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How to Say ‘Saturday the 14th, at 7:30 pm for four people, correct?’ in German

Samstag, der 14., um 19:30 Uhr für vier Personen, richtig?

ZAMS-tahk dair FEER-tsayn-teh oom NOYN-tsayn-oor-DRY-sikh fyr pehr-ZOH-nen RIKH-tikh

[ZAMS-tahk dair FEER-tsayn-teh oom NOYN-tsayn-oor-DRY-sikh fyr pehr-ZOH-nen RIKH-tikh]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Restaurants often read back every detail like this, and a short Ja, genau "yes, exactly" is the natural reply.

Phrase Breakdown

Samstag, der 14.,

ZAMS-tahk dair FEER-tsayn-teh

Saturday, the 14th,

Read it as 'Samstag, der vierzehnte'.

Example

Freitag, der 13.

Friday, the 13th

Words in this phrase

Samstag

[ZAMS-tahk]

Saturday

The sixth day of the week.

Example

Samstag passt mir gut.

Saturday suits me well.

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.

14.

[FEER-tsayn-teh]

14th

Ordinal number for dates; the dot marks 'th', read 'vierzehnte'.

Example

Wir kommen am 14. Mai.

We're coming on the 14th of May.

um 19:30 Uhr

oom NOYN-tsayn-oor-DRY-sikh

at 7:30 pm

Read it as 'um neunzehn Uhr dreißig'.

Example

Wir essen um 19 Uhr.

We eat at 7 pm.

Words in this phrase

[oom]

at (time)

Preposition used for clock times.

Example

Wir kommen um acht Uhr.

We are coming at eight o'clock.

19:30

[NOYN-tsayn-oor-DRY-sikh]

7:30 pm

Time in 24-hour format, read 'neunzehn Uhr dreißig'.

Example

Der Tisch ist um 19:30 frei.

The table is free at 7:30 pm.

Uhr

für vier Personen,

fyr pehr-ZOH-nen

for four people,

'Personen' is the plural of 'Person'. Stress 'SO': 'per-ZOH-nen'. 'Vier' sounds like 'fear'.

Example

Einen Tisch für zwei Personen, bitte.

A table for two, please.

Words in this phrase

für

[fyr]

for

A preposition indicating purpose or destination.

Example

Das ist für dich.

This is for you.

vier

Personen

[pehr-ZOH-nen]

people / persons

Plural of 'Person'; used for counting guests.

Example

Ein Tisch für zwei Personen, bitte.

A table for two people, please.

richtig?

RIKH-tikh

right?

Add this to the end of a sentence to check that it's correct. Say 'RIKH-tikh'.

Example

Sie heißen Müller, richtig?

Your name is Müller, right?

Words in this phrase

richtig

[RIKH-tikh]

right, correct

Used at the end to ask for confirmation.

Example

Das ist richtig.

That is correct.

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