German Language
Standard German is the official language in Germany. However, English is also widely spoken in the country, especially in Berlin. You won't have any problems getting by during your stay.
If you wish to practice your German or learn the basic words and expressions to get by during your stay, even in restaurants, print out our list of useful words:
Courtesy
- Hello
- Guten Tag
- How are you?
- Wie geht’s?
- Good, thank you
- Danke, gut
- Please
- Bitte
- Thanks
- Danke sehr
- Yes
- Ja
- No
- Nein
- Goodbye
- Auf Wiedersehen
At a restaurant
- I'm vegetarian
- Ich bin Vegetarier
- Breakfast
- Frühstück
- Lunch
- Mittagessen
- Dinner
- Abendessen
- Chicken
- Huhn
- Veal
- Rindfleisch
- Fish
- Fisch
- Ham
- Schinken
- Sausage
- Wurst
- Cheese
- Käse
- Eggs
- Eier
- Salad
- Salat
- Vegetables
- Gemüse
- Fruit
- Obst
- Bread
- Brot
- Noodles
- Nudeln
- Rice
- Reis
- Coffee
- Kaffee
- Tea
- Tee
- Juice
- Saft
- Mineral water
- Mineralwasser
- Water
- Leitungswasser
- Beer
- Bier
Days of the week
- Monday
- Montag
- Tuesday
- Dienstag
- Wednesday
- Mittwoch
- Thursday
- Donnerstag
- Friday
- Freitag
- Saturday
- Samstag
- Sunday
- Sonntag
Numbers
- One
- Eins
- Two
- Zwei
- Three
- Drei
- Four
- Vier
- Five
- Fünf
- Six
- Sechs
- Seven
- Sieben
- Eight
- Acht
- Nine
- Neun
- Ten
- Zehn
Useful expressions
- Stomach medication
- Magentabletten
- Aspirin
- Schmerzmittel
- Left
- Links
- Right
- Rechts
- Half
- Die Hälfte
- Less
- Weniger
- More
- Mehr