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How to Say ‘You get thirty days of vacation a year.’ in German

Sie bekommen dreißig Tage Urlaub im Jahr.

zee beh-KOM-men DRY-sikh TAH-geh OOR-lowp im yahr

[zee beh-KOM-men DRY-sikh TAH-geh OOR-lowp im yahr]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Twenty days is the legal minimum for a five-day week, so thirty is generous but common in office jobs. Public holidays come on top.

Phrase Breakdown

Sie bekommen

zee beh-KOM-men

You get / you receive

'Bekommen' means 'to get', not 'to become'. Stress the middle: 'be-KOM-men'.

Example

Sie bekommen eine E-Mail.

You will get an email.

Words in this phrase

Sie

[zee]

you

The formal 'you' used in polite professional conversations.

Example

Ich freue mich, Sie hier auf der Jobmesse zu sehen.

I am pleased to see you here at the job fair.

bekommen

[beh-KOM-men]

receive, get

To be given or sent something; not 'become'.

Example

Ich bekomme einen Brief.

I receive a letter.

dreißig Tage Urlaub im Jahr.

DRY-sikh TAH-geh OOR-lowp im yahr

thirty days of vacation per year

'Im Jahr' means 'per year'. The 'J' in 'Jahr' sounds like an English 'y'.

Example

Wir haben dreißig Tage Urlaub im Jahr.

We have thirty days of vacation per year.

Words in this phrase

dreißig

[DRY-sikh]

thirty

The number 30.

Example

Das Brot kostet dreißig Cent mehr.

The bread costs thirty cents more.

Tage

[TAH-geh]

days

Plural of 'Tag', day.

Example

Ich habe drei Tage Urlaub.

I have three days of vacation.

Urlaub

[OOR-lowp]

vacation, leave

Masculine noun for paid time off; used without article when counting days.

Example

Ich nehme eine Woche Urlaub.

I'm taking a week of vacation.

[im]

in the

A contraction of in dem, commonly used before masculine or neuter nouns in the dative case.

Example

Im Gespräch mit Mitarbeitenden erfährt man viel über die Firma.

In conversation with employees, you learn a lot about the company.

Jahr

[yahr]

year

A neuter noun for a period of twelve months.

Example

Das Jahr war sehr schön.

The year was very nice.

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