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How to Say ‘Do you have a map?’ in German

Hast du eine Landkarte?

hahst doo EYE-nuh LAHNT-kar-teh

[hahst doo EYE-nuh LAHNT-kar-teh]

🇩🇪 In Germany: The joke's punchline in German is usually ich habe mich in deinen Augen verlaufen "I got lost in your eyes". Asking only for the map sounds like a real request.

Phrase Breakdown

Hast du

hahst doo

Do you have

This is 'haben' (to have) in the 'du' form, with the verb first because it is a question.

Example

Hast du Zeit?

Do you have time?

Words in this phrase

Hast

[hahst]

have

The verb 'haben' in second person singular form.

Example

Hast du Hunger?

Are you hungry?

[doo]

you (singular/informal)

Used when speaking to one person informally.

Example

Wie fühlst du dich heute Abend?

How do you feel this evening?

eine Landkarte?

EYE-nuh LAHNT-kar-teh

a map?

'Landkarte' (map) is feminine, so it takes 'eine'. It is a compound of 'Land' and 'Karte'. Stress 'Land-'.

Example

Ich brauche eine Landkarte.

I need a map.

Words in this phrase

eine

[EYE-nuh]

a; an; one

Feminine form of the indefinite article, used before singular feminine nouns.

Example

Eine offene Kultur ist mir bei einem Unternehmen wichtig.

An open culture is important to me in a company.

Landkarte

[LAHNT-kar-teh]

map

Feminine noun: a printed map of a region.

Example

Die Landkarte liegt im Auto.

The map is in the car.

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