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How to Say ‘Hand me your phone for a sec.’ in German

Gib mir kurz dein Handy.

gip meer koorts dine HEN-dee

[gip meer koorts dine HEN-dee]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Handing over your phone so the other person types in their number is the usual way to swap numbers. A bare command like this is fine between peers; kurz keeps it friendly.

Phrase Breakdown

Gib mir kurz

gip meer koorts

Give me for a moment

'kurz' makes the command sound casual and quick rather than rude.

Example

Gib mir kurz den Stift.

Hand me the pen for a sec.

Words in this phrase

Gib

[gip]

give (command)

Informal imperative of 'geben'.

Example

Gib mir das Salz!

Give me the salt!

mir

[meer]

to me

Dative pronoun used to show that something matters or happens to the speaker.

Example

Mir ist eine offene Kommunikation besonders wichtig.

Open communication is especially important to me.

kurz

[koorts]

briefly, for a moment

Means short; as an adverb, for a short time.

Example

Kann ich kurz telefonieren?

Can I make a quick call?

dein Handy.

dine HEN-dee

your phone.

'das Handy' means mobile phone, and it takes 'dein'.

Example

Ist das dein Handy?

Is that your phone?

Words in this phrase

dein

[dine]

your

Informal possessive for 'you' (du), used with friends and family.

Example

Ist das dein Handy?

Is that your phone?

Handy

[HEN-dee]

mobile phone

German word for a cell phone.

Example

Mein Handy ist leer.

My phone is dead.

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