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How to Say ‘To talk about the pizza delivery guy’ in German

Über den Pizzaboten sprechen

OO-ber DEHN PIT-sah-boh-ten SHPREKH-en

[OO-ber DEHN PIT-sah-boh-ten SHPREKH-en]

💬 Usage Tip: über here means "about", and it changes der Pizzabote to den Pizzaboten, with an extra -n on the noun too. Same pattern: über den Kollegen "about the colleague".

Phrase Breakdown

Über den Pizzaboten

OO-ber DEHN PIT-sah-boh-ten

About the pizza delivery guy

'über' (about) takes the accusative here. 'Bote' adds -n: den Pizzaboten. Round your lips for 'ü'.

Example

Wir reden über den Pizzaboten.

We are talking about the pizza delivery guy.

Words in this phrase

Über

[OO-ber]

about

a preposition meaning about or concerning

Example

Ich lese über KI in meiner Freizeit.

I read about AI in my free time.

den

[DEHN]

The (accusative form)

Defines a specific object in the accusative case.

Example

Ich nehme den Cappuccino.

I'll take the cappuccino.

Pizzaboten

[PIT-sah-boh-ten]

pizza delivery guy

Accusative form of 'Pizzabote', a person who delivers pizza.

Example

Wir warten auf den Pizzaboten.

We are waiting for the pizza delivery guy.

sprechen

[SHPREKH-en]

to speak

The verb meaning to speak or talk.

Example

Ich wollte sprechen, weil das warme Wasser nicht funktioniert.

I wanted to speak because the hot water is not working.

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