How to Say ‘What are we doing today?’ in German
Was machen wir heute?
vahs MAH-khen veer HOY-teh
[vahs MAH-khen veer HOY-teh]
💬 Usage Tip: A very practical briefing question. Great for event work, shoot days, and production mornings.
🇩🇪 In Germany: This fits German workplace culture well: first clarify the plan, then move to roles and timing. Order is king.
Phrase Breakdown
Was machen wir
vahs MAH-khen veer
What are we doing
A question asking about the planned activity.
Was machen wir jetzt?
What are we doing now?
Words in this phrase
Was
[vahs]
what
Question word used to ask about today's plan.
Was machen wir heute? Zuerst bauen wir das Licht auf.
What are we doing today? First we set up the lights.
machen
[MAH-khen]
do
Here it means 'do' in a question about planned work.
Was machen wir heute? Wir filmen die Interviews.
What are we doing today? We are filming the interviews.
wir
[veer]
we
Refers to the whole team including the speaker.
Was machen wir heute? Wir haben zwei Aufgaben.
What are we doing today? We have two tasks.
heute
[HOY-teh]
today
Specifies that the question is about today.
Was machen wir heute? Heute starten wir um neun Uhr.
What are we doing today? Today we start at nine o'clock.
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