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Your child is ill and you phone the Kita: what to say in German
Your child is ill and you phone the Kita.
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How it's done. A sick child is not brought in; illness is reported in the morning by phone or app, often before eight.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
Kita Sonnenschein, guten Morgen!KEE-tuh ZOH-nayn-shighn, GOO-tayn MOR-gayn!
Kita Sonnenschein, good morning!
YOU REPLY
Guten Morgen, hier ist Olena. Maks ist krank und kommt heute nicht.
GOO-tayn MOR-gayn, kheer eest oh-LEH-nuh. Mahks eest krahnk oont komt KHOY-teh neekht.
Good morning, this is Olena. Maks is ill and won't come today.
THEY SAY
Oh, das tut mir leid. Was hat er denn?Oh, dahs toot meer light. Vahs khaht ehr dayn?
Oh, I'm sorry. What does he have?
They might also say:
Gute Besserung an Maks! Was fehlt ihm?
GOO-teh beh-SEH-roong ahn mahks! Vahs felt eem?
Get well soon, Maks! What's wrong with him?
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YOU FINISH
Er hat Fieber und Husten.
Ehr khaht FEE-buh oont KHOOS-tayn.
He has a fever and a cough.
THEY SAY
Danke für die Meldung. Dann gute Besserung!DAHN-keh fyoor dee MEL-doong. Dahn GOO-teh beh-SEH-roong!
Thanks for letting us know. Then get well soon!
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
Kita
KEE-tuh
noun
daycare centre
Sonnenschein
ZOH-nayn-shighn
noun
sunshine
guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Morgen
MOR-gayn
noun
morning
hier
kheer
adverb
here
ist
eest
verb
is
25 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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