English→German (Germany)

Translate English to German (Germany) like a local.

German with the right register: du and Sie handled correctly, and the phrasing Germans actually use.

Going the other way? German (Germany) to English

474 local dialects

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What locals actually say

Sounds good, let's do it.

Klingt gut, machen wir.

“Machen wir” is the natural spoken confirmation; literal translations overexplain.

Could you send me the file?

Könnten Sie mir die Datei schicken?

Formal Sie for workplace requests; AIRTranslate's Formal tone keeps this consistent.

Can I pay by debit card?

Kann ich mit EC-Karte zahlen?

EC-Karte is the familiar German term for a girocard or debit card and signals everyday usage in Germany.

Is the station this way?

Ist der Bahnhof hier entlang?

Hier entlang is a common German direction phrase meaning this way and sounds natural in everyday speech.

I'd like a bread roll, please.

Ich hätte gern ein Brötchen, bitte.

Brötchen is the standard German word for a bread roll in Germany, with the diminutive suffix -chen.

I'm having dinner at my grandma's tonight.

Ich esse heute Abend bei meiner Oma.

Bei meiner Oma uses bei with the dative for being at someone's home, while Oma is the familiar German word for grandma.

It's supposed to rain tomorrow.

Morgen soll es regnen.

The impersonal es with soll is the natural German construction for reporting a forecast or expectation.

I'm really looking forward to it.

Ich freue mich schon sehr darauf.

Darauf is a German pronominal adverb referring back to an event or situation, and schon sehr adds natural emphasis.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How German (Germany) differs

Germany Standard German. Du informal, Sie formal; Januar, Kartoffel, Brötchen varies by region — keep neutral standard; direct efficient register; ß per standard orthography.

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