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How to Say ‘There are Christmas cookies later too.’ in German

Später gibt es noch Plätzchen.

SHPAY-ter gipt es nokh PLETS-khen

[SHPAY-ter gipt es nokh PLETS-khen]

💬 Usage Tip: es gibt means "there is" or "there are", whether you're talking about one thing or many: es gibt Kaffee, es gibt Plätzchen.

Phrase Breakdown

Später gibt es

SHPAY-ter gipt es

later there will be

'Es gibt' means 'there is / there are'. Because 'später' comes first, the verb 'gibt' moves to second position. 'Ä' sounds like the 'e' in 'bed'.

Example

Später gibt es Kaffee.

Later there will be coffee.

Words in this phrase

Später

[SHPAY-ter]

later

Comparative of 'spät'; at a later time.

Example

Wir kommen später.

We'll come later.

gibt

[gipt]

gives (in 'gibt es': is there)

Form of 'geben'; with 'es' it means 'there is/are'.

Example

Gibt es heute ein Tagesmenü?

Is there a daily menu today?

[es]

A neutral pronoun used to refer to a thing previously mentioned.

Example

Es ist ein schöner Tag.

It is a beautiful day.

noch Plätzchen.

nokh PLETS-khen

also cookies

'Plätzchen' are Christmas cookies. The 'tz' sounds like 'ts', and '-chen' has a soft 'ch'.

Example

Wir backen Plätzchen.

We're baking cookies.

Words in this phrase

noch

[nokh]

still (later today)

With 'heute', it means before the day is over.

Example

Ich mache das heute noch.

I'll do that later today.

Plätzchen

[PLETS-khen]

Christmas cookies

Small homemade biscuits baked especially at Christmas time.

Example

Oma backt Plätzchen.

Grandma is baking cookies.

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