German · Hort / Ganztag
You ask about after-school care: what to say in German
You ask about after-school care.
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How it's done. Hort, Ganztag, OGS (open all-day school) is care after lessons until the evening; an application and fee are needed; ask the school about places.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 Betreuung für meinen Sohn bis fünfzehn Uhr.
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh BROW-kheh beh-TROY-oong fyoor MIGH-nayn zohn bees FYOONF-tsayn oor.
Good day, I need care for my son until three o'clock.
Or say:Guten Tag, gibt es eine Betreuung am Nachmittag?
GOO-tayn tahk, geept es IGH-neh beh-TROY-oong ahm NAHKH-mee-tuhk?
THEY SAY
Ja, wir haben einen Ganztag bis sechzehn Uhr.Yah, veer KHAH-bayn IGH-nayn GAHNTS-tuhk bees ZEKH-tsayn oor.
Yes, we have an all-day programme until four p.m.
They might also say:
Ja, dafür gibt es den Hort. Er geht bis sechzehn Uhr.
Yah, duh-FYOOR geept es dayn khort. Ehr get bees ZEKH-tsayn oor.
Yes, there is the Hort for that. It runs until four p.m.
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YOU FINISH
Wie melde ich ihn an?
Vee MEL-deh eekh een ahn?
How do I register him?
THEY SAY
Mit diesem Formular. Es kostet einen kleinen Beitrag pro Monat.Meet DEE-zem for-moo-LAHR. Es KOS-tet IGH-nayn KLIGH-nayn BIGH-truhk proh MOH-nuht.
With this form. It costs a small contribution per month.
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
Guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Tag
tahk
noun
day
brauche
BROW-kheh
verb
I need
Betreuung
beh-TROY-oong
noun
care, supervision
Sohn
zohn
noun
son
Uhr
oor
noun
clock
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?
Was bedeutet das?
Vahs beh-DOY-tet dahs?
What does this mean?
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