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How to Say ‘Are you free next week?’ in German

Hast du nächste Woche Zeit?

hahst doo NEKH-steh VOKH-uh tsayt

[hahst doo NEKH-steh VOKH-uh tsayt]

Phrase Breakdown

Hast du

hahst doo

Do you have

A yes/no question, so the verb comes first. It's often said quickly, like 'hastu'.

Example

Hast du Hunger?

Are you hungry?

Words in this phrase

Hast

[hahst]

have

The verb 'haben' in second person singular form.

Example

Hast du Hunger?

Are you hungry?

[doo]

you

The pronoun 'du' in nominative form.

Example

Du bist schön.

You are beautiful.

nächste Woche Zeit?

NEKH-steh VOKH-uh tsayt

time next week?

'Nächste Woche' means next week. 'Ä' sounds like the 'e' in 'bed', and the 'ch' is soft.

Example

Nächste Woche habe ich Urlaub.

Next week I'm on vacation.

Words in this phrase

[NEKH-steh]

Used for the following time period.

Example

Nächste Woche habe ich mehr Kapazität.

Next week I have more capacity.

Woche

[VOKH-uh]

week

A period of seven days; often used when arranging meetings.

Example

Diese Woche ist voll, aber nächste Woche passt besser.

This week is full, but next week works better.

Zeit

[tsayt]

time

Refers to the concept of time.

Example

Ich habe keine Zeit.

I have no time.

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