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How to Say ‘The jacket really suits you.’ in German

Die Jacke steht dir echt gut.

dee YAH-keh shtayt deer ekht goot

[dee YAH-keh shtayt deer ekht goot]

💬 Usage Tip: To say something suits someone, use stehen "to stand" plus dir: the clothing is what does the standing. Swap in: Das Kleid steht dir "The dress suits you".

Phrase Breakdown

Die Jacke

dee YAH-keh

The jacket

'Jacke' is feminine. The 'J' sounds like an English 'y'.

Example

Die Jacke ist warm.

The jacket is warm.

Words in this phrase

Die

[dee]

the

Definite article used to specify something already known.

Example

Die Katze ist süß.

The cat is cute.

Jacke

[YAH-keh]

jacket

A feminine noun for a short coat.

Example

Die Jacke ist warm.

The jacket is warm.

steht dir echt gut.

shtayt deer ekht goot

really suits you.

'jemandem stehen' means to suit someone. 'echt' means really.

Example

Rot steht dir echt gut.

Red really suits you.

Words in this phrase

steht

[shtayt]

suits / looks good on

With the dative, 'stehen' means a piece of clothing or style suits someone.

Example

Die Farbe steht dir gut.

The color suits you well.

dir

[deer]

you (dative)

Dative of 'du'; with 'stehen' it marks who the clothing suits.

Example

Das Kleid steht dir.

The dress suits you.

echt

[ekht]

really

Expresses surprise in questions.

Example

Echt? Das wusste ich nicht.

Really? I didn't know that.

gut

[goot]

well

Adverb used to say something works nicely or suitably.

Example

Mittwoch passt gut für mich.

Wednesday works well for me.

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