Basic measurements: Describing your body measurements to the nurse

💬 German numbers put the ones before the tens, joined by und: fünfundsiebzig is literally "five-and-seventy". Same with zweiundachtzig "eighty-two".

💬 stellen "to put" needs sich "yourself" here: you are literally putting yourself somewhere. Setzen Sie sich "Sit down" works the same way.

💬 W is said like an English v: (VAH-geh). The final e is spoken, not silent.

💬 auf die is used for movement onto something, and auf der for being on it: Ich stehe auf der Waage "I'm standing on the scale".

🇩🇪 kurz "briefly" softens a request. Staff use it all the time to make instructions sound less like orders.

🇩🇪 Gern is a common friendly reply when someone thanks you, much like "you're welcome". It's also a polite way to say yes to an offer.

💬 ausziehen splits in a normal sentence, as in Ich ziehe die Schuhe aus, with aus at the end. It can also mean "to move out" of a flat, so context matters.

💬 After muss, the second verb goes to the very end in its full form. Swap in others: Muss ich hier warten? "Do I have to wait here?"

💬 Starting a sentence, So works as a filler like "right" or "okay", marking that something is done. You'll hear it constantly from staff moving to the next step.

💬 Comparisons use als for "than": mehr als, weniger als "less than". Don't use wie here, though many Germans do in casual speech.

💬 etwas before a comparison means "a bit": etwas weniger "a bit less". On its own, etwas usually means "something".

💬 war's is short for war es "was it", and schon adds "already". So it literally says "that was it already".

🇩🇪 In German practices, gleich can still mean a wait of several minutes or more. Settle in rather than expecting the doctor instantly.