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How to Say ‘Your music was really great!’ in German

Ihre Musik war wirklich toll!

EE-reh moo-ZEEK vah VEERK-likh tol

[EE-reh moo-ZEEK vah VEERK-likh tol]

🇩🇪 In Germany: A direct, specific compliment like this lands well with street musicians. Dropping a coin or two in their case alongside it is common and appreciated.

Phrase Breakdown

Ihre Musik

EE-reh moo-ZEEK

Your music

Capital 'Ihre' is the formal 'your'. 'Musik' is stressed on the end: 'moo-ZEEK'.

Example

Ihre Musik ist schön.

Your music is beautiful.

Words in this phrase

Ihre

[EE-reh]

your (formal)

Polite possessive for 'Sie', used before feminine or plural nouns.

Example

Ist das Ihre Tasche?

Is that your bag?

Musik

[moo-ZEEK]

music

Feminine noun for music; takes 'die'.

Example

Ich höre gern Musik.

I like listening to music.

war wirklich toll!

vah VEERK-likh tol

was really great!

'war' is the past tense of 'sein' (to be), 'wirklich' means 'really' and 'toll' means 'great'. German 'w' sounds like English 'v'.

Example

Das Konzert war wirklich toll!

The concert was really great!

Words in this phrase

war

[vah]

was

Past tense of 'is', used to describe something that happened or existed in the past.

Example

Er war ein großer Krieger.

He was a great warrior.

wirklich

[VEERK-likh]

really

An adverb used to emphasize that something is genuinely the case.

Example

Ihr Vortrag war wirklich spannend.

Your presentation was really exciting.

toll

[tol]

great / fantastic

Informal adjective expressing enthusiasm.

Example

Der Film war toll.

The film was great.

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