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How to Say ‘How do I get there?’ in German

Wie komme ich dahin?

vee KOM-meh ikh dah-HIN

[vee KOM-meh ikh dah-HIN]

💬 Usage Tip: dahin means "to there" and is used when you're moving somewhere. If you're just located somewhere, use da instead: Ich bin da "I'm there".

Phrase Breakdown

Wie komme ich

vee KOM-meh ikh

How do I get

'Wie' sounds like 'vee'. 'Komme' has a short o.

Example

Wie komme ich zum Bahnhof?

How do I get to the station?

Words in this phrase

Wie

[vee]

how

Question word asking about manner or state.

Example

Wie geht es dir?

How are you?

komme

[KOM-meh]

come

Form of 'kommen' (to come) used with 'ich' (I); with 'aus' it tells where you are from.

Example

Ich komme morgen.

I am coming tomorrow.

ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

dahin?

dah-HIN

there?

'Dahin' means 'to there', for movement toward a place. Stress the second syllable: da-HIN.

Example

Wir fahren morgen dahin.

We're going there tomorrow.

Words in this phrase

dahin

[dah-HIN]

there (to that place)

Adverb showing movement towards a place already mentioned.

Example

Wir fahren morgen dahin.

We are going there tomorrow.

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