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How to Say ‘Do you have a table free on Friday?’ in German

Haben Sie am Freitag einen Tisch frei?

HAH-ben zee ahm FRYE-tahk EYE-nen tish fry

[HAH-ben zee ahm FRYE-tahk EYE-nen tish fry]

💬 Usage Tip: frei sits at the very end, after the table. Swap the day to reuse it: Haben Sie am Samstag einen Tisch frei?

Phrase Breakdown

Haben Sie am Freitag

HAH-ben zee ahm FRYE-tahk

Do you have on Friday

A polite question with the verb first. 'Am' + day = 'on'. 'Freitag' is 'FRY-tahk'.

Example

Haben Sie am Freitag Zeit?

Do you have time on Friday?

Words in this phrase

Haben

[HAH-ben]

do you have

Polite question form used to ask about availability or options.

Example

Haben Sie einen Tisch am Fenster?

Do you have a table by the window?

Sie

[zee]

you (formal)

Formal pronoun Sie used to address one person politely.

Example

Kommen Sie bitte herein.

Please come in.

[ahm]

on the

Contracted preposition and article used before days.

Example

Am Montag passt es leider nicht.

On Monday it unfortunately does not work.

Freitag

[FRYE-tahk]

Friday

The weekday Friday.

Example

Am Freitag kann ich leider nicht kommen.

On Friday I unfortunately can't come.

einen Tisch frei?

EYE-nen tish fry

a table free?

'Frei' means available or free and goes at the end. It sounds like 'fry'.

Example

Ist dieser Tisch frei?

Is this table free?

Words in this phrase

einen

[EYE-nen]

Indefinite article before a masculine accusative noun.

Example

Ich plane einen kurzen Austausch nächste Woche.

I am planning a short exchange next week.

Tisch

[tish]

table

A table at a restaurant.

Example

Wir brauchen einen Tisch am Fenster.

We need a table by the window.

frei

[fry]

free / available

Used for appointment slots that are not yet taken.

Example

Der Termin ist noch frei.

The appointment is still available.

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