German · Noten / Zeugnis
You look at the report card and ask about the grades: what to say in German
You look at the report card and ask about grades.
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How it's done. In Germany grades run from eins (1, excellent) to sechs (6, unsatisfactory); the Zeugnis is the report card, issued at the end of the half-year and the year.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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1
YOU START
Entschuldigung, ist eine Zwei gut?
Aynt-SHOOL-dee-goong, eest IGH-neh tsvigh goot?
Excuse me, is a two good?
Or say:Entschuldigung, was bedeutet diese Note?
Aynt-SHOOL-dee-goong, vahs beh-DOY-tet DEE-zeh NOH-teh?
THEY SAY
Eine Zwei ist gut. Die Skala geht von eins bis sechs.IGH-neh tsvigh eest goot. Dee SKAH-luh get fohn ighns bees zeks.
A two is good. The scale goes from one to six.
They might also say:
Ja, die Zwei ist gut. Eins ist am besten, sechs am schlechtesten.
Yah, dee tsvigh eest goot. Ighns eest ahm BES-tayn, zeks ahm SHLEKH-tes-tayn.
Yes, the two is good. One is best, six is worst.
2
YOU REPLY
Und was ist ausreichend?
Oont vahs eest OW-srigh-khaynt?
And what is "ausreichend"?
THEY SAY
Das ist eine Vier. Das heißt: gerade genug.Dahs eest IGH-neh feer. Dahs khighst: geh-RAH-deh geh-NOOK.
That's a four. It means: just enough.
3
YOU FINISH
Danke, jetzt verstehe ich das System.
DAHN-keh, yehtst fehrsh-TEH-eh eekh dahs zyoos-TEM.
Thanks, now I understand the system.
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
ist
eest
verb
is
gut
goot
adjective
good, well
Skala
SKAH-luh
noun
scale
geht
get
verb
goes
ausreichend
OW-srigh-khaynt
adjective
sufficient
heißt
khighst
verb
is called
19 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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