Asking doctor about test results: Monitoring

💬 A polite, formal greeting. Very handy in clinics and hospitals.

🇩🇪 In Germany, formal greetings are common with medical staff, especially at first contact.

💬 Used before a surname: Herr Müller = Mr. Müller.

🇩🇪 Titles and surnames are used more often in formal settings like doctor's offices.

💬 Doktor is a title, not the everyday word for a physician. But people often say it in clinics.

🇩🇪 In Germany, academic titles are taken seriously, so many patients say Herr Doktor or Frau Doktor.

💬 A formal way to address a male doctor. Literally: 'Mr. Doctor.'

🇩🇪 Common in speech, though using the doctor's surname is also very normal: Herr Doktor Schmidt.

💬 Da often means 'here' or 'available.' Super useful for asking if results or a person have arrived.

🇩🇪 At reception desks in Germany, short direct questions like this are normal and not rude.

💬 A classic German compound noun: Test + Ergebnisse. German loves word-building LEGO.

🇩🇪 You may hear more specific words too, like Laborwerte for lab values.

💬 A very natural question at a doctor's office. Verb-first word order makes it a yes/no question.

🇩🇪 Patients often ask reception staff this first before speaking to the doctor.

💬 Ergebnisse is plural, so use die. Singular would be das Ergebnis.

🇩🇪 Doctors may also say Befunde depending on the type of result.

💬 Sind shows the subject is plural: die Ergebnisse. Easy grammar win.

🇩🇪 Often this means the office has received them, not necessarily that the doctor has discussed them yet.