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Deutsch bei der Arbeit: 15 Sätze, die du jeden Tag hörst | A2–B1
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💼 What does your German colleague mean by „Mahlzeit!“, „Ich komme gleich“ or „Sag mir Bescheid“?
In this A2–B1 German podcast episode, Emil and Sophia take you through a complete workday in Germany. You’ll learn 15 practical German sentences for greeting colleagues, making small talk, asking for help, discussing tasks, reporting mistakes and finishing the working day naturally.
Emil also remembers an embarrassing misunderstanding: when a colleague said „Mahlzeit!“, he answered „Nudeln mit Hühnchen.“ But nobody had asked what he was eating! 😅
🎧 Useful sentences from this episode:
• Guten Morgen! Alles gut? — Good morning! Is everything okay?
• Wie war dein Wochenende? — How was your weekend?
• Kannst du mir kurz helfen? — Can you help me for a moment?
• Brauchst du Hilfe? — Do you need help?
• Können wir das kurz zusammen anschauen? — Can we look at this together?
• Ich kümmere mich darum. — I’ll take care of it.
• Ich gebe dir Bescheid. — I’ll let you know.
• Ich bin gleich fertig. — I’ll be finished soon.
• Ich brauche noch etwas Zeit. — I need a little more time.
• Das schaffe ich heute nicht mehr. — I won’t be able to finish that today.
• Mir ist ein Fehler passiert. — I made a mistake.
• Ich korrigiere das sofort. — I’ll correct it immediately.
• Machen wir zusammen Mittagspause? — Shall we take our lunch break together?
• Mahlzeit! — A common lunchtime greeting at many German workplaces.
• Schönen Feierabend! Bis morgen! — Have a nice evening! See you tomorrow!
📚 Important workplace vocabulary:
• sich um etwas kümmern — to take care of something
• Bescheid sagen — to inform or let someone know
• gleich — soon or in a moment
• sofort — immediately
• fertig sein — to be finished
• etwas schaffen — to manage or complete something
• die Mittagspause — lunch break
• der Fehler — mistake
• der Feierabend — the time after finishing work
Listen to the complete workplace dialogue at the end of the episode and repeat the sentences aloud. Choose five expressions that fit your workday and practise them in a real situation.
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