Shops and hotels in German
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten German words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 German phrases in this lesson
- Haben Sie...?HAH-ben zee
- Do you have...?
- Wo ist...?voh IST
- Where is...?
- Geöffnetgeh-URF-net
- Open
- Geschlossengeh-SHLOS-en
- Closed
- Eine Tüte?EYE-neh TUE-teh
- A bag?
- Zu teuertsoo TOY-er
- Too expensive
- Ich habe eine Reservierungikh HAH-beh EYE-neh reh-zer-VEER-oong
- I have a reservation
- Ist das Frühstück inbegriffen?ist das FRUE-shtuek IN-beh-grif-en
- Is breakfast included?
- Wie ist das WLAN-Passwort?vee ist das VAY-lahn PAS-vort
- What's the wifi password?
- Darf ich...?DARF ikh
- Can I...?
The formal way to ask staff whether something is in stock. Follow it with the item name. "Haben Sie Hafermilch?" (Do you have oat milk?) is a typical example.
Simple and universally understood. Point or add the item name after "Wo ist." Staff will usually walk you to the aisle or point clearly.
Almost all shops close on Sundays.
The cashier will ask this at checkout. Bags cost a small fee under German environmental law. Bringing a reusable bag ("Einkaufstasche") is very normal.
Germans call wifi WLAN, said "vay-lahn".
"Darf ich hier sitzen?", may I sit here?