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How to Say ‘Turn left.’ in German

Biegen Sie links ab.

BEE-gen zee links ap

[BEE-gen zee links ap]

💬 Usage Tip: abbiegen splits in two. biegen comes first and ab goes to the very end: Biegen Sie links ab.

Phrase Breakdown

Biegen Sie

BEE-gen zee

Turn (formal)

Formal command form of 'abbiegen' (to turn). 'Biegen' sounds like 'BEE-gen'. 'Sie' is the polite 'you'.

Example

Biegen Sie hier ab.

Turn here.

Words in this phrase

Biegen

[BEE-gen]

turn

Main part of the separable verb abbiegen; the prefix ab goes to the end.

Example

Biegen Sie hier ab.

Turn here.

Sie

[zee]

you (formal)

Formal second person singular pronoun.

Example

Können Sie mir bitte folgen?

Can you please follow me?

links ab.

links ap

left (turn off)

'links' means left. 'ab' is the separable prefix of 'abbiegen' and goes to the end of the sentence.

Example

Ich biege links ab.

I turn left.

Words in this phrase

links

[links]

left

Direction word meaning 'to the left' or 'left.'

Example

Gehen Sie links an der Ecke.

Go left at the corner.

[ap]

(turn) off

Separable prefix of abbiegen, placed at the end of the sentence.

Example

Wir biegen gleich ab.

We are turning off soon.

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