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How to Say ‘Would you like a receipt?’ in German

Möchten Sie eine Quittung?

MURKH-ten zee EYE-nuh KWIT-toong

[MURKH-ten zee EYE-nuh KWIT-toong]

💬 Usage Tip: To ask a question, put the verb first: Sie möchten becomes Möchten Sie ...?. Swap in anything: Möchten Sie Wasser? "Would you like water?".

Phrase Breakdown

Möchten Sie

MURKH-ten zee

Would you like

'Sie' is the polite form of 'you'. Say 'ö' with rounded lips. The 'ch' is soft.

Example

Möchten Sie Kaffee?

Would you like coffee?

Words in this phrase

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

Können Sie mir zeigen?

Can you show me?

eine Quittung?

EYE-nuh KWIT-toong

a receipt?

'Quittung' is feminine. 'Qu' sounds like 'kv': KVIT-tung.

Example

Ich brauche eine Quittung.

I need 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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