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How to Say ‘What's your name on there?’ in German

Wie heißt du da?

vee hyste doo dah

[vee hyste doo dah]

💬 Usage Tip: da usually means "there", but here it points to the app just mentioned, like "on there".

Phrase Breakdown

Wie heißt

vee hyste

What is the name of

Question word + the verb 'heißen' (to be called).

Example

Wie heißt das Buch?

What's the book called?

Words in this phrase

Wie

[vee]

what

With 'ist' asking for a name or number, German uses 'wie' where English says 'what'.

Example

Wie ist dein Name?

What is your name?

heißt

[hyste]

are called

Form of 'heißen' (to be called) used with 'du'.

Example

Du heißt Anna, oder?

You're called Anna, right?

du da?

doo dah

you there?

'da' (there) refers to the platform, here Instagram. It asks for your username.

Example

Bist du da aktiv?

Are you active there?

Words in this phrase

[doo]

the informal 'you' (du form)

As a noun, 'das Du' means the informal way of addressing someone.

Example

Wir sind jetzt per Du.

We now use first names / informal 'you'.

[dah]

there; in that

Refers to the point just made.

Example

Da bin ich anderer Meinung.

There I disagree.

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