Ordering a coffee (Advanced): The size of coffee you want.
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Key Phrases
Ich möchte einen Kaffee bestellen.
I'd like to order a coffee.
Welche Größe möchten Sie?
What size would you like?
Mit etwas Milch, bitte.
With a little milk, please.
Skills You'll Learn
How to greet someone politely in the morning.
Wie man jemanden morgens höflich begrüßt.
How to order a coffee and choose a size.
Wie man einen Kaffee bestellt und eine Größe auswählt.
How to ask for milk or sugar and finish the order politely.
Wie man nach Milch oder Zucker fragt und die Bestellung höflich abschließt.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are in a café in Germany, ordering a coffee in a polite and simple conversation with the server.
Guten Morgen! Ich möchte einen Kaffee bestellen.
Good morning! I’d like to order a coffee.
Gerne. Welche Größe möchten Sie?
Certainly. What size would you like?
Welche Größen haben Sie?
What sizes do you have?
Klein, mittel oder groß.
Small, medium, or large.
Dann bitte einen kleinen Kaffee.
Then a small coffee, please.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Guten
GOO-ten
Good
Morgen
MOR-gen
Morning
Guten Morgen!
GOO-ten MOR-gen
Good morning!
Ich möchte
ikh MERKH-tuh
I would like
💬 [möchte] is a softer, more polite way to say what you want than plain [will]. You can reuse it with other orders: [Ich möchte einen Tee.]
See breakdown →Einen Kaffee
EYE-nen ka-FEH
A coffee
💬 [einen] is the form of [ein] you use for a masculine thing after [ich möchte]. The same pattern shows up with [einen Tee] but [eine Cola].
See breakdown →Bestellen
buh-SHTEL-len
To order
Ich möchte einen Kaffee bestellen.
ikh MERKH-tuh EYE-nen ka-FEH buh-SHTEL-len
I'd like to order a coffee.
Gerne.
GEHR-nuh
Certainly.
🇩🇪 In a café, [gerne] often means "yes" in a friendly way rather than "gladly" in a literal sense. Staff may use it to acknowledge your order or question.
See breakdown →Welche Größe
VEL-khuh GRER-suh
Which size
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