How to Say ‘Make it 24’ in German
Machen Sie 24
MAH-khen zee tsvair-und-tsvahn-tsikh FEER
[MAH-khen zee tsvair-und-tsvahn-tsikh FEER]
🇩🇪 In Germany: Said when handing over money, this tells the driver to keep the change up to 24. It's the usual way to tip a taxi in Germany, rounding up by roughly 5 to 10 percent.
Phrase Breakdown
Machen
[MAH-khen]
make / do
Verb used for creating, producing, or doing something.
Wir machen kurze Clips für Social Media.
We make short clips for social media.
Sie
[zee]
you (formal)
Formal second person pronoun.
Können Sie mir zeigen?
Can you show me?
24
[tsvair-und-tsvahn-tsikh FEER]
24
The number twenty-four, often used for deadlines and time limits.
24 Stunden vorher ist eine häufige Frist im Restaurant.
24 hours beforehand is a common deadline in the restaurant.
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