman on this roof
Flowers dance softly in the rain
Your footsteps are getting slower
Between flowerpots our silence grows
City lights float in puddles
Stay up here until the clouds pass
Our voices blend with the falling rain
In the rooftop garden a quiet courage grows
When you laugh, the night becomes good again
Your coat drips beside my shoes
My fingers draw circles on glass
We drink the sky from little cups
Stay up here until the clouds pass
Our voices blend with the falling rain
In the rooftop garden a quiet courage grows
When you laugh, the night becomes good again
The rain slowly whispers itself out
And our rooftop garden holds the night tight
83%
of this song's words are in the 5,000 most common
51
words from the top 1,000
1–2,983
frequency ranks covered
80
unique words in the lyrics
Lyrics, line by line
Hover or tap a word for its meaning and frequency rank (1 = most common).
Intro
Nasser Wind über den Lichtern
Wet wind above the lights
Sanfter Jazz in meinen Händen
Gentle jazz inside my hands
Verse
Ich bin die Frau auf diesem Dach
I am the woman on this roof
Blumen tanzen leise im Regen
Flowers dance softly in the rain
Deine Schritte werden immer langsamer
Your footsteps are getting slower
Zwischen Töpfen wächst unsere Stille
Between flowerpots our silence grows
Stadtlichter schwimmen in Pfützen
City lights float in puddles
Chorus
Bleib hier oben, bis die Wolken gehen
Stay up here until the clouds pass
Unsere Stimmen mischen sich mit dem Regen
Our voices blend with the falling rain
Auf dem Dachgarten wächst ein leiser Mut
In the rooftop garden a quiet courage grows
Wenn du lachst, wird die Nacht wieder gut
When you laugh, the night becomes good again
Verse-short
Dein Mantel tropft neben meinen Schuhen
Your coat drips beside my shoes
Meine Finger malen Kreise auf Glas
My fingers draw circles on glass
Wir trinken Himmel aus kleinen Tassen
We drink the sky from little cups
Chorus
Bleib hier oben, bis die Wolken gehen
Stay up here until the clouds pass
Unsere Stimmen mischen sich mit dem Regen
Our voices blend with the falling rain
Auf dem Dachgarten wächst ein leiser Mut
In the rooftop garden a quiet courage grows
Wenn du lachst, wird die Nacht wieder gut
When you laugh, the night becomes good again
Outro
Der Regen flüstert sich langsam aus
The rain slowly whispers itself out
Und unser Dachgarten hält die Nacht fest
And our rooftop garden holds the night tight
A1 · the 51 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 | den | The |
| 1 | die | The |
| 1 | dem | The |
| 1 | Der | The |
| 2 | Und | And |
| 3 | in | In (prep.) |
| 4 | bin | To be |
| 5 | ein | A, an |
| 8 | werden | To become, get |
| 8 | wird | To become, get |
| 10 | Ich | I |
| 13 | mit | With |
| 14 | sich | -self |
| 16 | auf | On, at, to |
| 24 | diesem | This, that |
| 26 | Wir | We |
| 37 | aus | Out, out of, from |
| 42 | Wenn | If, when |
| 47 | über | Above, over, about |
| 51 | Meine | My, mine |
| 54 | du | You |
| 64 | immer | Always |
| 66 | gehen | To go |
| 68 | hier | Here |
| 74 | wieder | Again |
| 75 | unsere | Us, we |
| 76 | gut | Good |
| 77 | bis | Until, till |
| 86 | unser | Our |
| 99 | Frau | Woman, wife, Mrs. |
| 105 | Zwischen | Between |
| 110 | kleinen | Small, little |
| 155 | hält | To stop, hold |
| 180 | Händen | Hand |
| 213 | meinen | To think, have an opinion |
| 233 | Deine | Your |
| 233 | Dein | Your |
| 266 | neben | Next to, beside |
| 325 | Nacht | Night |
| 376 | Schritte | Step |
| 417 | oben | Above, up there |
| 436 | Lichtern | Light |
| 444 | lachst | To laugh |
| 470 | wächst | To grow |
| 490 | Stimmen | To be correct, vote, tune |
| 526 | langsamer | Slow |
| 526 | langsam | Slow |
| 567 | fest | Firm, solid |
| 634 | trinken | To drink |
| 885 | Glas | Glass |
| 889 | Himmel | Sky, heaven |
B1 grammar note
the verb stays in second place
"Auf dem Dachgarten wächst ein leiser Mut": the sentence opens with the place, yet the verb wächst still comes second, so the subject ein leiser Mut slots in behind it. German pins the finite verb to that second slot no matter what leads — "Zwischen Töpfen wächst unsere Stille" and "Wenn du lachst, wird die Nacht wieder gut" invert the same way. Whenever anything but the subject opens a German sentence, expect the verb to jump ahead of it.
Questions
- What level is "Dachgarten im Regen"?
- B1 German. 51 of its 80 unique words are in the 1,000 most common German words, and 83% are in the top 5,000, so it is readable early and still teaches ranks up to 2,983.
- What grammar does this song teach?
- the verb stays in second place. "Auf dem Dachgarten wächst ein leiser Mut": the sentence opens with the place, yet the verb wächst still comes second, so the subject ein leiser Mut slots in behind it.
- 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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