Survival German

German is a West Germanic language and closely related to English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers, mainly in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Belgium. As one of the world's major languages it is widely taught in schools and universities in Europe.

At this webpage you can find some basic words and sentences in German for survival language training before visiting a German speaking country.

Yes Ja loudspeaker
No Nein loudspeaker
OK In Ordnung / OK loudspeaker
Thank you Danke loudspeaker
Thank you very much Vielen Dank loudspeaker
Please / you are welcome Bitte / Keine Ursache loudspeaker
I'm sorry. Es tut mir leid. loudspeaker
Good morning Guten Morgen loudspeaker
Good afternoon Guten Tag loudspeaker
Good evening Guten Abend loudspeaker
Hello / Hi (informal greeting) Hallo loudspeaker
Good bye Auf Wiedersehen loudspeaker
Nice to meet you! Schön, Sie kennenzulernen! loudspeaker
Cheers! / Chin Chin ! Prost! loudspeaker
I do not understand. Ich verstehe Sie leider nicht. loudspeaker
Do you speak English? Sprechen Sie Englisch? loudspeaker
What is your name? Wie heißen Sie? loudspeaker
My name is ... Ich heiße ... loudspeaker
I like it. Ich mag das. loudspeaker
Enjoy your meal Guten Appetit loudspeaker
Tasty Lecker loudspeaker
Can I have some (beer / juice ...) please? Kann ich bitte ein Bier (einen Saft, ...) haben? loudspeaker
Water Wasser loudspeaker
Juice Saft loudspeaker
Tea Tee loudspeaker
Beer Bier loudspeaker
Coffee Kaffee loudspeaker
How much is it? Was kostet das? loudspeaker
One Eins loudspeaker
Two Zwei loudspeaker
Three Drei loudspeaker
Four Vier loudspeaker
Five Fünf loudspeaker
Six Sechs loudspeaker
Seven Sieben loudspeaker
Eight Acht loudspeaker
Nine Neun loudspeaker
Ten Zehn loudspeaker
Green apple juice Grüner Apfelsaft loudspeaker
Cornetti Cornetti loudspeaker
Can I speak to Georgia? Kann ich bitte mit Georgia sprechen? loudspeaker
A bottle of red wine please, thank you. Eine Flasche Rotwein bitte. Danke. loudspeaker
A beautiful surprise Eine schöne Überraschung loudspeaker
Hmm! Very good! Hmmm ... sehr gut. loudspeaker
It's ok. Es ist gut. loudspeaker
This group is wonderful! Diese Gruppe ist wunderbar. loudspeaker
Green apple Grüner Apfel loudspeaker
Tired but happy! Müde, aber zufrieden. loudspeaker
Great time, sweet people, beautiful island ... thank you! Schöne Zeit, nette Leute, schöne Insel ... danke! loudspeaker
Boat Boot loudspeaker
Whistle breeze Leichte Briese loudspeaker
Cheese Käse loudspeaker
Cookie Keks loudspeaker
Friendly Freundlich loudspeaker
Ouzo (special drink) Ouzo loudspeaker