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How to Say ‘I developed an app for a gym.’ in German

Ich habe eine App für ein Fitnessstudio entwickelt.

ikh HAH-buh EYE-nuh ep fyr ine FIT-ness-shtoo-dee-oh ent-VIK-elt

[ikh HAH-buh EYE-nuh ep fyr ine FIT-ness-shtoo-dee-oh ent-VIK-elt]

💬 Usage Tip: Details like für ein Fitnessstudio go in the middle, and entwickelt still waits until the end. Germans keep that final word for last, however long the sentence gets.

Phrase Breakdown

Ich habe eine App

ikh HAH-buh EYE-nuh ep

I have an app

This opens a perfect-tense sentence. The participle comes at the end.

Example

Ich habe eine App gekauft.

I bought an app.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

habe

[HAH-buh]

have

A form of 'haben', used as an auxiliary verb to form the perfect tense.

Example

Ich habe mitgebracht, was ich versprochen habe.

I have brought what I promised.

eine

[EYE-nuh]

a; an; one

Feminine form of the indefinite article, used before singular feminine nouns.

Example

Eine offene Kultur ist mir bei einem Unternehmen wichtig.

An open culture is important to me in a company.

App

[ep]

app

A software application, usually for phones.

Example

Die App ist kostenlos.

The app is free.

für ein Fitnessstudio

fyr ine FIT-ness-shtoo-dee-oh

for a gym

'für' takes the accusative. The neuter 'ein' stays the same.

Example

Das ist für ein Fitnessstudio.

That is for a gym.

Words in this phrase

für

[fyr]

for

A preposition indicating purpose or destination.

Example

Das ist für dich.

This is for you.

ein

[ine]

a; an

The article used before the masculine noun "Schuss."

Example

In „Wow, was für ein Schuss!“ steht „ein“ vor „Schuss“.

In "Wow, what a shot!", "ein" comes before "Schuss."

Fitnessstudio

[FIT-ness-shtoo-dee-oh]

gym

A place where people work out; neuter noun.

Example

Ich gehe ins Fitnessstudio.

I go to the gym.

entwickelt.

ent-VIK-elt

developed

This is the past participle at the end of the sentence. Say 'ent-VI-ckelt'.

Example

Sie hat die Software entwickelt.

She developed the software.

Words in this phrase

entwickelt

[ent-VIK-elt]

developed

Past participle of 'entwickeln', to develop or build.

Example

Wir haben eine Website entwickelt.

We developed a website.

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