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German
phrase sheet
Learn these basic German phrases before leaving on your trip.
Good morning
Guten morgen GOO-tehn MOHR-gehn
Hello / Good day
Guten tag GOO-tehn tahg
Good evening
Guten abend GOO-tehn AH-bendt
Good night
Gute nacht GOO-teh nahkt
Goodbye
Auf Wiedersehen owf VEE-dehr-zayn
How are you?
Wie geht es ihnen? vee GAYT ess ee-nen?
Pleased to meet you
Freut mich froyt mikh
Yes
Ja yah
No
Nein Nine
Please
Bitte BIT-teh
Thank you
Danke DAHN-kuh
You’re welcome
Bitte schon BIT-teh shone
Sorry
Entschuldigung ent-SHOOL-dihg-oong
What’s that?
Was ist das? vahs ist dahs
Who?
Wer? vair
Why?
Warum? vah-ROOM
How?
Wie? vee
When?
Wann? vahn
Where?
Wo ist? voh ist
What time is it?
Wie spat ist es? vee shpayt ist es
See you later
Bis spater biss shpay-tehr
Do you have…?
Haben sie? HAH-behn zee
How much?
Was kostet? vass KOST-teht
The bill, please
Die rechnung bitte dee REHK-nung BIT-tuh
What is your name?
Wie heissen sie? vee HYE-sehn zee
My name is ...
Ich heisse… ish HYE-suh
Do you understand?
Verstehen sie? fer-SHTAY-en-zee
I don’t understand
Ich verstehe nicht Ish fer-SHTAY-eh knisht
Open
Offen OH-fen
Closed
Geschlossen GHESH-sloh-sehn
Right
Rechts rehkts
Left
Links links
Way in (on foot)
Eingang eyen’-gang
Way out (on foot)
Ausgang OWS-gang
Upstairs
Oben OH-behn
Downstairs
Unten OON-tehn
Train station
Bahnhof BAHN-hoff
Airport
Flughafen FLOOG-ha-fen
German phrase
pointers
Letter W
It is pronounced like the letter V.
Letter V
Pronounced like the letter F.
Ich
It
does not have an equivalent sound in English. The pronunciation of Ich
sounds somewhere in between ish and ich.
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