“Das Tierorchester” — Animal Orchestra Song in German for Kids
In “Das Tierorchester” (The Animal Orchestra), kids sing key German words like das Orchester, der Elefant spielt Trompete, die Katze spielt Geige and der Frosch spielt Trommel, going back and forth between English and German, so the meaning is never a mystery. It's a next-step (A2) song from Unit 30: Music & Instruments, 2:24 long, made for ages 2–8.
- 🇩🇪 German
- Level: A2
- Unit 30 · Wir machen Musik
- ⏱ 2:24
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“Das Tierorchester” lyrics with English translation
Every line as it's sung, with its meaning beside it. German is shown in teal.
| Sung | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Im Wald ist heut Konzert, | There’s a concert in the forest today, |
| die Eule hebt den Taktstock. | the owl raises the baton. |
| Orchestra! | Das Orchester! |
| Das Orchester! | Orchestra! |
| Ready, everyone? | Seid ihr bereit? |
| Seid ihr bereit? | Ready, everyone? |
| One, two, three… | Eins, zwei, drei! |
| Los geht’s! | Let’s go! |
| The elephant plays trumpet! | Der Elefant spielt Trompete! |
| Der Elefant spielt Trompete! | The elephant plays trumpet! |
| Trumpet! | Trompete! |
| Trompete! | Trumpet! |
| The cat plays violin! | Die Katze spielt Geige! |
| Die Katze spielt Geige! | The cat plays violin! |
| Violin! | Geige! |
| Geige! | Violin! |
| All together! | Alle zusammen! |
| Alle zusammen! | All together! |
| Play, play, play! | Spielt, spielt, spielt! |
| Los geht’s, hurra! | Let’s go, hooray! |
| Sing it in English! | Sing es auf Englisch! |
| Sing es auf Deutsch! | |
| All together! | Alle zusammen! |
| Alle zusammen! | All together! |
| The frog plays the drum! | Der Frosch spielt Trommel! |
| Der Frosch spielt Trommel! | The frog plays the drum! |
| Drum! | Trommel! |
| Trommel! | Drum! |
| The bird plays the flute! | Der Vogel spielt Flöte! |
| Der Vogel spielt Flöte! | The bird plays the flute! |
| Flute! | Flöte! |
| Flöte! | Flute! |
| The bear plays piano! | Der Bär spielt Klavier! |
| Der Bär spielt Klavier! | The bear plays piano! |
| Piano! | Klavier! |
| Klavier! | Piano! |
| Who keeps the time? | Wer gibt den Takt an? |
| Die Eule gibt den Takt! | The owl keeps the time! |
| All together! | Alle zusammen! |
| Alle zusammen! | All together! |
| Play, play, play! | Spielt, spielt, spielt! |
| Los geht’s, hurra! | Let’s go, hooray! |
| Sing it in English! | Sing es auf Englisch! |
| Sing es auf Deutsch! | |
| All together! | Alle zusammen! |
| Alle zusammen! | All together! |
| The music stops. What do we say? | Die Musik hört auf. Was sagen wir? |
| Bravo! Bravo! Well done today! | Bravo! Bravo! Gut gemacht heute! |
| Take a bow! | Verbeugt euch! |
| Verbeugen, genau! | Take a bow, that’s right! |
| One little bow, then two! | Eine kleine Verbeugung, dann zwei! |
| Wir verbeugen uns — you too! | |
| All together! | Alle zusammen! |
| Alle zusammen! | All together! |
| Play, play, play! | Spielt, spielt, spielt! |
| Los geht’s, hurra! | Let’s go, hooray! |
| Bravo, everyone! | Bravo, alle zusammen! |
| Bravo, das war schön! | Bravo, that was lovely! |
| Take a bow! | Verbeugt euch! |
| Verbeugen! | Take a bow! |
| The forest orchestra — hooray! | Das Waldorchester — hurra! |
| Bravo! Bravo! Guten Tag! | Bravo! Bravo! Hello! |
| Bis zum nächsten Waldkonzert! | See you at the next forest concert! |
Key German words in this song
The 11 words and phrases this song is built around.
| German | English |
|---|---|
| das Orchester | orchestra |
| der Elefant spielt Trompete | the elephant plays the trumpet |
| die Katze spielt Geige | the cat plays the violin |
| der Frosch spielt Trommel | the frog plays the drum |
| der Vogel spielt Flöte | the bird plays the flute |
| der Bär spielt Klavier | the bear plays the piano |
| seid ihr bereit? | ready? |
| los geht's | play! |
| alle zusammen | all together |
| bravo | bravo |
| verbeugen | take a bow |
How to use this song with your child
- 1
Make “alle zusammen” the word of the day
This song repeats “alle zusammen” (all together) on 5 lines. Use it once or twice during the day outside the song, and let your child correct you if you get it wrong.
- 2
Split the parts
Once the song is familiar, you sing the English lines and your child sings the German ones, then swap. It turns listening into speaking.
- 3
Make it a routine
At 2:24, play it once a day at the same moment for a week. Mime each instrument as soon as you hear it.
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