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You buy stamps at the post office: what to say in German
You buy stamps at the post office.
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How it's done. A Briefmarke is a postage stamp; a letter abroad needs a different stamp from one within Germany; ask Inland or Ausland.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Guten Tag, ich möchte fünf Briefmarken.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh MYOKH-teh fyoonf BREEF-muhr-kayn.
Good day, I'd like five stamps.
Or say:Guten Tag, ich brauche Briefmarken für Briefe.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh BROW-kheh BREEF-muhr-kayn fyoor BREE-feh.
THEY SAY
Für Inland oder Ausland?Fyoor EEN-lahnt OH-duh OW-slahnt?
For domestic or abroad?
They might also say:
Briefe nach Deutschland oder ins Ausland?
BREE-feh nahkh DOYCH-lahnd OH-duh eens OW-slahnt?
Letters to Germany or abroad?
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YOU FINISH
Für Deutschland, bitte.
Fyoor DOYCH-lahnd, BEE-teh.
For Germany, please.
THEY SAY
Das macht fünf Euro fünfundzwanzig.Dahs mahkht fyoonf OY-roh FYOON-foontts-vahn-tseekh.
That's five euros twenty-five.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “German for life in Germany”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Tag
tahk
noun
day
möchte
MYOKH-teh
verb
would like
Briefmarken
BREEF-muhr-kayn
noun
stamps
Inland
EEN-lahnt
noun
domestic
Ausland
OW-slahnt
noun
abroad
10 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Können Sie das bitte wiederholen?
KYOH-nayn zee dahs BEE-teh vee-dehr-KHOH-layn?
Can you repeat that, please?
Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?
KYOH-nayn zee BEE-teh LAHNG-zuh-muh SHPREH-khayn?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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