How to Say ‘Do you have pain?’ in German
Haben Sie Schmerzen?
HAH-ben zee SHMAIR-tsen
[HAH-ben zee SHMAIR-tsen]
💬 Usage Tip: One of the most useful ward questions. Formal, polite, and direct.
🇩🇪 In Germany: In Germany, asking directly about pain is normal and expected in postoperative care.
Phrase Breakdown
Haben
[HAH-ben]
do you have
Form of haben used here to ask whether the patient has something.
Haben Sie Schmerzen? Ich kann Ihnen etwas dagegen geben.
Are you in pain? I can give you something for it.
Sie
[zee]
you
Formal pronoun used to address a patient politely.
Haben Sie Schmerzen? Bitte beschreiben Sie sie genauer.
Are you in pain? Please describe it more precisely.
Schmerzen
[SHMAIR-tsen]
pain; pains
Physical pain; commonly used in patient questions on the ward.
Haben Sie Schmerzen? Sind die Schmerzen stark?
Are you in pain? Is the pain severe?
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