GERMAN LESSON - ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS

(for audio/video files showing you how to ask for directions in German, see below)

How do I get to _____ ? (cities) 

Wie komme ich nach _____ ? (vee KOM-muh ikh nahkh _____?)

How do I get to _____ ? (places, streets) 

Wie komme ich zum/zur _____ ? (vee KOM-muh ikh tsoom/tsoor _____?)

the train station	zum Bahnhof? (tsoom BAHN-hohf?)
the bus station	zur Bushaltestelle? (tsoor BOOSS-hahl-tuh-shteh-luh?)
the airport	zum Flughafen? (tsoom FLOOG-hah-fen?)
the town centre	zur Stadtmitte? (tsoor SHTUT-mit-tuh)
the youth hostel	zur Jugendherberge? (tsoor YOO-gent-hayr-bayr-guh)
the _____ hotel?	zum _____ Hotel? (tsoom _____ hoh-TELL)

Watch & Learn:

This fun cartoon video has vocabulary to help you learn German directions:

 

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Where are there a lot of... 

Wo gibt es viele... (?) (VOU gipt ess FEE-luh...)

hotels?	.Hotels? (hoh-TELLSS)
restaurants?	Restaurants? (rest-oh-RAHNTS?)
pubs?	Kneipen? (KNIGH-pen?) (pronounce the 'K')
sights to see?	Sehenswürdigkeiten? (ZAY-ens-vuur-dikh-kigh-ten?)

 

Can you show me on the map? 

Kannst du/Können Sie mir das auf der Karte zeigen? (kahnst doo/KOON-en zee meer dahss ouf dayr KAHR-tuh TSIGH-gen?)

street or road	Straße (SHTRAH-suh)
left / turn left	links (links) / Links abbiegen. (LINKS AHP-bee-gen)
right / turn right	rechts (rekhts) / Rechts abbiegen. (REKHTS AHP-bee-gen)
straight ahead	geradeaus (guh-RAH-duh-OWSS)
towards the_____	Richtung _____ (RIKH-toong)
past the_____	nach dem(m/n)/der(f)* _____ (nahkh daym/dayr)
before the_____	vor dem(m/n)/der(f)* _____ (for daym/dayr)
Watch for the _____.	Achte/Achten Sie auf den(m)/die(f)/das(n)* _____.  (AHKH-tuh/AHKH-ten zee ouf dayn/dee/dahss _____)
intersection or crossroads	Kreuzung (KROY-tsoong)
north	Norden (NOR-den)
east	Osten (OST-en)
south	Süden (ZUU-den)
west	Westen (VEST-en)
uphill	bergauf (bayrk-OUF)
downhill	bergab (bayrk-AHP)

 

* m=masculine n=neuter f=feminine

 

Practise these and other useful German phrases with this link: Asking for directions in German (asking for directions to a cash point - 'Geldautomat') Get further practise on asking for directions in German with this audio file, in which you'll hear a phrase in English and then in German: How to ask for directions in German (To save the audio file, PC users should 'right-click' on the link and choose 'Save Target As', then save the file to your desktop. Open it in any media player that supports MP3 files. Mac users should 'control+click' on the link, then save the file to your desktop.)

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