Speak local in Berlin

• Guten TagGOO-ten tahkHello (polite, all day)
• Danke schönDAHN-kuh shurnThank you very much
• Entschuldigungent-SHOOL-dee-goongExcuse me / Sorry
• Sprechen Sie Englisch?SHPREH-khen zee ENG-lishDo you speak English?
• Ich verstehe nichtikh fer-SHTAY-uh nikhtI don't understand
• Langsamer, bitteLAHNG-zah-mer, BIT-tuhMore slowly, please

Emergency 112Police 110116117, the on-call doctor service, for urgent but not life-threatening problems: 116117

Use Sie, the formal you, with anyone you do not know, in shops and in every office. Many people speak good English, but a German opener changes the tone of an appointment.

Read aloud by your device's own text-to-speech in German, so accents vary by phone and browser.