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How to Say ‘How did you get here today?’ in German

Wie bist du heute gekommen?

vee bist doo hoin-te guh-KOM-en

[vee bist doo hoin-te guh-KOM-en]

🇩🇪 In Germany: du is the norm among coworkers at many German companies, especially younger or start-up offices. If colleagues address you with du, answer the same way.

Phrase Breakdown

Wie bist du

vee bist doo

How did you

A question with 'sein' in the perfect tense. Say it smoothly as 'vee-bist-doo'.

Example

Wie bist du hierher gekommen?

How did you get here?

Words in this phrase

Wie

[vee]

how

Question word asking about manner or state.

Example

Wie geht es dir?

How are you?

bist

[bist]

are

Form of 'sein' (to be) for 'du'.

Example

Du bist nett.

You are nice.

[doo]

you

The pronoun 'du' in nominative form.

Example

Du bist schön.

You are beautiful.

heute gekommen?

hoin-te guh-KOM-en

come today?

'heute' means 'today' and sounds like 'HOY-teh'. The participle 'gekommen' goes at the end.

Example

Bist du heute mit dem Bus gekommen?

Did you come by bus today?

Words in this phrase

heute

[hoin-te]

today

On this present day.

Example

Heute zieh' ich zum letzten Mal um.

Today I am moving for the last time.

gekommen

[guh-KOM-en]

come / arrived

Past participle of 'kommen', used with 'sein' for the perfect tense.

Example

Er ist spät gekommen.

He came late.

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