Key Phrases
Wie spät ist es?
What time?
Es ist ein Uhr
It is one o'clock
Es ist halb vier nachmittags.
It is three thirty in the afternoon
Skills You'll Learn
Telling time
Uhrzeit sagen
Understanding parts of the day
Tageszeiten verstehen
Talking about time
Über die Zeit sprechen
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Heute
HOY-tuh
Today
Morgen
MOR-gen
Tomorrow / morning
💬 morgen can mean both "tomorrow" and "morning." The meaning usually becomes clear from context, or you can make "in the morning" explicit with am Morgen.
See breakdown →Übermorgen
OO-buh-mor-gen
Day after tomorrow
Gestern
GES-turn
Yesterday
Stunde
SHTOON-duh
Hour
Minute
mee-NOO-tuh
Minute
Sekunde
zay-KOON-duh
Second
Nacht
nakht
Night
💬 Final cht is pronounced with that rough German ch sound, not like English "night." So Nacht is roughly (nahkht), not "nakt."
See breakdown →Nachmittag
nahkh-MI-taag
Afternoon
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