Asking cute stranger out to a date: Agreeing on a day, time and place

🇩🇪 In parts of western and southern Germany you'll also hear Sonnabend for Saturday in the north. Both mean the same day.

💬 With passen, the person goes in the dir/mir form: Passt dir Samstag? and the answer Ja, passt mir. The day is the thing doing the "fitting".

💬 gehen usually means "to go", but with times and plans it means "to work, be possible": Das geht "That works".

🇩🇪 Saying no to a day without explaining why is perfectly polite in Germany. Just offer another day so it doesn't read as a brush-off.

💬 um is used for clock times. Watch out: um halb drei means 2:30, not 3:30, because it's "half to three".

💬 Use um for clock times: um drei, um halb acht. Careful: halb acht means 7:30, half an hour *before* eight.

💬 uns is needed here because sich treffen means "to meet up", so it's literally "where do we meet ourselves". Compare Wir treffen uns um drei "We're meeting at three".

💬 im is short for in dem and is used for being inside a place like a café or restaurant: im Kino "at the cinema".

💬 am is short for an dem, used for being at or beside something, like a square or river: am Bahnhof "at the station".

🇩🇪 Picking a well-known public spot in the centre is the norm for a first date. It feels safe and easy for both people.

💬 Also means "so" or "well then", not "also". For "also" use auch.

🇩🇪 Repeating the day, time and place back to confirm is very typical. Germans like plans pinned down clearly.

💬 sich freuen needs mich "myself": literally "I gladden myself". Add auf for what you're looking forward to: Ich freue mich auf Samstag.

💬 Bis plus any time makes a goodbye: bis morgen "see you tomorrow", bis später "see you later".

💬 This reuses the "myself" from Ich freue mich and drops the verb. That's why it's Ich mich auch rather than just Ich auch.