German · Hausaufgaben / Nachhilfe
You ask how much homework there will be: what to say in German
You ask how much homework there will be.
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How it's done. Homework (Hausaufgaben) is written in a Hausaufgabenheft; you can ask how long it should take: Wie lange soll mein Kind daran arbeiten?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
Wie viele Hausaufgaben gibt es normalerweise?
Vee FEE-leh KHOW-sowf-guh-bayn geept es nor-muh-lehr-VIGH-zeh?
How much homework is there normally?
Or say:Wie lange soll mein Kind täglich an den Hausaufgaben arbeiten?
Vee LAHN-geh zol mighn keent TEH-kleekh ahn dayn KHOW-sowf-guh-bayn AHR-bigh-tayn?
THEY SAY
In der dritten Klasse etwa dreißig Minuten am Tag.Een dehr DREE-tayn KLAH-seh EH-tvuh DRIGH-seekh mee-NOO-tayn ahm tahk.
In the third grade about thirty minutes a day.
They might also say:
Es sollten höchstens dreißig bis vierzig Minuten sein.
Es ZOL-tayn KHYOKS-tayns DRIGH-seekh bees FEER-tseekh mee-NOO-tayn zighn.
It should be thirty to forty minutes at most.
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YOU FINISH
Und wenn er es nicht schafft?
Oont vayn ehr es neekht shahft?
And if he can't manage?
THEY SAY
Dann schreiben Sie mir bitte eine kurze Nachricht.Dahn SHRIGH-bayn zee meer BEE-teh IGH-neh KOOR-tseh NAHKH-reekht.
Then please write me a short note.
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
Wie
Vee
adverb
how
viele
FEE-leh
adjective
many
Hausaufgaben
KHOW-sowf-guh-bayn
noun
homework
gibt
geept
verb
gives
normalerweise
nor-muh-lehr-VIGH-zeh
adverb
normally
dritten
DREE-tayn
adjective
third (dative)
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?
Was bedeutet das?
Vahs beh-DOY-tet dahs?
What does this mean?
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