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How to Say ‘Thanks for waiting’ in German

Danke fürs Warten

DAHN-kuh fuers VAR-ten

[DAHN-kuh fuers VAR-ten]

💬 Usage Tip: fürs is a squeezed form of für das. You'll hear the same shortcut in ins for in das and ans for an das.

Phrase Breakdown

Danke

[DAHN-kuh]

thanks

A common way to express gratitude.

Example

Danke für das nette Gespräch gestern.

Thanks for the nice conversation yesterday.

fürs

[fuers]

for the

Contraction of 'für das'.

Example

Danke fürs Essen.

Thanks for the food.

Warten

[VAR-ten]

waiting

Verb used as a noun.

Example

Das Warten war lang.

The waiting was long.

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