German · Polizei 110
Someone has broken into your flat and you phone the police: what to say in German
Your flat was broken into and you phone the police.
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How it's done. In case of a break-in phone 110 (police); don't touch anything until they arrive so you don't destroy traces; then you file a report (Anzeige).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
Polizei Notruf, guten Tag. Was ist passiert?Poh-lee-TSIGH NOH-troof, GOO-tayn tahk. Vahs eest puh-SEERT?
Police emergency, good day. What happened?
They might also say:
Polizeinotruf, wo ist der Einsatzort?
Poh-lee-TSIGH-noh-troof, voh eest dehr IGHN-zuh-tsort?
Police emergency, where is the incident?
YOU REPLY
Bei mir wurde eingebrochen. Ich bin gerade nach Hause gekommen.
Bigh meer VOOR-deh IGHN-geh-broh-khayn. Eekh been geh-RAH-deh nahkh KHOW-zeh geh-KOH-mayn.
There has been a break-in at my home. I've just come home.
THEY SAY
Sind die Täter noch da? Ist jemand verletzt?Zeent dee TEH-tuh nokh duh? Eest YEH-mahnt fehr-LETST?
Are the perpetrators still there? Is anyone injured?
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YOU FINISH
Nein, niemand ist hier. Die Tür ist aufgebrochen.
Nighn, NEE-mahnt eest kheer. Dee tyoor eest OWF-geh-broh-khayn.
No, no one is here. The door has been broken open.
THEY SAY
Fassen Sie bitte nichts an. Eine Streife ist unterwegs.FAH-sayn zee BEE-teh neekhts ahn. IGH-neh SHTRIGH-feh eest oon-tehr-VEKS.
Please don't touch anything. A patrol is on its way.
Words worth knowing
Polizei
Poh-lee-TSIGH
noun
police
Notruf
NOH-troof
noun
emergency call
guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Tag
tahk
noun
day
ist
eest
verb
is
passiert
puh-SEERT
verb
happens
wurde
VOOR-deh
verb
was
eingebrochen
IGHN-geh-broh-khayn
verb
broken into
bin
been
verb
I am
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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?
Ich spreche noch nicht gut Deutsch.
Eekh SHPREH-kheh nokh neekht goot doych.
I don't speak German well yet.
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