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How to Say ‘Look, Germany is attacking!’ in German

Schau mal, Deutschland greift an!

show mahl DOYTCH-lahnt grayft an

[show mahl DOYTCH-lahnt grayft an]

💬 Usage Tip: The verb is angreifen "to attack", but an splits off and jumps to the end: greift an. Same with anfangen "to start": das Spiel fängt an "the game is starting".

Phrase Breakdown

Schau mal,

show mahl

Look,

A casual way to grab attention. 'mal' softens the command. 'Schau' sounds like 'show'.

Example

Schau mal, da ist er!

Look, there he is!

Words in this phrase

Schau

[show]

look, check

Colloquial form of 'schaue', from 'schauen'; with 'nach' means check.

Example

Ich schau kurz im Kalender.

I'll look in the calendar quickly.

mal

[mahl]

just / for now

A softening particle; together with 'schon' it means 'in the meantime, in advance'.

Example

Ich deck schon mal den Tisch.

I'll just set the table in the meantime.

Deutschland greift an!

DOYTCH-lahnt grayft an

Germany is attacking!

'angreifen' is separable, so 'an' goes to the end. 'eu' sounds like 'oy' and 'ei' sounds like 'eye'.

Example

Jetzt greift Deutschland an!

Now Germany is attacking!

Words in this phrase

Deutschland

[DOYTCH-lahnt]

Germany

The country; here meaning the German national team.

Example

Deutschland spielt heute.

Germany plays today.

greift

[grayft]

attacks (with 'an')

From 'angreifen', to attack; the prefix 'an' goes to the end.

Example

Die Mannschaft greift schnell an.

The team attacks quickly.

[an]

(separable prefix)

Prefix of 'anhalten', placed at the end.

Example

Der Bus hält gleich an.

The bus is about to stop.

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