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How to Say ‘Good idea, that saves time.’ in German

Gute Idee, das spart Zeit.

GOO-teh ee-DAY dahs shpahrt tsayt

[GOO-teh ee-DAY dahs shpahrt tsayt]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Germans tend to back agreement with a concrete reason rather than just praising an idea. Adding why it works makes your support sound more serious in a meeting.

Phrase Breakdown

Gute Idee,

GOO-teh ee-DAY

Good idea,

A short way to agree with someone. Say 'GOO-teh ee-DAY'.

Example

Gute Idee, machen wir das!

Good idea, let's do that!

Words in this phrase

Gute

[GOO-teh]

good

Form of 'gut' before a feminine noun.

Example

Gute Nacht!

Good night!

Idee

[ee-DAY]

idea

A thought or suggestion; feminine noun (die Idee).

Example

Die Idee ist super.

The idea is great.

das spart Zeit.

dahs shpahrt tsayt

that saves time.

Remember 'shp' for 'sp': 'das shpart tsite'.

Example

Online-Banking spart Zeit.

Online banking saves time.

Words in this phrase

das

[dahs]

that; this; it

A demonstrative or pronoun used to refer to a thing, idea, or statement.

Example

Das klingt nach einer guten Arbeitsatmosphäre.

That sounds like a good working atmosphere.

spart

[shpahrt]

saves

Form of 'sparen' (to save), used for time or money.

Example

Der Zug spart viel Geld.

The train saves a lot of money.

Zeit

[tsayt]

time

Refers to the concept of time.

Example

Ich habe keine Zeit.

I have no time.

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