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You set up online banking: what to say in German
You set up online banking.
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How it's done. Online-Banking is online banking, TAN a one-time confirmation code, App the bank's app; access data is sent by letter.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
Wie aktiviere ich das Online-Banking?
Vee uhk-tee-VEE-reh eekh dahs OHN-lighn-BAYN-keeng?
How do I activate online banking?
Or say:Wie komme ich in mein Online-Banking?
Vee KOH-meh eekh een mighn OHN-lighn-BAYN-keeng?
THEY SAY
Installieren Sie bitte die App unserer Bank und folgen Sie den Schritten.Eens-tuh-LEE-rayn zee BEE-teh dee ep OON-zeh-ruh bahnk oont FOL-gayn zee dayn SHREE-tayn.
Please install our bank's app and follow the steps.
They might also say:
Laden Sie die App herunter. Sie bekommen einen Code per Post.
LAH-dayn zee dee ep kheh-ROON-tuh. Zee beh-KOH-mayn IGH-nayn kod pehr post.
Download the app. You'll receive a code by post.
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YOU FINISH
Und wie bestätige ich Überweisungen?
Oont vee besh-TEH-tee-geh eekh YOO-behr-vigh-zoon-gayn?
And how do I confirm transfers?
THEY SAY
Mit einer TAN in der App oder per Fingerabdruck.Meet IGH-nuh tahn een dehr ep OH-duh pehr FEEN-geh-ruhb-drook.
With a TAN in the app or by fingerprint.
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
Wie
Vee
adverb
how
aktiviere
uhk-tee-VEE-reh
verb
I activate
Online-Banking
OHN-lighn-BAYN-keeng
noun
online banking
Installieren
Eens-tuh-LEE-rayn
verb
to install
App
ep
noun
app
Bank
bahnk
noun
bank
20 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?
Was bedeutet das?
Vahs beh-DOY-tet dahs?
What does this mean?
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