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How to Say ‘And what would you like to drink?’ in German

Und was möchtest du trinken?

oont vas MURKH-test doo TRING-ken

[oont vas MURKH-test doo TRING-ken]

Phrase Breakdown

Und was möchtest du

oont vas MURKH-test doo

And what would you like

'Und' means 'and'. Its final 'd' sounds like 't': say 'oont'.

Example

Und was möchtest du sehen?

And what would you like to see?

Words in this phrase

Und

[oont]

and

A conjunction used to connect sentences or elements in a sentence.

Example

Und ich freue mich.

And I am happy.

was

[vas]

what

Question word asking about a thing.

Example

Was machst du?

What are you doing?

möchtest

[MURKH-test]

would you like

The 'du' form of 'möchten', a polite way to say what someone wants.

Example

Möchtest du mitkommen?

Would you like to come along?

[doo]

you

The pronoun 'du' in nominative form.

Example

Du bist schön.

You are beautiful.

trinken?

TRING-ken

to drink?

The infinitive goes at the end after 'möchten'. Stress the first syllable: TRIN-ken.

Example

Wir wollen etwas trinken.

We want to drink something.

Words in this phrase

trinken

[TRING-ken]

to drink

The basic form of the verb 'to drink'.

Example

Ich will Kaffee trinken.

I want to drink coffee.

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