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How to Say ‘We'll be in touch next week.’ in German

Wir melden uns nächste Woche.

veer MEL-den oons NEKH-steh VOKH-uh

[veer MEL-den oons NEKH-steh VOKH-uh]

🇩🇪 In Germany: This is the standard way an interview ends in Germany, and it's neutral rather than a bad sign. German companies often take a week or more to reply, so a polite follow-up after that is fine.

Phrase Breakdown

Wir melden uns

veer MEL-den oons

We'll get in touch

The reflexive verb 'sich melden' means to contact someone.

Example

Wir melden uns bald.

We'll get in touch soon.

Words in this phrase

Wir

[veer]

Pronoun for a group including the speaker.

Example

Wir arbeiten gern zusammen.

We like working together.

melden

[MEL-den]

get in touch

With 'sich', 'melden' means to contact someone or get back to them.

Example

Ich melde mich morgen.

I'll get in touch tomorrow.

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.

nächste Woche.

NEKH-steh VOKH-uh

next week.

'ä' sounds like the 'e' in 'bed'. The 'ch' in 'Woche' is a throaty sound, as in 'Bach'.

Example

Wir sehen uns nächste Woche.

See you next week.

Words in this phrase

[NEKH-steh]

Used for the following time period.

Example

Nächste Woche habe ich mehr Kapazität.

Next week I have more capacity.

Woche

[VOKH-uh]

week

A period of seven days; often used when arranging meetings.

Example

Diese Woche ist voll, aber nächste Woche passt besser.

This week is full, but next week works better.

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