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How to Say ‘Shall we sit down?’ in German

Wollen wir uns hinsetzen?

VOL-en veer oons HIN-zet-sen

[VOL-en veer oons HIN-zet-sen]

💬 Usage Tip: hinsetzen needs uns "ourselves": you literally "sit yourselves down". Starting with Wollen wir ...? is a handy way to suggest anything, as in Wollen wir gehen? "Shall we go?"

Phrase Breakdown

Wollen wir uns

VOL-en veer oons

Shall we (ourselves)

'Wollen wir...?' is a friendly suggestion, like 'Shall we...?'. 'W' sounds like English 'v'.

Example

Wollen wir uns treffen?

Shall we meet?

Words in this phrase

Wollen

[VOL-en]

want (to); shall we

Form of 'wollen'; with 'wir' it makes a polite suggestion like 'shall we'.

Example

Wollen wir etwas trinken?

Shall we have something to drink?

wir

[veer]

Pronoun for a group including the speaker.

Example

Wir arbeiten gern zusammen.

We like working together.

uns

[oons]

ourselves

Reflexive pronoun used with 'freuen' in 'sich freuen'.

Example

Bei solchen Nachrichten freuen uns alle guten Entwicklungen.

With such news, all good developments make us happy.

hinsetzen?

HIN-zet-sen

sit down?

'sich hinsetzen' means to sit down. Stress 'HIN'. 'tz' sounds like 'ts'.

Example

Bitte hinsetzen!

Please sit down!

Words in this phrase

hinsetzen

[HIN-zet-sen]

sit down

Separable verb meaning to take a seat.

Example

Ich möchte mich hinsetzen.

I would like to sit down.

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