German · Notaufnahme / Krankenhaus
Your child fell and you rush to the emergency department: what to say in German
Your child fell and you come to the emergency department.
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How it's done. Kind is child, Sturz a fall, Beule a bump, bewusstlos unconscious. Say straight away whether the child was unconscious.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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1
YOU START
Meine Tochter ist vom Klettergerüst gefallen. Sie hat eine Beule am Kopf.
MIGH-neh TOKH-tuh eest fom KLEH-tehr-geh-ryoost geh-FAH-layn. Zee khaht IGH-neh BOY-leh ahm kopf.
My daughter fell off the climbing frame. She has a bump on her head.
Or say:Mein Sohn ist hingefallen und hat sich den Kopf gestoßen.
Mighn zohn eest KHEEN-geh-fuh-layn oont khaht zeekh dayn kopf gesh-TOH-sayn.
THEY SAY
War sie bewusstlos?Vahr zee beh-VOOS-tlos?
Was she unconscious?
They might also say:
War das Kind bewusstlos?
Vahr dahs keent beh-VOOS-tlos?
Was the child unconscious?
2
YOU REPLY
Nein, sie hat nur geweint.
Nighn, zee khaht noor geh-VIGHNT.
No, she only cried.
THEY SAY
Wie alt ist sie?Vee ahlt eest zee?
How old is she?
3
YOU FINISH
Fünf Jahre.
Fyoonf YAH-reh.
Five years.
THEY SAY
Gut. Wir schauen uns das gleich an.Goot. Veer SHOW-ayn oons dahs glighkh ahn.
Good. We'll take a look right away.
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
Tochter
TOKH-tuh
noun
daughter
ist
eest
verb
is
Klettergerüst
KLEH-tehr-geh-ryoost
noun
climbing frame
gefallen
geh-FAH-layn
verb
fallen
hat
khaht
verb
has
Beule
BOY-leh
noun
bump, dent
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?
Ich spreche noch nicht gut Deutsch.
Eekh SHPREH-kheh nokh neekht goot doych.
I don't speak German well yet.
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