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How to Say ‘The rental contract is still missing.’ in German

Der Mietvertrag fehlt noch.

dair MEET-fer-trahk faylt nokh

[dair MEET-fer-trahk faylt nokh]

🇩🇪 In Germany: A rental contract, or the landlord's confirmation of move-in, is routinely demanded for residence permits. Bring copies as well as originals; offices often keep the copies.

Phrase Breakdown

Der Mietvertrag

dair MEET-fer-trahk

The rental contract

'Mietvertrag' combines 'Miete' (rent) and 'Vertrag' (contract), and it's masculine, so it takes 'der'. Stress 'MIET'. The 'v' in 'Vertrag' sounds like an English 'f'.

Example

Der Mietvertrag ist unterschrieben.

The rental contract is signed.

Words in this phrase

Der

[dair]

the

Feminine article in the dative case, used after 'in' for location.

Example

Das steht in der Zeitung.

That's in the newspaper.

Mietvertrag

[MEET-fer-trahk]

rental contract, lease

The written agreement between tenant and landlord; often required as proof of address.

Example

Ich habe den Mietvertrag unterschrieben.

I signed the lease.

fehlt noch.

faylt nokh

is still missing.

'fehlen' means 'to be missing', and 'noch' means 'still'. The 'eh' in 'fehlt' is a long 'ay' sound. 'noch' ends in a soft throaty 'ch'.

Example

Ein Dokument fehlt noch.

One document is still missing.

Words in this phrase

fehlt

[faylt]

is missing

Form of 'fehlen' used with a single thing that is not there.

Example

Ein Foto fehlt.

A photo is missing.

noch

[nokh]

another / still

Adds the idea of one more thing.

Example

Ich habe noch einen Vorschlag für unser Treffen.

I still have another suggestion for our meeting.

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