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How to Say ‘Make it 30 euros.’ in German

Machen Sie dreißig Euro.

MAH-khen zee DRY-sikh OY-roh

[MAH-khen zee DRY-sikh OY-roh]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Say this as you hand over the money, naming a total that includes your tip, and the waiter gives change from that amount. If you don't need any change back, Stimmt so "keep the change" does the same job.

Phrase Breakdown

Machen Sie

MAH-khen zee

Make it

A common phrase for rounding up the bill to include a tip. 'Machen' has a throaty 'ch': 'MAKH-en zee'.

Example

Machen Sie zwanzig.

Make it twenty.

Words in this phrase

Machen

[MAH-khen]

make it (round up to)

Said when paying to tell the server the total including tip.

Example

Machen Sie zehn Euro, stimmt so.

Make it ten euros, keep the change.

Sie

[zee]

you (formal)

Formal pronoun Sie used to address one person politely.

Example

Kommen Sie bitte herein.

Please come in.

dreißig Euro.

DRY-sikh OY-roh

thirty euros.

Say 'DRY-sish'. 'Euro' sounds like 'OY-ro'.

Example

Das kostet dreißig Euro.

That costs thirty euros.

Words in this phrase

dreißig

[DRY-sikh]

thirty

The number 30.

Example

Das Brot kostet dreißig Cent mehr.

The bread costs thirty cents more.

Euro

[OY-roh]

euro(s)

The currency used in Germany; the plural is usually also 'Euro' with prices.

Example

Der Kaffee kostet zwei Euro.

The coffee costs two euros.

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