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How to Say ‘Send me your CV.’ in German

Schicken Sie mir Ihren Lebenslauf.

SHIK-en Zee meer EE-ren LAY-bens-lowf

[SHIK-en Zee meer EE-ren LAY-bens-lowf]

💬 Usage Tip: A polite request just puts the verb first and adds Sie: Schicken Sie.... After schicken, Ihr becomes Ihren because Lebenslauf is a der word: der Lebenslauf, Ihren Lebenslauf.

Phrase Breakdown

Schicken Sie mir

SHIK-en Zee meer

Send me

This is a polite formal command. 'Schicken' starts with 'sh': 'SHIK-ken'.

Example

Schicken Sie mir eine E-Mail.

Send me an email.

Words in this phrase

Schicken

[SHIK-en]

send

Imperative or base form of schicken, meaning to send. Often used in polite requests.

Example

Schicken Sie bitte die Rechnung per Nachricht.

Please send the invoice by message.

Sie

[Zee]

You (formal)

Used when addressing someone politely.

Example

Akzeptieren Sie Kreditkarten?

Do you accept credit cards?

mir

[meer]

to me

Dative pronoun used to show that something matters or happens to the speaker.

Example

Mir ist eine offene Kommunikation besonders wichtig.

Open communication is especially important to me.

Ihren Lebenslauf.

EE-ren LAY-bens-lowf

your CV.

'Lebenslauf' means CV or résumé, said 'LAY-bens-lowf'. The stress is on 'LE'.

Example

Mein Lebenslauf ist fertig.

My CV is ready.

Words in this phrase

Ihren

[EE-ren]

your

Formal masculine accusative form of 'your,' used politely with strangers.

Example

Ich finde Ihren Stil sehr elegant.

I find your style very elegant.

Lebenslauf

[LAY-bens-lowf]

résumé; CV

Lebenslauf is the document or story of your education and work history.

Example

Mein Lebenslauf ist schon fertig.

My CV is already finished.

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