German · Finanzamt / Steuer-ID
You need a tax identification number: what to say in German
You need your tax identification number.
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How it's done. The Steuer-ID is an eleven-digit number sent by post after address registration; your employer and the tax office need it.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 habe meine Steuer-ID noch nicht bekommen.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh KHAH-beh MIGH-neh SHTOY-uh-ee-deh nokh neekht beh-KOH-mayn.
Good day, I haven't received my tax ID yet.
Or say:Guten Tag, ich brauche meine Steueridentifikationsnummer.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh BROW-kheh MIGH-neh SHTOY-eh-ree-dayn-tee-fee-kuh-tsee-ohns-noo-muh.
THEY SAY
Haben Sie sich schon in Deutschland angemeldet?KHAH-bayn zee zeekh shohn een DOYCH-lahnd AHN-geh-mel-det?
Have you already registered in Germany?
They might also say:
Seit wann wohnen Sie in Deutschland?
Zight vahn VOH-nayn zee een DOYCH-lahnd?
Since when have you lived in Germany?
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YOU FINISH
Ja, seit zwei Monaten.
Yah, zight tsvigh MOH-nuh-tayn.
Yes, for two months.
THEY SAY
Dann bekommen Sie die Nummer per Post. Wenn nicht, beantragen Sie sie neu.Dahn beh-KOH-mayn zee dee NOO-muh pehr post. Vayn neekht, beh-AHN-truh-gayn zee zee noy.
Then you will get the number by post. If not, apply for it again.
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
habe
KHAH-beh
verb
I have
Steuer-ID
SHTOY-uh-ee-deh
noun
tax ID
noch
nokh
adverb
still, yet
nicht
neekht
adverb
not
22 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 das bitte aufschreiben?
KYOH-nayn zee dahs BEE-teh OWFSH-righ-bayn?
Can you write it down, please?
Was bedeutet das?
Vahs beh-DOY-tet dahs?
What does this mean?
Similar situations
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→You ask which documents are needed for child benefitFamilienkasse / Kindergeld · A2 in the app
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