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How to Say ‘He should call me back, please.’ in German

Er soll mich bitte zurückrufen.

air zoll mikh BIT-eh tsoo-RUEK-roo-fen

[air zoll mikh BIT-eh tsoo-RUEK-roo-fen]

💬 Usage Tip: When soll is in the sentence, zurückrufen stays in one piece at the end. Same with Er soll mich bitte anrufen "He should call me, please".

Phrase Breakdown

Er soll mich bitte

air zoll mikh BIT-eh

He should please (… me)

'soll' passes on a request: 'he should'. 'mich' (me) has the soft 'ch' sound.

Example

Er soll mich bitte anrufen.

Please ask him to call me.

Words in this phrase

[air]

Third-person masculine pronoun for a man.

Example

Er ist im Büro.

He is in the office.

soll

[zoll]

should

Form of 'sollen', expressing what is wanted or expected.

Example

Was soll ich bestellen?

What should I order?

mich

[mikh]

The pronoun 'mich' in accusative form.

Example

Hast du etwas für mich?

Do you have something for me?

bitte

[BIT-eh]

please

Polite word for requests.

Example

Einen Moment, bitte.

One moment, please.

zurückrufen.

tsoo-RUEK-roo-fen

call back

Stress 'RÜCK': tsu-RÜCK-roo-fen. The 'z' sounds like 'ts', and for the 'ü', round your lips while saying 'ee'.

Example

Können Sie mich zurückrufen?

Can you call me back?

Words in this phrase

zurückrufen

[tsoo-RUEK-roo-fen]

to call back

Separable verb: to return a phone call.

Example

Ich rufe Sie morgen zurück.

I'll call you back tomorrow.

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