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How to Say ‘What's your email address?’ in German

Wie lautet Ihre E-Mail-Adresse?

vee LOW-tet EE-reh EE-mayl-ah-DRESS-eh

[vee LOW-tet EE-reh EE-mayl-ah-DRESS-eh]

🇩🇪 In Germany: When spelling an address aloud, Germans say the @ symbol as at (ett) and the dot as Punkt "dot".

Phrase Breakdown

Wie lautet

vee LOW-tet

What is

'Lauten' is a formal way to ask for names, numbers or addresses. 'Lautet' sounds like 'LOW-tet'.

Example

Wie lautet Ihr Name?

What is your name?

Words in this phrase

Wie

[vee]

how

Question word meaning "how".

Example

Wie heißt du?

What is your name?

lautet

[LOW-tet]

is / reads

From 'lauten'; used to ask what a name, number or address is.

Example

Wie lautet Ihr Name?

What is your name?

Ihre E-Mail-Adresse?

EE-reh EE-mayl-ah-DRESS-eh

your email address?

'Ihre' is the polite 'your'. 'E-Mail' is pronounced as in English. 'Adresse' is stressed on 'RES'.

Example

Bitte schreiben Sie Ihre E-Mail-Adresse auf.

Please write down your email address.

Words in this phrase

Ihre

[EE-reh]

your

Formal possessive word meaning your when speaking politely to one person or more than one person.

Example

Ihre Unterlagen sind vollständig.

Your documents are complete.

E-Mail-Adresse

[EE-mayl-ah-DRESS-eh]

email address

A feminine compound noun (die E-Mail-Adresse) for where you send emails.

Example

Meine E-Mail-Adresse steht auf der Karte.

My email address is on the card.

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