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How to Say ‘Keep the change.’ in German

Stimmt so.

shtimt zoh

[shtimt zoh]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Germans tip by rounding up as they pay, saying the total they want to give or just stimmt so. Leaving coins on the table is less common than settling the tip right then.

Phrase Breakdown

Stimmt

[shtimt]

keep the change (with 'so')

From 'stimmen' (to be right); 'Stimmt so' tells the server the amount is fine, keep the rest as tip.

Example

Fünf Euro, stimmt so.

Five euros, keep the change.

[zoh]

so; like that

Used to mean 'like that' or 'that way'.

Example

Im Moment ist es so, dass nur kaltes Wasser kommt.

At the moment, it is like this: only cold water is coming.

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