German language is quite systematic, like German people. Every words can be separated into a few parts and being explained Some even using the same words as English
Today, I would like to use hobbys as example:
Was sind deine Hobbys
Meine Hobbys sind....
verbs look similar with English
Try and guess!
schwimmen
meditieren
surfen
video aufnehmen (nehmen ->make)
Yoga machen (machen -> make/do)
verbs sounds similar with English
kochen (cooken)
backen (baken)
Fußball spielen (Fussball ->Football)
***Even though the words are not from English, we can memorize them by their meaning
like Fahrrad fahren and Rad fahren
fahren means driving/riding
Rad means car and Fahrrad means car you have to ride, that is bicycle
So
Fahrrad fahren -> drive the car
Rad fahren -> ride the bicycle
Another example is ins Kino gehen
gehen means go/visit while Kino means cinema
so ins Kino gehen -> watch the movie (literally going to cinema)
fliegen:
words like flughafen means airport, so fliegen is related to flying