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After filling up you pay at the till: what to say in German

You have filled up and pay at the till.

Tankstelle5 linesLevel A1For life in Germany The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. In Germany you fill up yourself and pay at the till afterwards: you say the pump (Säule) number and the amount or litres.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Guten Tag! Welche Säule?
GOO-tayn tahk! VEL-kheh ZOY-leh?
Good day! Which pump?
They might also say:
Guten Tag, an welcher Säule haben Sie getankt?
GOO-tayn tahk, ahn VEL-khuh ZOY-leh KHAH-bayn zee geh-TAHNKT?
Good day, at which pump did you fill up?
YOU REPLY
Säule vier, bitte.
ZOY-leh feer, BEE-teh.
Pump four, please.
THEY SAY
Das macht fünfzig Euro zehn.
Dahs mahkht FYOONF-tseekh OY-roh tsayn.
That's fifty euros ten.
They might also say:
Fünfzig zehn, bitte.
FYOONF-tseekh tsayn, BEE-teh.
Fifty ten, please.
in the app
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YOU FINISH
Mit Karte, bitte.
Meet KAHR-teh, BEE-teh.
By card, please.
THEY SAY
Bitte schön. Gute Fahrt!
BEE-teh shyohn. GOO-teh fahrt!
There you go. Have a good journey!
in the app

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This dialogue is part of the course “German for life in Germany”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Tag
tahk
noun
day
Säule
ZOY-leh
noun
pump
macht
mahkht
verb
makes
Euro
OY-roh
noun
euro
Karte
KAHR-teh
noun
card

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?
Danke!
DAHN-keh!
Thank you!

All 21 rescue phrases in German →

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