How to Say ‘To have coffee together’ in German
Zusammen Kaffee trinken
tsoo-ZAH-men ka-FAY TRING-ken
[tsoo-ZAH-men ka-FAY TRING-ken]
🇩🇪 In Germany: Meeting for coffee is the classic casual first date in Germany. It's daytime, short and low-commitment.
Phrase Breakdown
Zusammen
[tsoo-ZAH-men]
together
Describes people doing something jointly or as a group.
Beim Karriereevent sitzen wir zusammen und lernen das Team kennen.
At the career event, we sit together and get to know the team.
Kaffee
[ka-FAY]
coffee
Often used as shorthand for an informal coffee meeting.
Lass uns auf einen Kaffee treffen.
Let's meet for a coffee.
trinken
[TRING-ken]
to drink
The basic form of the verb 'to drink'.
Ich will Kaffee trinken.
I want to drink coffee.
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