Essential German Expressions
Essential German Expressions
If you’re off on holiday to Germany or a German speaking country this summer, or are just taking a short weekend break, you will want to have these useful expressions in your pocket.
| Hello | Hallo (hah-loh) |
| Goodbye | Auf Wiedersehen / Tschüss (owf vee-dair-zayn / tchews) |
| Please | Bitte (bih-tuh) |
| Thank you | Danke (dahn-kuh) |
| Yes | Ja (yah) |
| No | Nein (nine) |
| Excuse me/sorry | Entschuldigung (ehnt-shool-dih-gun) |
| My name is… | Ich heiße (ikh hie-ssuh) |
| What is your name? | Wie heißen Sie? (vee hie-ssen zee) |
| Nice to meet you | Schön Sie kennenzulernen |
| Where do you come from? | Woher kommen Sie? (vo-hair koh-men zee) |
| I come from Great Britain | Ich komme aus Grossbritannien |
| How are you? | Wie geht es Ihnen? (vee gayt es ee-nen) |
| Where is…? | Wo ist…? (voh ist…) |
| I would like (2 bottles of water) | Ich möchte (zwei Flaschen Wasser) (ikh merkh-tuh) |
| How much is that? | Wieviel kostet das? |
| How do I get to…? | Wie komme ich zum (m/n) / zur (f)…? |
| I don’t understand | Ich verstehe nicht (ikh fehr-shtay-eh nikht) |
| I’m sorry, I don’t speak German | Es tut mir leid, ich spreche kein Deutsch |
| Do you speak English? | Sprechen Sie Englisch? (shprikhst doo eng-lish) |
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