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How to Say ‘Do you need a receipt?’ in German

Brauchen Sie eine Quittung?

BROW-khen zee EYE-nuh KWIT-toong

[BROW-khen zee EYE-nuh KWIT-toong]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Taxi drivers in Germany routinely offer a Quittung, and it's worth taking one during a fare dispute: it shows the fare, date and the taxi's number if you later want to complain to the local taxi office.

Phrase Breakdown

Brauchen Sie

BROW-khen zee

Do you need

Formal 'Sie' question with the verb first. The 'ch' after 'au' is the throaty 'ch' (as in Scottish 'loch').

Example

Brauchen Sie Hilfe?

Do you need help?

Words in this phrase

Brauchen

[BROW-khen]

need

A polite/formal verb meaning to need or require something.

Example

Brauchen Sie noch meine Telefonnummer für den Termin?

Do you still need my phone number for the appointment?

Sie

[zee]

you (formal)

Formal second person pronoun.

Example

Können Sie mir zeigen?

Can you show me?

eine Quittung?

EYE-nuh KWIT-toong

a receipt?

'Quittung' is feminine, so the article is 'eine'. 'Qu' sounds like 'kv': 'KVIT-tung'.

Example

Ich hätte gern eine Quittung.

I'd like a receipt.

Words in this phrase

eine

[EYE-nuh]

The feminine accusative article before 'Frage.'

Example

Ich möchte Ihnen eine Frage zur Arbeitskultur stellen.

I would like to ask you a question about work culture.

Quittung

[KWIT-toong]

Receipt

A piece of paper showing payment has been made.

Example

Könnte ich eine Quittung bekommen?

Could I get a receipt?

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