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How to Say ‘Have you had a bowel movement?’ in German

Hatten Sie schon Stuhlgang?

HAH-ten zee shohn SHTOOL-gahng

[HAH-ten zee shohn SHTOOL-gahng]

💬 Usage Tip: In questions, schon often works like English "yet" rather than "already". Same pattern: Haben Sie schon gegessen? "Have you eaten yet?"

Phrase Breakdown

Hatten Sie

HAH-ten zee

Have you had

This is a past-tense question with 'haben'. Stress HAT.

Example

Hatten Sie Fieber?

Did you have a fever?

Words in this phrase

Hatten

[HAH-ten]

had

Past tense of 'haben'.

Example

Sie hatten Fieber.

You had a fever.

Sie

[zee]

you (formal)

Formal second person singular pronoun.

Example

Können Sie mir bitte folgen?

Can you please follow me?

schon Stuhlgang?

shohn SHTOOL-gahng

a bowel movement yet?

'Stuhlgang' means bowel movement. 'St' sounds like 'sht': SHTOOL-gang.

Example

Der Stuhlgang ist normal.

The bowel movement is normal.

Words in this phrase

schon

[shohn]

already

By this time; prior to a specified time.

Example

Er ist schon weg.

He is already gone.

Stuhlgang

[SHTOOL-gahng]

bowel movement

Medical term for passing stool.

Example

Der Stuhlgang ist normal.

The bowel movement is normal.

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