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How to Say ‘Would 8 pm perhaps work too?’ in German

Geht es vielleicht auch um 20 Uhr?

gayt es fee-LIKEht owkh oom TSVAHN-tsikh oor

[gayt es fee-LIKEht owkh oom TSVAHN-tsikh oor]

🇩🇪 In Germany: vielleicht makes the request sound flexible and polite rather than pushy. It's the natural way to suggest another time after hearing they're full.

Phrase Breakdown

Geht es vielleicht auch

gayt es fee-LIKEht owkh

Would it perhaps also work

'Geht es?' means 'Does it work?' 'Vielleicht' (fee-LYKHT) makes the question polite. Stress the second syllable.

Example

Geht es vielleicht auch morgen?

Would tomorrow perhaps also work?

Words in this phrase

Geht

[gayt]

works / is possible

Form of 'gehen'; with 'es' it asks whether something is possible or convenient.

Example

Geht es am Samstag?

Does Saturday work?

[es]

A neutral pronoun used to refer to a thing previously mentioned.

Example

Es ist ein schöner Tag.

It is a beautiful day.

vielleicht

[fee-LIKEht]

maybe / perhaps

Used to express possibility, uncertainty, or a suggestion.

Example

Vielleicht kann der Klempner schon heute kommen.

Maybe the plumber can come today already.

auch

[owkh]

also / too

Used to say also or too when returning a wish or adding something.

Example

Auch nach dem Karriereevent sollten wir in Kontakt bleiben.

We should stay in touch after the career event too.

um 20 Uhr?

oom TSVAHN-tsikh oor

at 8 p.m.?

This gives the time. Say 20 as 'zwanzig' and let your voice rise at the end for the question.

Example

Kommst du um 20 Uhr?

Are you coming at 8 p.m.?

Words in this phrase

[oom]

Used with clock times to say when something happens.

Example

In „Um zehn Uhr“ zeigt „Um“ eine Uhrzeit an.

In “At ten o’clock,” “Um” indicates a clock time.

[TSVAHN-tsikh]

20 (twenty)

The number twenty, 'zwanzig'; here used for 8 p.m. in 24-hour time.

Example

Wir kommen um 20 Uhr.

We are coming at 8 p.m.

Uhr

[oor]

o'clock

Used after a number to give the hour.

Example

In „Um zehn Uhr“ bedeutet „Uhr“ that it is a time on the clock.

In “At ten o’clock,” “Uhr” means it is a time on the clock.

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