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How to Say ‘The difference between a cappuccino and a flat white’ in German

Der Unterschied zwischen Cappuccino und Flat White

dair OON-ter-shid TSVI-shen kah-poo-chee-noh oont flet vait

[dair OON-ter-shid TSVI-shen kah-poo-chee-noh oont flet vait]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Coffee names are borrowed from Italian and English and used as-is. Baristas in Germany will understand Flat White or Latte Macchiato said much as you'd say them at home.

Phrase Breakdown

Der Unterschied

dair OON-ter-shid

The difference

Stress 'UN'. The 'sch' sounds like 'sh', and 'ie' is a long 'ee'.

Example

Was ist der Unterschied?

What is the difference?

Words in this phrase

Der

[dair]

the

Feminine article in the dative case, used after 'in' for location.

Example

Das steht in der Zeitung.

That's in the newspaper.

Unterschied

[OON-ter-shid]

difference

Used to denote what distinguishes one thing from another.

Example

Der Unterschied zwischen Latte und Cappuccino ist die Milch.

The difference between a latte and a cappuccino is the milk.

zwischen Cappuccino

TSVI-shen kah-poo-chee-noh

between cappuccino

'zwischen' means 'between'. It starts with 'ts': 'TSVI-shen'.

Example

zwischen Montag und Freitag

between Monday and Friday

Words in this phrase

zwischen

[TSVI-shen]

between

Refers to the space separating two items.

Example

Zwischen Latte und Espresso gibt es viele Unterschiede.

Between a latte and an espresso, there are many differences.

Cappuccino

[kah-poo-chee-noh]

cappuccino

A coffee drink made with espresso and topped with foamed milk.

Example

Ein Cappuccino wäre toll.

A cappuccino would be great.

und Flat White

oont flet vait

and flat white

This completes the comparison. Say the English term naturally.

Example

Latte und Flat White

Latte and flat white

Words in this phrase

und

[oont]

and

A conjunction used to connect sentences or elements in a sentence.

Example

Und ich freue mich.

And I am happy.

Flat

[flet]

flat

First part of the coffee name 'Flat White', borrowed from English.

Example

Ein Flat White, bitte.

A flat white, please.

White

[vait]

white

Second part of the coffee name 'Flat White', an espresso drink with silky milk.

Example

Der Flat White ist sehr cremig.

The flat white is very creamy.

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