Basic German Phrases for your holidays!

A lot of Austrians are speaking and understand English not too bad. But it is always very appreciated if you know some words. 

Here are some basic sentences and phrases which could be useful:

Hello	Hallo
Goodbye	Auf Wiedersehen/ Tschüss (informal)
Please	Bitte
Thank you	Danke
Yes	Ja
No	Nein
Excuse me/sorry	Entschuldigung
My name is...	Ich heisse..
What is your name?	Wie heissen Sie?
Nice to meet you	Schön Sie kennenzulernen
Where do you come from?	Woher kommen Sie?
I come from America	Ich komme aus Amerika
How are you?	Wie geht es Ihnen?
Where is...?	Wo ist…?
I would like (2 bottles of water)	Ich möchte (zwei Flaschen Wasser)
How much is that?	Wieviel kostet das?
How do I get to...?	Wie komme ich zum (m/n)/zur(f)…?
I don’t understand	Ich vestehe nicht
I’m sorry, I don’t speak German	Es tut mir leid, ich spreche kein Deutsch
Do you speak English?	Sprechen Sie Englisch?

Of course it is not that easy to pronounce it, so I looked up some videos which shows you a few basic words and their proper pronounciation. 

 

So let's get it started and learn some German today :)