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How to Say ‘Give me your jacket.’ in German

Gib mir deine Jacke.

gip meer DINE-duh YAH-keh

[gip meer DINE-duh YAH-keh]

💬 Usage Tip: When telling one person you call du to do something, geben shrinks to gib. Likewise nehmen becomes nimm: Nimm Platz "Take a seat".

🇩🇪 In Germany: Hosts usually take your coat right at the door. Just hand it over, as insisting on keeping it can seem odd.

Phrase Breakdown

Gib mir

gip meer

Give me

'Gib' is the informal command of 'geben'. The final 'b' sounds like 'p': 'gip'.

Example

Gib mir bitte das Salz.

Please give me the salt.

Words in this phrase

Gib

[gip]

give (command)

Informal imperative of 'geben'.

Example

Gib mir das Salz!

Give me the salt!

mir

[meer]

to me

Dative pronoun used to show that something matters or happens to the speaker.

Example

Mir ist eine offene Kommunikation besonders wichtig.

Open communication is especially important to me.

deine Jacke.

DINE-duh YAH-keh

your jacket.

'Jacke' starts with a 'y' sound: 'YAH-keh'. 'deine' is the informal 'your'.

Example

Wo ist deine Jacke?

Where is your jacket?

Words in this phrase

deine

[DINE-duh]

your

Belonging to or associated with you.

Example

Ist das dein Auto?

Is that your car?

Jacke

[YAH-keh]

jacket

A feminine noun for a short coat.

Example

Die Jacke ist warm.

The jacket is warm.

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