Restaurant reservations Part 4: Asking about accessibility features for disabled guests.
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Key Phrases
Ich möchte einen Tisch für Samstag reservieren.
I would like to reserve a table for Saturday.
Für vier Personen, bitte.
For four people, please.
Gibt es eine Rampe am Eingang und ein barrierefreies WC?
Is there a ramp at the entrance and an accessible restroom?
Skills You'll Learn
How to make a restaurant reservation.
Wie man eine Restaurantreservierung macht.
How to say how many people are in your group and what time you want to book.
Wie man die Personenzahl und die gewünschte Uhrzeit angibt.
How to ask about wheelchair accessibility, including ramps and accessible restrooms.
Wie man nach Barrierefreiheit fragt, zum Beispiel nach einer Rampe und einem barrierefreien WC.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are calling a restaurant in Germany to reserve a table for your family on Saturday. You also want to make sure the restaurant is accessible for your mother, who uses a wheelchair, so you ask about a ramp, wide doors, and an accessible restroom.
Guten Tag, ich möchte einen Tisch für Samstag reservieren.
Good day, I would like to reserve a table for Saturday.
Gerne, für wie viele Personen ist die Reservierung?
Certainly, for how many people is the reservation?
Für vier Personen, bitte. Meine Mutter ist im Rollstuhl.
For four people, please. My mother uses a wheelchair.
Danke für die Info. Unser Restaurant ist barrierefrei.
Thanks for the information. Our restaurant is accessible.
Gibt es eine Rampe am Eingang?
Is there a ramp at the entrance?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Guten
GOO-ten
Good
Tag
tahk
Day
Guten Tag.
GOO-ten tahk
Good day.
Ich möchte
ikh MURKH-tuh
I would like
💬 [möchte] is the softer, more polite way to say you want something; in real requests, use it instead of blunt [ich will]. Same pattern: [Ich möchte einen Kaffee.]
See breakdown →Einen Tisch
EYE-nen tish
A table
💬 After [möchte], the thing you want changes shape: [ein Tisch] becomes [einen Tisch]. You'll see the same in [Ich nehme einen Kaffee].
See breakdown →Reservieren
reh-zehr-VEER-en
To reserve
💬 The noun is [die Reservierung], but the verb is [reservieren]. German often does this with related noun/verb pairs: [die Einladung] → [einladen] is another common one, though that pair changes more.
See breakdown →Ich möchte einen Tisch reservieren.
ikh MURKH-tuh EYE-nen tish reh-zehr-VEER-en
I would like to reserve a table.
💬 With [möchte], the other verb stays in its basic form at the end: [Ich möchte einen Tisch reservieren]. Same pattern: [Ich möchte heute kommen].
See breakdown →Für
fuer
For
Samstag
ZAHMS-tahk
Saturday
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