German · Bürgeramt / Anmeldung
The clerk checks your documents for registration: what to say in German
The clerk checks the documents for registration.
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How it's done. For Anmeldung you need a passport, the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung (confirmation from the landlord) and a completed form; having the rental contract is also useful.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Haben Sie Ihren Reisepass dabei?KHAH-bayn zee EE-rayn RIGH-zeh-puhs duh-BIGH?
Do you have your passport with you?
They might also say:
Zeigen Sie mir bitte Ihren Reisepass.
TSIGH-gayn zee meer BEE-teh EE-rayn RIGH-zeh-puhs.
Please show me your passport.
YOU REPLY
Ja, hier ist mein Pass.
Yah, kheer eest mighn pahs.
Yes, here is my passport.
THEY SAY
Und haben Sie die Wohnungsgeberbestätigung?Oont KHAH-bayn zee dee VOH-noongs-geh-behr-bes-teh-tee-goong?
And do you have the landlord's confirmation?
They might also say:
Ich brauche noch die Bestätigung vom Vermieter. Haben Sie die?
Eekh BROW-kheh nokh dee besh-TEH-tee-goong fom fehr-MEE-tuh. KHAH-bayn zee dee?
I need the landlord's confirmation as well. Do you have it?
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YOU FINISH
Ja, hier ist die Bestätigung von meinem Vermieter.
Yah, kheer eest dee besh-TEH-tee-goong fohn MIGH-nem fehr-MEE-tuh.
Yes, here is the confirmation from my landlord.
THEY SAY
Danke. Dann ist alles vollständig.DAHN-keh. Dahn eest AH-les FOLS-tayn-deekh.
Thank you. Then everything is complete.
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
Reisepass
RIGH-zeh-puhs
noun
passport
dabei
duh-BIGH
adverb
with, on one
Ja
Yah
adverb
yes
hier
kheer
adverb
here
ist
eest
verb
is
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?
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
You ask your landlord to fill in the confirmation for registrationBürgeramt / Anmeldung · A2 in the app
→You need a certificate of registrationBürgeramt / Anmeldung · A2 in the app
→After moving within the city you report your new addressBürgeramt / Anmeldung · A2 in the app
→You are leaving the country and deregisteringBürgeramt / Anmeldung · A2 in the app
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