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You order internet for the flat and ask about the contract terms: what to say in German
You order internet for your flat and ask about the terms of the contract.
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How it's done. In an internet contract look at the Laufzeit (minimum term, often up to two years) and the Kündigungsfrist (notice period); the router is usually included.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 möchte einen Internetanschluss für meine Wohnung.
GOO-tayn tahk. Eekh MYOKH-teh IGH-nayn EEN-tehr-neh-tahnsh-loos fyoor MIGH-neh VOH-noong.
Good day. I'd like an internet connection for my flat.
Or say:Guten Tag, ich suche einen Vertrag für Internet zu Hause.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh ZOO-kheh IGH-nayn fehr-TRAHK fyoor EEN-tehr-net tsoo KHOW-zeh.
THEY SAY
Gern. Wie schnell soll das Internet sein? Wir haben hundert oder zweihundertfünfzig Megabit.Gehrn. Vee shnel zol dahs EEN-tehr-net zighn? Veer KHAH-bayn KHOON-dehrt OH-duh TSVIGH-oon-dehrt-fyoonf-tseekh MEH-guh-beet.
Gladly. How fast should the internet be? We have a hundred or two hundred and fifty megabits.
They might also say:
Welche Geschwindigkeit brauchen Sie? Wir haben mehrere Tarife.
VEL-kheh gesh-VEEN-deekh-kight BROW-khayn zee? Veer KHAH-bayn MEH-reh-reh tuh-REE-feh.
Which speed do you need? We have several plans.
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YOU REPLY
Hundert Megabit reichen. Was kostet das im Monat?
KHOON-dehrt MEH-guh-beet RIGH-khayn. Vahs KOS-tet dahs eem MOH-nuht?
A hundred megabits is enough. What does that cost per month?
THEY SAY
Dreißig Euro im Monat, bei einer Laufzeit von vierundzwanzig Monaten. Der Router ist dabei.DRIGH-seekh OY-roh eem MOH-nuht, bigh IGH-nuh LOWF-tsight fohn FEE-roontts-vahn-tseekh MOH-nuh-tayn. Dehr ROO-tuh eest duh-BIGH.
Thirty euros a month with a term of twenty-four months. The router is included.
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YOU REPLY
Gibt es auch einen Vertrag ohne lange Laufzeit?
Geept es owkh IGH-nayn fehr-TRAHK OH-neh LAHN-geh LOWF-tsight?
Is there also a contract without a long term?
THEY SAY
Ja, mit einem Monat Kündigungsfrist, aber dann kostet es etwas mehr.Yah, meet IGH-nem MOH-nuht kyoon-dee-goongs-FREEST, AH-buh dahn KOS-tet es EH-tvuhs mehr.
Yes, with one month's notice, but then it costs a bit more.
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YOU FINISH
Das nehme ich. Danke für die Beratung!
Dahs NEH-meh eekh. DAHN-keh fyoor dee beh-RAH-toong!
I'll take that. Thanks for the advice!
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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
möchte
MYOKH-teh
verb
would like
Internetanschluss
EEN-tehr-neh-tahnsh-loos
noun
internet connection
Wohnung
VOH-noong
noun
flat
Gern
Gehrn
adverb
gladly
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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