Practice Making Plans in ドイツ語
Making plans is one of the most useful real-world ドイツ語 skills: it requires future tenses, time expressions, suggestions, and the gentle back-and-forth of agreeing on a place. This scenario rehearses the entire planning conversation — proposing a day, suggesting an activity, picking a time and place, and confirming via text. You'll practise the ドイツ語 verbs for 'to suggest', 'to agree', 'to prefer', and the polite phrasing that lets you decline a suggestion without offence. By the end you'll organise an outing in ドイツ語 as easily as you would in English.
Sample ドイツ語 conversation
Hey! Hast du am Wochenende Zeit? Ich dachte, wir könnten was Schönes machen.
Hey! Are you free this weekend? I was thinking we could do something fun.Ja, ich bin frei! Was hast du dir vorgestellt?
Yes, I'm free! What did you have in mind?Wir könnten die neue Kunstausstellung besuchen, das neue Restaurant ausprobieren oder einfach im Park abhängen. Was klingt gut?
We could go to the new art exhibition, try that new restaurant, or just hang out in the park. What sounds good?Die Kunstausstellung klingt interessant! Wo ist die?
The art exhibition sounds interesting! Where is it?Die ist im Stadtmuseum. Sie öffnet um 10 Uhr und samstags ist der Eintritt frei! Sollen wir morgens hingehen?
It's at the city museum. It opens at 10 AM and it's free on Saturdays! Shall we go in the morning?Morgens passt mir. Treffen wir uns um 10.
Morning works for me. Let's meet at 10.
学べること
- Suggest activities and times in ドイツ語
- Agree, counter-suggest, or politely decline
- Confirm a final plan with date, time, and location
- Send a quick text to update the plan
- Apologise gracefully if you need to cancel
よくある質問
How do I suggest going somewhere in ドイツ語?
Use the conditional or 'shall we' construction — 'How about going to…?' — which is softer than the imperative.
How do I politely decline a ドイツ語 invitation?
There's a face-saving formula — 'Thanks, but I can't on Friday — could we do another day?' — that doesn't slam the door. The scenario rehearses it.
What's the ドイツ語 for 'let's meet at 8'?
A specific construction with the time prefix — included in the vocabulary list.
How do I confirm plans last-minute in ドイツ語?
Short texts in ドイツ語 use a contracted style. The scenario shows the casual register: 'Still on for tonight?' style.