German · Facharzt / Überweisung
Your child has a temperature and you phone the paediatrician: what to say in German
Your child has a fever and you phone the paediatrician.
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How it's done. Kinderarzt is the paediatrician. Questions about the child: Wie alt ist Ihr Kind? (how old) and Wie hoch ist das Fieber? (how high is the fever).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
Kinderarztpraxis Berger, guten Tag!KEEN-deh-ruhrtst-pruhk-sees BEHR-guh, GOO-tayn tahk!
Berger paediatric practice, good day!
They might also say:
Kinderarztpraxis Berger, was kann ich für Sie tun?
KEEN-deh-ruhrtst-pruhk-sees BEHR-guh, vahs kahn eekh fyoor zee toon?
Berger paediatric practice, how can I help you?
YOU REPLY
Guten Tag, mein Sohn hat Fieber. Kann ich heute vorbeikommen?
GOO-tayn tahk, mighn zohn khaht FEE-buh. Kahn eekh KHOY-teh FOR-bigh-koh-mayn?
Good day, my son has a fever. Can I come by today?
Or say:Guten Tag, meine Tochter hat Fieber. Können wir heute kommen?
GOO-tayn tahk, MIGH-neh TOKH-tuh khaht FEE-buh. KYOH-nayn veer KHOY-teh KOH-mayn?
THEY SAY
Wie alt ist Ihr Kind?Vee ahlt eest eer keent?
How old is your child?
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YOU REPLY
Er ist vier Jahre alt.
Ehr eest feer YAH-reh ahlt.
He is four years old.
THEY SAY
Wie hoch ist das Fieber?Vee khokh eest dahs FEE-buh?
How high is the fever?
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YOU FINISH
Neununddreißig Grad.
NOY-noon-drigh-seekh graht.
Thirty-nine degrees.
THEY SAY
Dann kommen Sie bitte gleich vorbei.Dahn KOH-mayn zee BEE-teh glighkh for-BIGH.
Then please come straight 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
Kinderarztpraxis
KEEN-deh-ruhrtst-pruhk-sees
noun
paediatric practice
guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Tag
tahk
noun
day
Sohn
zohn
noun
son
hat
khaht
verb
has
Fieber
FEE-buh
noun
fever
24 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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