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You ask to renew a prescription for medicine you take regularly: what to say in German
You ask for a repeat prescription for medicine you take regularly.
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How it's done. For repeat medicine (Folgerezept) you often do not need an appointment: name the drug at reception; the prescription (E-Rezept) is loaded electronically onto your card or into an app.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 brauche ein neues Rezept für meine Medikamente.
GOO-tayn tahk. Eekh BROW-kheh ighn NOY-es reh-TSEPT fyoor MIGH-neh meh-dee-kuh-MAYN-teh.
Good day. I need a new prescription for my medicines.
Or say:Guten Tag, ich möchte ein Folgerezept holen.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh MYOKH-teh ighn FOL-geh-reh-tsept KHOH-layn.
THEY SAY
Welche Medikamente nehmen Sie? Haben Sie die Packung dabei?VEL-kheh meh-dee-kuh-MAYN-teh NEH-mayn zee? KHAH-bayn zee dee PAH-koong duh-BIGH?
Which medicines do you take? Do you have the packet with you?
They might also say:
Wie heißt das Medikament, und wie oft nehmen Sie es?
Vee khighst dahs meh-dee-kuh-MAYNT, oont vee oft NEH-mayn zee es?
What is the medicine called, and how often do you take it?
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YOU REPLY
Ja, hier ist die Packung. Ich nehme eine Tablette am Tag.
Yah, kheer eest dee PAH-koong. Eekh NEH-meh IGH-neh tuh-BLEH-teh ahm tahk.
Yes, here is the packet. I take one tablet a day.
THEY SAY
Das ist in Ordnung. Das Rezept wird elektronisch auf Ihre Gesundheitskarte geladen. Es ist in einer Stunde fertig.Dahs eest een ORD-noong. Dahs reh-TSEPT veert eh-lek-TROH-neesh owf EE-reh geh-ZOOND-khights-kuhr-teh geh-LAH-dayn. Es eest een IGH-nuh SHTOON-deh FEHR-teekh.
That's fine. The prescription will be loaded onto your health card electronically. It will be ready in an hour.
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YOU REPLY
Muss ich noch einmal zum Arzt kommen?
Moos eekh nokh IGHN-muhl tsoom ahrtst KOH-mayn?
Do I have to come to the doctor again?
THEY SAY
Diesmal nicht. Aber in drei Monaten brauchen wir einen Termin zur Kontrolle.DEES-muhl neekht. AH-buh een drigh MOH-nuh-tayn BROW-khayn veer IGH-nayn tehr-MEEN tsoor kohn-TROH-leh.
Not this time. But in three months we need an appointment for a check-up.
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YOU FINISH
Alles klar, danke!
AH-les klahr, DAHN-keh!
Understood, thanks!
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.
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Words worth knowing
Guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Tag
tahk
noun
day
brauche
BROW-kheh
verb
I need
neues
NOY-es
adjective
new
Rezept
reh-TSEPT
noun
prescription
Medikamente
meh-dee-kuh-MAYN-teh
noun
medicines
51 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?
Was bedeutet das?
Vahs beh-DOY-tet dahs?
What does this mean?
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