German · Parken / Strafzettel
You ask how to pay for parking: what to say in German
You ask how to pay for parking.
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How it's done. Parkschein is the ticket from the machine, Parkscheibe the disc with arrival time (in time-limited zones), Parkautomat the machine. The ticket goes behind the windscreen.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
Entschuldigung, wo muss ich hier für das Parken zahlen?
Aynt-SHOOL-dee-goong, voh moos eekh kheer fyoor dahs PAHR-kayn TSAH-layn?
Excuse me, where do I have to pay for parking here?
Or say:Entschuldigung, wie funktioniert das Parken hier?
Aynt-SHOOL-dee-goong, vee foonk-tsee-oh-NEERT dahs PAHR-kayn kheer?
THEY SAY
Dort vorne ist ein Parkautomat. Sie ziehen einen Parkschein.Dort FOR-neh eest ighn PAHR-kow-toh-muht. Zee TSEE-ayn IGH-nayn PAHRK-shighn.
There in front is a parking machine. You take a ticket.
They might also say:
Am Automaten. Den Parkschein legen Sie hinter die Windschutzscheibe.
Ahm ow-toh-MAH-tayn. Dayn PAHRK-shighn LEH-gayn zee KHEEN-tuh dee VEENT-shoots-shigh-beh.
At the machine. You put the ticket behind the windscreen.
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YOU FINISH
Und bis wann muss ich zahlen?
Oont bees vahn moos eekh TSAH-layn?
And until when do I have to pay?
THEY SAY
Bis achtzehn Uhr, samstags bis vierzehn Uhr.Bees AHKH-tsayn oor, ZAHMS-tuhks bees FEER-tsayn oor.
Until six p.m., on Saturdays until two p.m.
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
wo
voh
adverb
where
muss
moos
verb
must, has to
hier
kheer
adverb
here
Parken
PAHR-kayn
verb
to park
zahlen
TSAH-layn
verb
to pay
Dort
Dort
adverb
there
19 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?
Können Sie mir das zeigen?
KYOH-nayn zee meer dahs TSIGH-gayn?
Can you show me?
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