German · Copyshop
You ask where you can scan a document: what to say in German
You ask where you can scan a document.
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How it's done. Scannen is scanning, einscannen und mailen is scanning and emailing; at a copy shop it is usually cheap.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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YOU START
Entschuldigung, kann ich hier etwas scannen?
Aynt-SHOOL-dee-goong, kahn eekh kheer EH-tvuhs SKAH-nayn?
Excuse me, can I scan something here?
Or say:Haben Sie einen Scanner?
KHAH-bayn zee IGH-nayn SKAH-nuh?
THEY SAY
Ja, das geht. Wohin soll ich es schicken?Yah, dahs get. Voh-KHEEN zol eekh es SHEE-kayn?
Yes, that's possible. Where should I send it?
They might also say:
Ja, wir scannen und mailen es Ihnen.
Yah, veer SKAH-nayn oont MAY-layn es EE-nayn.
Yes, we scan it and email it to you.
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YOU REPLY
Bitte an diese E-Mail-Adresse.
BEE-teh ahn DEE-zeh eh-mayl-uh-DREH-seh.
To this email address, please.
THEY SAY
Danke. Das ist gleich erledigt.DAHN-keh. Dahs eest glighkh ehr-LEH-deekht.
Thanks. That'll be done straight away.
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YOU FINISH
Wie viel macht das?
Vee feel mahkht dahs?
How much is that?
THEY SAY
Das macht fünfzig Cent pro Seite.Dahs mahkht FYOONF-tseekh tsaynt proh ZIGH-teh.
That's fifty cents per page.
They might also say:
Eine Seite kostet fünfzig Cent.
IGH-neh ZIGH-teh KOS-tet FYOONF-tseekh tsaynt.
One page costs fifty cents.
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
kann
kahn
verb
can
hier
kheer
adverb
here
scannen
SKAH-nayn
verb
to scan
Ja
Yah
adverb
yes
geht
get
verb
goes
Wohin
Voh-KHEEN
adverb
where to
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 mir das zeigen?
KYOH-nayn zee meer dahs TSIGH-gayn?
Can you show me?
Similar situations
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→An office requires a translation of your documents and you ask where to get it doneCopyshop · A2 in the app
→You want to photocopy documents at a copy shopCopyshop · A1 in the app
→The file is on your phone and needs printingCopyshop · A2 in the app
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