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How to Say ‘Should I get us something to drink?’ in German

Soll ich uns noch was zu trinken holen?

zoll ikh oons nokh vas tsoo TRINK-en HOH-len

[zoll ikh oons nokh vas tsoo TRINK-en HOH-len]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Offering to fetch drinks is a friendly, low-key gesture. It doesn't necessarily mean you're paying, though it's often taken that way.

Phrase Breakdown

Soll ich uns noch

zoll ikh oons nokh

Shall I ... us more / another

'noch' here means 'another' or 'more'. It ends with the throaty 'ch' sound, as in 'Bach'.

Example

Soll ich uns noch Kaffee machen?

Shall I make us more coffee?

Words in this phrase

Soll

[zoll]

should

Used to offer help or ask whether the speaker should do something.

Example

Soll ich eine Kerze vorbereiten?

Should I prepare a candle?

ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

uns

[oons]

us; to us

Dative form meaning how things are for us.

Example

Uns geht es gut, danke, und euch?

We are doing well, thank you, and you?

noch

[nokh]

still / another

In café phrases, 'noch' often means 'another' or 'anything more'.

Example

Möchten Sie noch einen Kaffee?

Would you like another coffee?

was zu trinken holen?

vas tsoo TRINK-en HOH-len

get something to drink?

The infinitive 'holen' goes to the end after 'soll'. Say 'tsoo TRIN-ken HOH-len' with rising intonation.

Example

Ich will was zu trinken holen.

I want to get something to drink.

Words in this phrase

was

[vas]

something

Colloquial short form of 'etwas'.

Example

Ich muss dir was sagen.

I have to tell you something.

[tsoo]

Used to indicate direction or purpose.

Example

Ich habe es zu tun.

I have to do it.

trinken

[TRINK-en]

to drink

The action or ability of consuming a liquid.

Example

Ich trinke Wasser.

I drink water.

holen

[HOH-len]

get / fetch

Verb meaning to go and get something.

Example

Ich hole Brot.

I'm getting bread.

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