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How to Say ‘Would you like…?’ in German

Möchten Sie…?

MURKH-ten zee

[MURKH-ten zee]

💬 Usage Tip: Möchten Sie...? is the polite "would you like...?". Use Ich möchte... "I'd like..." when asking for things yourself.

Phrase Breakdown

Möchten

[MURKH-ten]

would you like

Polite question form used to ask what someone wants.

Example

Möchten Sie einen Tisch am Fenster?

Would you like a table by the window?

Sie

[zee]

You (formal)

Formal second-person pronoun.

Example

Denken Sie, dass Netzwerken wichtig ist?

Do you think networking is important?

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