Basic time: Scheduling a time for the appointment

💬 [passen] is often used for times and plans: [Wann passt dir der Termin?] literally means when the appointment suits you. You can swap in other things too: [Passt dir Montag?] or [Passt dir 14 Uhr?].

💬 [passen] is often used for times and plans: [Wann passt dir der Termin?] literally means when the appointment suits you. You can reuse the pattern with other options: [Wann passt dir Montag?] or [Wann passt dir 14 Uhr?].

🇩🇪 [dir] makes this informal, so this is for friends, classmates, neighbours after switching to [du], and similar situations. With someone you don't know well, you'd normally say [Wann passt Ihnen der Termin?].

💬 German uses [der Termin] for a scheduled appointment or arranged time, not just a vague 'date' on the calendar. You can reuse it in phrases like [Ich habe einen Termin] or [Welcher Termin passt?].

💬 [Es geht um …] is a common way to ask whether a time works: [Geht es um 14 Uhr?]. The [um] is the key word before clock times, as in [um 9 Uhr] or [um halb drei].

💬 With clock times, German uses [um]: [um 14 Uhr], [um 16:30 Uhr]. In speech, [14 Uhr] is often said as [vierzehn Uhr] or in everyday style [zwei Uhr].

💬 German uses [um] before a clock time, so [um 14 Uhr] means 'at 2:00 PM'. This pattern works with any time: [Geht es um 16:30 Uhr?].