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How to Say ‘I am measuring your fever.’ in German

Ich messe Ihr Fieber.

ikh MESS-eh eer FEE-ber

[ikh MESS-eh eer FEE-ber]

💬 Usage Tip: Fieber messen is the everyday way to say "take someone's temperature", even when nobody has a fever.

Phrase Breakdown

Ich messe

ikh MESS-eh

I'll measure

'messen' means to measure. The 'e' is short and the double 's' is sharp: MES-se.

Example

Ich messe den Blutdruck.

I'll measure the blood pressure.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

messe

[MESS-eh]

measure

Form of 'messen', to measure.

Example

Ich messe den Blutdruck.

I measure the blood pressure.

Ihr Fieber.

eer FEE-ber

your temperature.

'Fieber' means fever. Here it means taking your temperature. Say FEE-ber with a long 'ie'.

Example

Sie haben Fieber.

You have a fever.

Words in this phrase

Ihr

[eer]

your

Formal possessive determiner used politely with 'Ticket.'

Example

Ist Ihr Flug pünktlich?

Is your flight on time?

Fieber

[FEE-ber]

fever, temperature

Elevated body temperature.

Example

Sie hat hohes Fieber.

She has a high fever.

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