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How to Say ‘My train leaves at half past nine.’ in German

Mein Zug fährt um halb zehn.

mine tsook fairt oom halp tsayn

[mine tsook fairt oom halp tsayn]

💬 Usage Tip: Trains, buses and planes "drive" in German: fahren covers leaving and running on schedule. Der Bus fährt gleich means the bus is about to leave.

Phrase Breakdown

Mein Zug fährt

mine tsook fairt

My train leaves

'Zug' is pronounced 'tsook', with a final 'g' that sounds like 'k'. 'fährt' has a long 'ä'.

Example

Mein Zug fährt gleich.

My train is leaving soon.

Words in this phrase

Mein

[mine]

Possessive adjective for something belonging to the speaker.

Example

Mein Bestes ist heute immerhin ziemlich solide.

My best is at least pretty solid today.

Zug

[tsook]

train

A railway vehicle for passenger or freight transport.

Example

Wann fährt der Zug ab?

When does the train leave?

fährt

[fairt]

leaves / goes

Third person of 'fahren'; for trains it means to depart or run.

Example

Der Bus fährt um acht.

The bus leaves at eight.

um halb zehn.

oom halp tsayn

at half past nine

Time with 'um'. Remember that 'halb zehn' = 9:30.

Example

Der Film beginnt um halb zehn.

The film starts at half past nine.

Words in this phrase

[oom]

Used with clock times to say when something happens.

Example

In „Um zehn Uhr“ zeigt „Um“ eine Uhrzeit an.

In “At ten o’clock,” “Um” indicates a clock time.

halb

[halp]

half (to)

In German time, 'halb' plus an hour means thirty minutes before that hour.

Example

Wir treffen uns um halb sechs.

We meet at half past five.

zehn

[tsayn]

ten

The number 10.

Example

In „Um zehn Uhr“ nennt „zehn“ die genaue Stunde.

In “At ten o’clock,” “zehn” states the exact hour.

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