Irish Roehrig

Educator, Organiser, Tour-Guide, and Entrepreneur

Lerne Deutsche Sätze

Let's learn some common sentences and phrases in German.

In this section, we will only list, but not explain sentences. All sentences are found in categorised topics. Sentences are hence tagged with their topic.

Encounters | Begegnungen

Greetings with Introductions

Let's get started with different ways to greet and introduce oneself. Note the differences between female and male language users.

Random strangers shacking hands and intrducing themselves.
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Shopping | Einkaufen

Let's look at some phrases one might use while shopping.

A young woman asks a male shop assistant for help.
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Akkusativ Prepositions & Time

Im - Akkusativ

We use im when a month or season follows.

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Am - Akkusativ

We use am when a day or time of day follows.

A tree celebrating, throwing leaves in the air, surrounded by its animal friends, all wearing party hats.
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Um - Akkusativ

We use um followed by a time to express a time that is aimed at, translated as around that time.

A clock walking through a surreal town that has threes climbing around everywhere.
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My First Numbers | Meine ersten Nummern

How old are you? | Wie alt bist du?

Let's use a few numbers regarding age.

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Phone Numbers | Telefonnummern

Let's exchange some numbers.

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Sizes | Größen

Let's go shopping and share the sizes we are looking for.

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My Family | Meine Familie

In this section we will start talking about our families.

Nuclear Family | die Kernfamilie

Most commonly we talk about our family in the sense of the nuclear family, for which the German word literally translates to core family.

A drawing of an average family, husband, wife, two kids, sitting on a couch with a dog laying in front of them.
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Extended Family | die Großfamilie

The extended family includes family members outside of the nuclear family.

A drawing of an average family, husband, wife, two kids, sitting on a couch with a dog laying in front of them.
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Family Tree | der Familienbaum

A family tree helps us visualise the breadth of a family.

A drawing of an average family, husband, wife, two kids, sitting on a couch with a dog laying in front of them.
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Interview Start

The following sentences might be experienced in a job interview like situation.

Who are you? | Wer sind sie?

We'll start with name related questions and possible answers.

A fox is interviewing a coon for the position of a senior care assistant.
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That last one, I just had to add it. Note: Formal German uses the formal Sie when addressing someone older, or senior in position, or non-familiar. While things are changing, it is best to still apply this rule.

Once people are familiar with each other, they will offer you to address them using the friendly, familiar form, which has its own name (of course) - Dutzen. Hence, you might hear someone say to you the following.

Du kannst mich ruhig dutzen.

To a German, this means, you're awesome, I enjoy your company, please say you and not Mx/Mr/Mrs/Ms to me!

Tell Me About Yourself | Erzähle Mir Etwas Von Dir

Once we have introduced why we are there, and what our name is, it is time to provide some details about ourself.

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A quick note here. In the case of Philippines, we say auf, which translates to on, think of it as on the islands.

If one was born in a different place, for example Australia, then one would use in, as in English.

Ich bin in Australien geboren.

Current Address | Momentane Adresse

Finally, we will provide information on where we currently reside.

A coon being interviewed for a job, has a speechbubble around his head with an image of a house, indicating he is talking about his home.
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My Family Relations | Meine Familienbeziehungen

In this section we will start talking about different relationships inside of a family and how to express them.

That is ... | Das ist ...

Four images showing family relationships.
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Published: 202601311010

Last update: 202602210707