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How to Say ‘We're offering 45,000 euros gross per year.’ in German

Wir bieten 45.000 Euro brutto im Jahr.

veer BEE-ten FUNF-oont-feer-tsig-TOW-zent OY-roh BROO-toh im yahr

[veer BEE-ten FUNF-oont-feer-tsig-TOW-zent OY-roh BROO-toh im yahr]

🇩🇪 In Germany: German offers are almost always quoted as gross annual salary, and taxes and social contributions take a large share. Net pay is often only around 60% of brutto.

Phrase Breakdown

Wir bieten 45.000 Euro

veer BEE-ten FUNF-oont-feer-tsig-TOW-zent OY-roh

We offer 45,000 euros

Say 'Wir bieten fünfundvierzigtausend Euro'. 'Euro' sounds like 'OY-ro'.

Example

Wir bieten 45.000 Euro für die Stelle.

We offer 45,000 euros for the position.

Words in this phrase

Wir

[veer]

Pronoun for a group including the speaker.

Example

Wir arbeiten gern zusammen.

We like working together.

bieten

[BEE-ten]

offer

Formal 'you' form of 'anbieten' (to offer); the prefix 'an' goes to the end of the sentence.

Example

Bieten Sie auch vegetarische Gerichte an?

Do you also offer vegetarian dishes?

45.000

[FUNF-oont-feer-tsig-TOW-zent]

45,000

The number forty-five thousand; Germans use a dot as thousands separator.

Example

Das Auto kostet 45.000 Euro.

The car costs 45,000 euros.

Euro

[OY-roh]

euro(s)

The currency used in Germany; the plural is usually also 'Euro' with prices.

Example

Der Kaffee kostet zwei Euro.

The coffee costs two euros.

brutto im Jahr.

BROO-toh im yahr

gross per year.

'brutto' means before taxes. 'im Jahr' means per year, and its 'J' sounds like an English 'y'.

Example

Er verdient 40.000 Euro brutto im Jahr.

He earns 40,000 euros gross per year.

Words in this phrase

brutto

[BROO-toh]

gross (before tax)

Describes an amount before taxes and deductions are taken off.

Example

Das Gehalt ist 3.000 Euro brutto.

The salary is 3,000 euros gross.

[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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