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How to Say ‘There was something I didn't understand in the meeting.’ in German

Im Meeting habe ich etwas nicht verstanden.

im MEE-ting HAH-beh ikh ET-vahs nicht fer-SHTAN-den

[im MEE-ting HAH-beh ikh ET-vahs nicht fer-SHTAN-den]

💬 Usage Tip: Starting with Im Meeting pushes the verb habe to second place, before ich. In German the verb stays in that slot whatever comes first.

Phrase Breakdown

Im Meeting habe ich

im MEE-ting HAH-beh ikh

In the meeting I

'Im' is short for 'in dem'. Because the sentence starts with 'Im Meeting', the verb 'habe' comes before 'ich'.

Example

Im Meeting habe ich viel gelernt.

I learned a lot in the meeting.

Words in this phrase

[im]

in the

A contraction of in dem, commonly used before masculine or neuter nouns in the dative case.

Example

Im Gespräch mit Mitarbeitenden erfährt man viel über die Firma.

In conversation with employees, you learn a lot about the company.

Meeting

[MEE-ting]

meeting

English loanword commonly used in German offices for a work meeting.

Example

Das Meeting beginnt um zehn Uhr.

The meeting starts at ten o'clock.

habe

[HAH-beh]

have

Form of 'haben' used with 'ich'.

Example

Ich habe einen Plan.

I have a plan.

ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

etwas nicht verstanden.

ET-vahs nicht fer-SHTAN-den

didn't understand something.

In the perfect tense, the participle 'verstanden' goes to the end. In 'st', the 's' sounds like 'sh': 'shtan'.

Example

Er hat etwas nicht verstanden.

He didn't understand something.

Words in this phrase

etwas

[ET-vahs]

something, anything

Indefinite pronoun for an unspecified thing.

Example

Brauchen Sie etwas?

Do you need anything?

nicht

[nicht]

not

Used to negate a sentence.

Example

Dieses Angebot gibt's nicht mehr.

This offer no longer exists.

verstanden

[fer-SHTAN-den]

understood

Past participle of 'verstehen' (to understand), used with 'haben'.

Example

Hast du die Aufgabe verstanden?

Did you understand the task?

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