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You are with a child and ask for a high chair: what to say in German
You came with a child and ask for a high chair.
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How it's done. Most restaurants have a Kinderstuhl (high chair) and a Kinderkarte (children's menu): ask at the door.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
Haben Sie einen Kinderstuhl?
KHAH-bayn zee IGH-nayn KEEN-dehrs-tool?
Do you have a high chair?
Or say:Gibt es einen Kinderstuhl?
Geept es IGH-nayn KEEN-dehrs-tool?
THEY SAY
Ja, einen Moment, ich bringe einen.Yah, IGH-nayn moh-MAYNT, eekh BREEN-geh IGH-nayn.
Yes, one moment, I'll bring one.
They might also say:
Ja, natürlich. Ich hole ihn gleich.
Yah, nuh-TYOOR-leekh. Eekh KHOH-leh een glighkh.
Yes, of course. I'll get it right away.
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YOU REPLY
Haben Sie auch eine Kinderkarte?
KHAH-bayn zee owkh IGH-neh KEEN-dehr-kuhr-teh?
Do you also have a children's menu?
THEY SAY
Ja, hier. Es gibt Nudeln, Fischstäbchen und Pommes.Yah, kheer. Es geept NOO-deln, FEESHS-tep-khayn oont POH-mes.
Yes, here. There are noodles, fish fingers and chips.
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YOU FINISH
Wunderbar, vielen Dank!
VOON-dehr-buhr, FEE-layn dahnk!
Wonderful, thank you very much!
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
Haben
KHAH-bayn
verb
to have
Kinderstuhl
KEEN-dehrs-tool
noun
high chair
Ja
Yah
adverb
yes
Moment
moh-MAYNT
noun
moment
bringe
BREEN-geh
verb
I bring
auch
owkh
adverb
also, too
15 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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