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How to Say ‘Which fountain do you mean?’ in German

Welchen Brunnen meinst du?

VEL-khen BROON-en mynst doo

[VEL-khen BROON-en mynst doo]

Phrase Breakdown

Welchen Brunnen

VEL-khen BROON-en

Which fountain

'Welchen' is the accusative masculine form of 'which'. The 'ch' is soft, like a hiss.

Example

Welchen Brunnen suchst du?

Which fountain are you looking for?

Words in this phrase

Welchen

[VEL-khen]

which

Question word, masculine accusative form.

Example

Welchen Tisch möchten Sie?

Which table would you like?

Brunnen

[BROON-en]

fountain

Masculine noun 'der Brunnen'; a fountain, here in the accusative.

Example

Wir warten am Brunnen.

We wait at the fountain.

meinst du?

mynst doo

do you mean?

'meinen' means 'to mean'. 'ei' sounds like English 'eye'.

Example

Was meinst du?

What do you mean?

Words in this phrase

meinst

[mynst]

do you mean

Form of 'meinen' (to mean) for 'du'.

Example

Was meinst du?

What do you mean?

[doo]

the informal 'you' (du form)

As a noun, 'das Du' means the informal way of addressing someone.

Example

Wir sind jetzt per Du.

We now use first names / informal 'you'.

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