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Key Phrases

Unser Zimmer ist zu laut.

Our room is too noisy.

Wir hören laute Musik aus dem Nachbarzimmer.

We hear loud music from the next room.

Können Sie bitte etwas dagegen tun?

Could you please do something about it?

Skills You'll Learn

How to complain politely about noise in a hotel

Wie man sich höflich über Lärm im Hotel beschwert

How to describe what noises you hear and where they come from

Wie man beschreibt, welche Geräusche man hört und woher sie kommen

How to ask staff to take action and explain when the problem started

Wie man das Personal bittet, etwas zu unternehmen, und erklärt, seit wann das Problem besteht

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you are staying at a hotel in Germany and speaking to the front desk because your room is too noisy. You explain that loud music from the next room and slamming doors in the hallway are disturbing you, and you politely ask the staff to do something about it.

Entschuldigung, unser Zimmer ist zu laut.

Excuse me, our room is too noisy.

Oh, das tut mir leid. Welche Geräusche hören Sie?

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. What kind of noises are you hearing?

Wir hören laute Musik aus dem Nachbarzimmer.

We can hear loud music from the next room.

Verstehe. Seit wann hören Sie die Musik?

I understand. Since when have you been hearing the music?

Seit ungefähr zehn Uhr heute Abend.

Since around ten o'clock this evening.

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

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Entschuldigung.

ent-SHOOL-dee-goong

Excuse me.

💬 A super useful polite starter. In German, beginning a complaint with Entschuldigung softens the message right away.

🇩🇪 In Germany, a calm and polite opening is appreciated, even when you are unhappy with the situation.

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Unser Zimmer

OON-zer TSIM-mer

Our room

💬 Unser means our, and Zimmer means room. German loves building clear little blocks of meaning.

🇩🇪 At a hotel desk, saying the room number after this phrase is often helpful and efficient.

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Ist zu laut

ist tsoo lowt

Is too loud

💬 Zu means too, so zu laut is too loud. Easy and very useful for complaints.

🇩🇪 German speakers often prefer direct but factual wording like this over very emotional phrasing.

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Unser Zimmer ist zu laut.

OON-zer TSIM-mer ist tsoo lowt

Our room is too noisy.

💬 Simple structure: subject + verb + description. Great basic complaint sentence for real life.

🇩🇪 This sounds clear and normal at a hotel reception in Germany.

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Das tut mir leid.

dahs toot meer lite

I'm sorry.

💬 Literally, this means That does me sorrow. German can sound dramatic in a charming way.

🇩🇪 Hotel staff in Germany may sound a bit formal, but this phrase shows polite concern.

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Welche Geräusche

VEL-khe geh-ROY-sheh

Which noises

💬 Welche means which/what kind of. Geräusche is the plural of noise or sounds.

🇩🇪 German service staff may ask specific follow-up questions to understand the exact problem.

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Hören Sie?

HUR-en zee

Do you hear?

💬 Sie is the formal you. Very important for hotel situations—polite mode activated.

🇩🇪 Using formal Sie is standard with strangers and staff in Germany.

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Welche Geräusche hören Sie?

VEL-khe geh-ROY-sheh HUR-en zee

What noises do you hear?

💬 A literal translation is Which noises do you hear? but in natural English it means What noises do you hear?

🇩🇪 Being specific helps in Germany—music, doors, traffic, guests, plumbing, all are useful details.

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Wir hören

veer HUR-en

We hear

💬 Wir means we. Hören is hear. Short, practical, and easy to combine with many noise words.

🇩🇪 You can use we even if speaking alone for a shared room, which sounds natural.

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