Simple spoken words in German. Phrases in German. Aphorisms, quotes, statements of famous people translated from German into Russian. In public places

German is spoken by millions of people, not only in Germany, but also in Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and other places around the world. Of course, to speak fluent German, you will have to study for a long time, but you can master the simplest phrases very quickly. Whether you're traveling to a German-speaking country, want to impress someone, or just want to learn a little about a new language, you'll benefit from the tips in this article. We will teach you how to greet people, introduce yourself, say goodbye, thank them, ask basic questions or ask for help.

Steps

Part 1

Use standard greeting forms. Each German-speaking country has its own special greetings. However, the standard forms below will be appropriate in any of them.

• "Guten Tag" (guten so) - "good afternoon" (used as the most common greeting during the day)
• “Guten Morgen” (guten morgen) - “good morning”
• “Guten Abend” (guten abent) - “good evening”
• “Gute Nacht” (gute nacht) - “good night” (said before bed, usually only between close people)
• “Hallo” (halo) - “hello” (used anywhere and anytime)

1. Remember the difference between formal and informal address in German. In German, as in Russian, it is customary to address unfamiliar people differently (formally, with “you”) and close acquaintances (informally, with “you”). However, unlike Russian, in German the polite “you” in the singular and “you” in the plural are two different words. For example, to ask someone's name, you would say:

   • "Wie heißen Sie?" (vi haisen zi) - “what is your name?” (formally)
   • “Wie heißt du?” (vi haist do) - “what is your name?” (informal)

2. Say goodbye. Forms of farewell, like greetings, may differ depending on where you are and who you are talking to. However, in general you can't go wrong if you use one of the following:

   • "Auf Wiedersehen" - "goodbye"
   • “Tschüss” (chyus) - “for now”
   • “Ciao” ​​(ciao) - “for now” (this word is Italian, but is often used by Germans)

   Part 2

   Starting a conversation

   1. Ask the person how he is doing. Not only will you be polite, but you will also demonstrate your knowledge of German!

      Tell me how you are doing. If you are asked the question “wie geht es Ihnen?” or “wie geht"s?”, you can answer in different ways.

      Ask the person where they are from. A good start to a conversation would be to ask your interlocutor what city or country he is from. There are the following phrases for this (both formal and informal).

      • “Woher kommen Sie?” (woher komen zi) / “woher kommst du?” (voher comst du) - “Where are you from?” / "Where are you from?"
      • “Ich komme aus...” (ikh kome aus...) - “I am from...”. For example, “ich komme aus Russland” (ich kome aus Russland) - “I am from Russia.”
      • “Wo wohnen Sie?” (wo wonen zi) / “wo wohnst du?” (vonst doo) - “where do you live?” / "where do you live?". The verb “wohnen” is used with the name of a city, street, exact address; for a country or continent (but often for a city too) “leben” is used - “wo leben Sie?” (wo leben zi) / “wo lebst du?” (in lebst do).
      • “Ich wohne in...” (ikh vone in...) or “ich lebe in...” (ikh lebe in...) - “I live in...”. For example, “ich wohne/lebe in Moskau” (ich wohne/lebe in Moscow) - “I live in Moscow.”

   Part 3

   Further communication

   1. Learn a few more simple useful phrases."Ja" means "yes", "nein" means "no".

      • "Wie bitte?" (vi bite) - “I beg your pardon?” (if you need to ask again)
      • “Es tut mir leid!” (es here is peace - “I’m sorry!”
      • "Entschuldigung!" (entschuldigung) - “sorry!”

   2. Learn to say "please" and "thank you." In principle, there is a formal and informal way of expressing gratitude, but the usual “danke” - “thank you” - can be used in any situation.

   3. Learn to formulate simple requests and questions about objects. To find out if something is available in a store, restaurant or similar place, you can ask “haben Sie...?” (haben zi...) - “do you have...?” For example, "haben Sie Kaffee?" (haben zi cafe) - “do you have coffee?”

      • If you want to ask about the price of something, ask the question “wie viel kostet das?” (vi fil costat das) - “how much does it cost?”

   4. Learn to ask for directions. If you are lost or want to find a place, the following phrases will come in handy.

      • To ask for help, say: "Können Sie mir helfen, bitte?" (kyonen zi world helfen, bite) - “Could you help me, please?”
      • To ask for a location, say "Wo ist...?" (in ist...) - “where is...?” For example, “wo ist die Toilette, bitte?” (wo ist di toilette, - “where is the toilet?” or “wo ist der Bahnhof?” (wo ist der Bahnhof) - “where is the train station?”
      • To make your question sound more polite, start it with an apology: “Entschuldigen Sie bitte, wo ist der Bahnhof?” (entschuldigen si bite, vo ist der Bahnhof) - “excuse me, please, where is the station?”
      • To find out if a person speaks another language, ask: “Sprechen Sie englisch (russisch, francösisch...)?” (sprechen si english (russish, french...)), that is: “Do you speak English (Russian, French...)?”

   5. Learn to count in German. In general, German numerals follow the same logic as Russian or English ones. The main difference is that in numbers from 21 to 100, units are placed before tens. For example, 21 is “einundzwanzig”, literally “one and twenty”; 34 is “vierunddreißig” (firundreisikh), literally “four and thirty”; 67 is “siebenundsechzig” (zibenuntzekhtsikh), literally “seven and sixty” and so on.

      • 1 - “eins” (ains)
      • 2 - “zwei” (tswei)
      • 3 - “drei” (dri)
      • 4 - “vier” (fir)
      • 5 - “ünf” (fuenf)
      • 6 - “sechs” (zeks)
      • 7 - “sieben” (ziben)
      • 8 - “acht” (aht)
      • 9 - “neun” (noyn)
      • 10 - “zehn” (tseyn)
      • 11 - “elf” (elf)
      • 12 - “zwölf” (zwölf)
      • 13 - “dreizehn” (draizen)
      • 14 - “vierzehn” (firzein)
      • 15 - “ünfzehn”
      • 16 - “sechzehn”
      • 17 - “siebzehn” (ziptsehn)
      • 18 - “achtzehn” (achtzeyn)
      • 19 - "neunzehn"
      • 20 - “zwanzig” (tsvantsikh)
      • 21 - “einundzwanzig”
      • 22 - “zweiundzwanzig” (tsvayuntzvantsikh)
      • 30 - “dreißig” (dreisikh)
      • 40 - “vierzig” (firtsikh)
      • 50 - “ünfzig”
      • 60 - “sechzig” (zekhtsikh)
      • 70 - “siebzig” (ziptsikh)
      • 80 - “achtzig” (ahtsikh)
      • 90 - "neunzig"
      • 100 - “hundert” (hundert)

If you are going to visit Germany on a friendly visit, you need to prepare in advance. You can start learning German on your own, buy a phrase book, memorize basic phrases, or ask a teacher for help. If you have a lot of time left, then you should take the matter seriously; it’s not easy in a foreign country without knowing the language.

Where should you start learning?

So, it’s wise to start with the following points:

• Introduction to the German alphabet and the rules of pronunciation of sounds and words;
• Learning basic verbs and commonly used words;
• Familiarity with grammar and rules for constructing sentences;
• Pronunciation training, getting used to the sound of German speech using music, films and programs;
• Reading books, magazines and adapted material from translations;
• Communication with native speakers and other students to consolidate the results obtained.

Begin! The first successes can be made after 2-3 weeks of training, and you can start talking to a German and exchange a few phrases by the end of the first month. The main thing is to start studying so that before the trip you have time to systematize the information received in your head!

With intensive and regular training, you can begin to speak and understand your interlocutor within a couple of months. Of course, at first there will be banal everyday simple phrases: greetings, questions, requests, words to keep the conversation going. Then the vocabulary will expand to 1000-1500 concepts, you will even be able to discuss some events. IN Everyday life Without taking into account highly specialized terms at work, the average person in Germany uses about 2000-2500 different words.

To travel to a country to see the sights and relax, the following basic groups of words are enough:

Greetings and farewells;

Phrases for finding a road: directions, street names;

Necessary phrases for airports, railway stations and public transport;

Necessary phrases for cafes or shopping in stores;

Phrases for emergency situations;

Words to express regret and gratitude;

Expressions for keeping a conversation going.

For a comfortable stay, 100 phrases are enough – that’s about 300-500 words. It’s not enough to learn them, practice pronouncing them correctly so that your interlocutor understands you. You also need to prepare for the expected answers - asking for directions and not understanding the answer will be a very unpleasant discovery. To be on the safe side, you can take a phrasebook to find the right phrase, but you shouldn’t rely on it, it’s difficult to maintain a conversation and look for information in a book.

Phrases for greetings and farewells

Germans are kind and polite people, slightly reserved, and they need good reasons for close communication or invitations to visit. On the street or in a public place, they will gladly come to the aid of someone in need. First, you should learn greeting and conversation starter phrases.

It is customary to say “Hello” and “Bye” to people you know closely and peers. In German the phrases would look like this: “Hallo!” and “Tschüs!”, but they sound “Halo!” and “Chus!” When talking with a stranger or an interlocutor who is clearly older than you, you should use a standard politeness phrase:

• Grüss Gott!(Grus Goth) - Hello!
• Guten Morgen/Tag/Abend!(guten morgen/tak/abent!), which translated means Good morning/afternoon/evening!
• Auf Wiedersehen!- the most common phrase when saying goodbye, an analogue of our “Goodbye!” and it reads “auf wiedersein”.
• Bis bald/morgen/später!(bis balt/morgen/spate) – “See you soon/tomorrow/meeting!”

Phrases are appropriate in any situation, whether you know the interlocutor or not, they will be a manifestation of politeness.

• Gute Nacht!(gute nakht!) literally translates as “Good night!”, sometimes used by familiar people when saying goodbye.
• Alles Gute!(ales gute!) The meaning of the phrase is “Good luck!” or “All the best!”, and its meaning does not change depending on the intonation, as in the Russian language.

Understand! Germans speak very emotionally, in contrast to their coldness and stiffness. Sometimes they seem to express indignation or anger, but in most cases it turns out that this is how the words sound in German. You need to understand that Germans are quite cultured and will not be rude to a stranger without reason.

There is one more phrase, it can also be used when ending a conversation, it is hardly suitable for communicating with strangers - “Viel Glück!” Literally translated as a wish of good luck, or “Happy!”

What you need to keep a conversation going

The Germans are polite and cultured; after greeting you, they will most likely ask you how you are doing or inquire about your health. The phrase goes something like this:

• Wie geht es Ihnen? (vi gate es inen?), they thank you in response and ask counter questions. Like that:
• Danke, gut Und Ihnen? (danke, gut und inen?), which means “Thank you, everything is fine! And you?"

In German there are 2 forms of the word “Sorry”. To attract the attention of the interlocutor, they say “Entschuldigung”, it looks complicated, but it sounds “entschuldigung”. And if you want to apologize for the inconvenience, then the phrase will sound slightly different - Entschuldigen Sie “entschuldigen zi”.

Remember! The complexity of the German language is word formation; sometimes a word can consist of several parts. Remembering this approach is quite difficult, it will take time.

If you still find it difficult to express yourself in German, you can tell your interlocutor that you do not understand him well and ask if he speaks another language. “Spreche ich deutsch nicht” translates to “I don’t speak German.” You can find out about other languages ​​using the phrase:

• Sprechen Sie Russisch/Englisch? (sprechen zi russish/English?), if the interlocutor answers “I” (Ja), you can safely switch to a language more familiar to you.

Useful words at the airport and train station

Arrival in Germany involves passing through customs control at the border or at the airport. As in any other country, here it is better to clearly answer the questions left and try not to say too much. Customs officers may not understand Russian humor, and it will be quite difficult to overcome the language barrier if there is a misunderstanding with government officials.

For your information! At every airport in Germany, as well as at large railway stations, you have the opportunity to ask for help if the problem has gotten out of control and you and the employee no longer understand each other. “Ich brauche einen übersetzer” phrase means that you need a translator.

You may be asked about the purpose of the visit, whether you have all the necessary documents, whether you have filled out a declaration, whether you have permission to import items of luggage, and so on. If you memorize the phrases from the sign, it will not be difficult for you to pass customs control.

At the railway station, questions may arise regarding the location of luggage, orientation in the room, calling a taxi, etc. Even without knowing the correct wording of the desired phrase, there is no need to panic and get upset. Template expressions will come to your aid; using them you can easily explain the problem to station representatives. At the information desk you can find out the information you need: train schedules, necessary documents, ticket prices, location of luggage storage, taxi stands and exits to the city.

By the way, the Germans are friendly people, when they understand that you are a foreigner and you need help, they will be happy to help, and with the presence of translators in smartphones and tablets, you can even start a conversation that is understandable to both.

If you need to order something or buy something in a store

In a cafe or restaurant where you need to place an order, you will need a few basic phrases to ask for the menu and the bill, as well as find out the cost of the dishes:

• Wir hätten gern die Karte– we would like to receive a menu.
• Können Sie mir etwas empfehlen?– Can you recommend something to me?
• Das habe ich nicht bestellt!– this is not my order/I did not order this dish.
• Wir möchten bitte bezahlen!/Die Rechnung bitte!- We would like to pay!/Bring the bill, please!
• Stimmt so!- No change needed!

By the way, recently it has become common to call waiters simply “Entschuldigung!” (Sorry!), but most often they come up on their own and address visitors with the phrase:

• Was kann ich Ihnen anbieten?- What can I offer you?
• Or, Was nehmen Sie?– What will you order?

When buying something in a store, you will need to know the cost, expiration date, change amount and other little things. Trying on clothes will require you to know the sizes translated into German or European.

On the street - phrases in German for finding your way

If you move around a German city by taxi or public transport, you will sometimes have to ask for directions or correct the driver's direction. You need to learn phrases to address people on the street and the police. The basis of all expressions of this kind:

• Wo befindet sich…/Ich suche…(in befindet zikh.../ikh zuhe...) – where is.../I’m looking for...
• die Apotheke(di apoteke) - ... pharmacy;
• die Kaufhalle(di kauf-halle) - ... store;
• polizeirevier(policeman Revere) - ... police station;
• eine Bank(aine bank) - ... bank;
• mein Hotel(mein hotel) - ... hotel;
• das Postamt(yes postmark) - ... mail.

All the necessary phrases for communicating with public transport and taxi drivers will be enough for you:

For tourists in major cities In Germany, there are many explanatory and guiding signs installed; on them you can read the information you need, for example, where the toilet is located, or in which direction the square is located. Warning signs in public places are duplicated in English. It is more familiar to our eyes, but you also need to know the German symbols well.

Phrases for hotel or hotel

Upon arrival in the country, you will need to stay somewhere, most likely you will need a hotel or a hotel. Large and famous establishments have a translator, but medium and cheap establishments will meet you with German staff. And you will have to explain your wishes in their native language or with gestures. It's unlikely that everyone will get what they want.

For productive communication with staff, 15-20 phrases will be enough for you:

German phrases for emergencies

On good trips and successful trips, such phrases do not need to be used. But situations are different and you need to know them. At a minimum, so as not to look in the phrasebook for how to call a doctor if someone urgently needs help. It is enough to learn a few things to be able to call the police or doctors at the right time.

Important! Every country has intelligence service phone numbers that you can call even if you don’t have access to a mobile network. You can find them at the hotel reception, at customs or at the information desk.

Situations with money at an exchange office or bank also require understanding, so that an incident does not result from a misunderstanding with employees.

What do you need to visit a foreign country?

In addition to a camera, money and personal belongings, you will definitely need:

• Detailed map of the city;
• Russian Embassy telephone numbers;
• Numbers of special services and codes for calling them from a cell phone;
• Russian-German phrasebook in case of an unforeseen situation;
• Positive attitude and good spirits;
• “Reinforced concrete” knowledge of basic politeness words and the ability to use them.

• Nice retreat! Declaring love in German is quite simple, the phrase is simple - “Ich liebe dich”, sounds like “ich liebe dich”.

To summarize, let us recall the main words for communication in any country and in any language:

• "Thank you!" in German it sounds like “Danke” or “Danke schön!”
• "Please!" will be "Bitte" or "Bitte schön!"
• "I'm really sorry!” can be expressed in the words “Es tut mir leid!”
• "Nice to meet you!" in German it sounds important and weighty - “Schön, Sie kennenzulernen!”
• "Be healthy!"- “Gesundheit!”, regardless of nationality and traditions, a wish for health from the heart will always be accepted by the interlocutor with pleasure.

It is these little things that often help tourists out on the streets of a foreign city, and when combined with common sense, a well-developed route and learned basic phrases, they will allow you to get maximum pleasure from your trip.

It is not uncommon for a person to study intensively for, say, three-plus years. German with a tutor, frantically tried to master the contents of a grammar textbook and even tried to read Schelling in the original (he’s a real masochist, yes).

At school or even at the university, he was given a strong A for his knowledge of the language, and his relatives, teachers, friends and acquaintances admired him - after all, he was growing up to be a real polyglot.

But everything changed dramatically after such a little man went on vacation to Germany. During breakfast at the hotel, friends asked him to translate the names of some dishes on the menu and place an order.

And then a real failure happened: he coped with the translation easily, but communication with the waiter did not work out at all: the latter simply did not understand our excellent student.

It seems that he addressed him in “human literary German,” but in response he received only a shake of his head and a timid request from the waiter in broken English: “Could you please clarify?”

And since the German switched to the language of international communication in communicating with our “polyglot,” it means that the exemplary student spoke in phrases completely divorced from German everyday life.

It is not at all a fact that such a story will certainly happen to every person who studies Goethe’s language. But certainly people who approach the educational process too formally can most likely feel themselves in the role of such a would-be student.

Tell me, what should a person who takes up learning German first of all learn? That's right, the ability to carry on a conversation. Do not write business letters, filling them with medieval bureaucracy, do not scan the composition on the packages of German pharmaceuticals, and especially do not read Mr. Schelling in the original.

All these things, of course, can be very useful to a narrow circle of people, in particular, linguists writing a dissertation on the topic “Features of the medieval German business language,” writers and pharmacists working in Germany.

You and I, who are not yet so experienced in the knowledge of the German language, must first of all learn to speak with the Germans. On the simplest everyday topics, from retelling the weather forecast to inviting your loved one on a date to your home for sushi.

This is the simplest layer of the language, mastering which requires relatively little time and effort. But we, nevertheless, are frantically struggling to study the intricacies of German grammar and are carried away by cramming words, completely ignoring live communication on topics that are relevant to ordinary Germans.

How can you properly make efforts so that learning spoken German is associated not only with a waste of time and money, but is comprehensive and beneficial? We will briefly talk about this in this article.

We're kidding. Don’t do this, because books are very good and useful. But by definition, you won’t find live communication on the pages of textbooks.

The maximum that you can do after studying another conversational German lesson from a book is to blurt out to a German that your name is Boris, you are 29 years old, you live in Biryulyovo and go to work by bus.

Here you will be taught template phrases, the use of which in real life very limited, will look artificial and completely devoid of the “juice” of communication. Robot conversation partner to a normal person uninteresting - everyone prefers a lively, healthy and emotional conversation.

But communication will have to be learned elsewhere for one simple reason: books don’t talk. Find yourself another one for this purpose suitable trainer. Even more so if you come across an old textbook, in the dialogues of which the people in the pictures still pay in stores with Deutschmarks.

The spoken German language changes from year to year. New phrases quickly come into fashion, and old ones quickly go out of circulation. Moreover, this language is transforming more and more quickly over time - processes such as world globalization and the increase in the speed of life one way or another affect us.

So if you learn colloquial phrases from a textbook, then choose recent editions for this purpose. According to the old standards, it is only possible to train German-speaking grandparents for Russian intelligence. And if you are preparing to study in Germany or work, don’t skimp on buying a brand new book.

One important point - learn to speak in synonyms. When communicating, you should be able to “work around” words, phrases or phrases that you don’t know. To do this, after reading a text or watching a movie, try to briefly retell its content without resorting to a dictionary.

German is a very flexible language and, knowing only 2.5-3 thousand words, you can easily carry on a conversation on almost any topic.

2. Listen and ask your German teacher

This is the first and, up to a certain stage, the main source of assimilation of live spoken language. Listen to him carefully and remember what, when and how he says. Also, communicate with him more often. Ask him questions - the teacher will always correct if something was said incorrectly.

Up to 70% of errors in oral speech can be eliminated this way. It's great if your mentor has lived in Germany for many years or is a native German speaker. Then he will give you the living German language, which the burghers themselves speak.

Don't be afraid to make mistakes during a conversation. Moreover, an adequate teacher will never make harsh comments to you on this matter.

Sometimes people are so busy worrying about the correctness of their grammatical constructions that they have no space left in their minds to carry on an easy and relaxed conversation.

Speak as best you can - you are just learning. And the skill of using the correct tense and the appropriate word order in a German sentence will come with time.

3. Watch films in German and listen to German radio

Let's say you live in Russia and do not have access to living native German speakers. Only to the dead - the works of Hegel, Kant and Schopenhauer are gathering dust on the shelves of the local library and are eagerly waiting for you to finally begin to load your poor head with them.

Leave the old philosophers alone. You need to listen and watch the conversations of ordinary people, and not read the treatises of the best minds of humanity, burdened with complex terms and archaisms. Youth series, talk radio programs or talk shows are excellent for this purpose.

Moreover, if you are already watching a video, then immediately accustom yourself to do it without subtitles. The interlinear language completely kills thinking, and a person very quickly stops perceiving and remembering words and phrases spoken in German, completely switching to the text displayed at the bottom of the image.

Almost every state in Germany has its own dialect. Sometimes it is very different from what is considered to be literary German. While you are not yet very experienced in spoken German, concentrate on just one of them.

Otherwise, a “porridge” will form in your head, and in the understanding of a German, you will sound approximately the same as a ninety-year-old resident of a village located, say, on the border of Russia and Belarus, to the average resident of Moscow.

At the same time, for the aforementioned grandfather to speak such a language would not be at all shameful and very correct. After all, this is a real dialect in which several generations of his ancestors communicated.

But in our case, things are completely different. A mixture of regional dialects will be nothing more than a surzhik that a person “earned” due to an incorrectly organized process of learning the German language.

As your knowledge of German improves, you will learn to distinguish between these dialects, and then perhaps even speak each of them. But this process must be natural. You shouldn’t forcefully push two or three German dialects into yourself at once.

4. Travel around Germany

The best way to learn to speak like a German is to start living like one. To do this you need to spend as much time as possible in Germany. You can just relax there, go to study or go to work. One way or another, you will constantly interact with native speakers, read signs, newspapers, magazines, listen, and soon even think in German.

At the same time, while in Germany, do not limit yourself to communicating only with Russian-speaking people. Yes, our people abroad behave in much the same way as residents of the Far Eastern countries.

The Chinese, for example, almost always settle nearby in the same area, establishing their own “corner of culture” in the new country. In this case, you don’t need to be like them.

After all, by communicating only with Russians and surrounding yourself with our cultural egregor, you will not learn German. At best, you will only think that you are studying it. We have met many Germans who, after a year or even two years of living in Germany, have not made much progress in mastering German.

Once upon a time there lived a Russian husband and wife in Germany. The head of the family in this country worked, and the wife did household chores and took care of the child. A year and a half after returning home, it turned out that she had made very little progress in learning German, unlike her husband.

After all, the spouse, on duty, had to “fight” with the local society and interact with it in every possible way. While the wife’s social circle was mainly limited to her husband, son, and store clerks.

At home, she also surfed the Russian Internet and watched domestic TV. When asked what prevented her from getting out of the “cocoon” of her home and making German friends, she answered: shyness.

Yes, this is a very strong barrier that can stand in your way of learning German. If you want to learn to speak German well, first you may need to “pump up” your communication skills in real life, even in your native Russian. You simply have no other choice. If you don’t try to speak, then you will never learn.

To master the skills of writing, reading, listening, and communicating in German, you need to write, read, listen, and speak as much as possible. This is the most important secret, and all the other tips stated above are only its derivatives.

After all, think about it, even with a small child, so that he can speak as quickly as possible, they try to socialize more and more often. The same thing happens with adults.

The skill of speaking German is created by developing new neural connections in our brain. This requires constant training and, of course, a certain amount of time.

For some, it will take a year and a half to start communicating with a German on equal terms, while for others, perhaps a few months will be enough. It all depends on how sociable a person is and how open he is to people, as well as to the reality around him.

Although in our society excessive talkativeness is usually considered a vice, in this case it will only be a plus. At the Elena Reicherd German Language Center, the development of oral communication skills is given due attention.

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If you are planning a trip to Germany, Austria or Switzerland, a Russian-German phrasebook, which contains frequently used words and expressions in German, will be very useful for ease of communication. The phrasebook is compiled taking into account pronunciation, which will make your communication convenient and enjoyable. But the main place of distribution still remains Germany, where the German language...

Travel phrasebook

If you are planning a trip to Germany, Austria or Switzerland, a Russian-German phrasebook, which contains frequently used words and expressions in German, will be very useful for ease of communication. The phrasebook is compiled taking into account pronunciation, which will make your communication convenient and enjoyable. But the main place of distribution still remains Germany, where German is the only state language.

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See also “”, with which you can translate any word or sentence into German (or vice versa).

Greetings

Standard phrases

Railway station

Passport control

Orientation in the city

Transport

Hotel

Public places

Emergencies

Purchases

Numbers and numbers

Tourism

Discreet and pedantic Germany, a country that millions of people from all over the world dream of visiting, at least for a week. There is everything for a great time here. Ski resorts, nightclubs, great restaurants, pubs and luxury hotels. Also in Germany there is a huge number of medieval buildings and other architectural monuments.

But knowing the German language, you will enjoy a tour of this country even more, or you can simply download a Russian-German phrasebook if you cannot master this language.

Our phrasebook can be printed directly from the site or downloaded to your device, and all this is completely free. The phrasebook is divided into the following topics.

Appeals

Common phrases

At customs

At the station

At the hotel

Walk around the city

In transport

In public places

Emergencies

Numerals

In the shop

Tourism

Greetings - the Germans are very friendly and welcoming people, and therefore you also need to know how to greet the inhabitants of Germany. Here are the words needed for this.

Standard phrases – common words, which you can use during any conversation to maintain it.

Station - if you are confused by the signs and signs at the station, or don’t know where the toilet is, a buffet, or you need a platform, just find the question you need in this topic and ask a passerby how to get to this or that place.

Orientation in the city - in order not to get lost in the big cities of Germany, use this topic to find out from passers-by whether you are going in the right direction, etc.

Transport – if you don’t know how much the fare costs or want to find out which bus to get to your hotel or some attraction, find the questions you are interested in in this topic and ask them to passing Germans.

Hotel – a large list of useful questions and phrases that are often used during a hotel stay.

Public places - in order to clarify where the object or public place you are interested in is located, just find a suitable question in this topic and ask it to any passerby. Rest assured that you will be understood.

Emergency situations - it is unlikely that anything can happen to you in calm and measured Germany, but such a topic will never be superfluous. Here is a list of questions and words that will help you ambulance, the police, or simply tell others that you feel bad.

Shopping – want to buy something you are interested in, but don’t know what its name sounds like in German? This list contains translations of phrases and questions that will help you make absolutely any purchase.

Numbers and figures - every tourist should know their pronunciation and translation.

Tourism – tourists often have all sorts of questions, but not everyone knows how to ask them in German. This section will help you with this. Here are the most necessary phrases and questions for tourists.