If you are planning to visit a German-speaking country for
holiday or business, then it's obvious you need to know some basic German before you go, since not everyone speaks
and understand English.
Below we have prepared some German travel phrases you'll probably use when you are there. Feel free to
print it out and take it with you, you'll thank us later.
English -
German
Good day
Guten Tag
Good morning
Guten Morgen
Good afternoon
Guten Tag
Good evening
Guten Abend
Good night
Gute Nacht
Please
Bitte
Thank you
Danke
Thank you very much
Vielen Dank
You are welcome
Bitte sehr
Excuse me
Verzeiung
I am sorry/ That will be fine
Es tut mir leid/ Schon gut
Goodbye!
Auf wiedersehen!
See you soon
Bis bald
See you later
Bis später
Till tomorrow
Bis morgen
How are you?
Wie geht es Ihnen?
Fine thank you/ and you?
Gut, dank/ und Ihnen?
What does it mean?
Was bedeutet das?
Mr./ Mrs./ Miss
Herr/ Frau/ Fräulein
How are things?
Wie geht’s?
I am an American.
Ich bin Amerikaner.
What is that?
Was ist das?
I do not know
Ich weiß nicht.
I speak German
Ich spreche Deutsch
I speak a little English.
Ich spreche wenig Englisch
Please speak more slowly
Bitte, sprechen Sie langsamer
Please repeat!
Wiederholen Sie bitte!
Do you understand?
Verstehen Sie?
I understand
Ich verstehe
I do not understand
Ich verstehe nicht
What did you say?
Wie bitte?
What is your name?
Wie heißen Sie?
How do you say that in German?
Wie heißt das auf deutsch?
Does anyone here speak English?
Spricht hier jemand Englisch?
Do you speak English?
Sprechen Sie Englisch?
Can you help me?
Können Sie mir helfen?
Do you understand English?
Verstehen Sie Englisch?
How do you say...?
Wie sagt man...?
I don't speak German.
Ich spreche kein Deutsch.
My name is...
Mein Name ist./ Ich heiße...
Thank you
Danke
Yes
Ja
No
Nein
Where's the restroom/toilet?
Wo ist die Toilette?
Left/ right
Links/ rechts
Downstairs/ upstairs
Unten/ oben
A room
Ein Zimmer
A rental car
Ein Mietwagen
A bank
Eine Bank
The police
Die Polizei
The train station
Der Bahnhof
The airport
Der Flughafen
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