How to Say ‘Please don't worry.’ in German
Bitte machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
BIT-teh MAKH-en zee zikh KY-nuh ZOR-gen
[BIT-teh MAKH-en zee zikh KY-nuh ZOR-gen]
💬 Usage Tip: A standard reassurance phrase. Formal, kind, and very useful to recognize when stressed.
🇩🇪 In Germany: German doctors often balance reassurance with a calm factual explanation after this.
Phrase Breakdown
Bitte
[BIT-teh]
please
Used politely here to reassure someone gently.
Bitte machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
Please don't worry.
Machen Sie sich
MAKH-en zee zikh
make yourself / do not worry
Part of the reflexive expression 'sich Sorgen machen' meaning 'to worry'. In this phrase it tells someone not to worry.
Machen Sie sich keine Gedanken.
Don't worry.
Words in this phrase
machen
[MAKH-en]
make / do
Part of the expression 'sich Sorgen machen' meaning 'to worry'.
Bitte machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
Please don't worry.
Sie
[zee]
you
Formal 'you' used in polite speech.
Bitte machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
Please don't worry.
sich
[zikh]
yourself
Reflexive pronoun in the expression 'sich Sorgen machen'.
Bitte machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
Please don't worry.
Keine Sorgen
KY-nuh ZOR-gen
no worries
Literally 'no worries'; part of the common reassurance 'Machen Sie sich keine Sorgen'.
Keine Sorgen, das klappt schon.
No worries, it will work out.
Words in this phrase
keine
[KY-nuh]
no / not any
Negates the plural noun 'Sorgen'.
Bitte machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
Please don't worry.
Sorgen
[ZOR-gen]
worries
Concerns or anxious thoughts.
Bitte machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
Please don't worry.
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