German · Copyshop
You need a certified copy of a document and ask the copy shop whether they do it: what to say in German
You need a certified copy of a document and ask at the copy shop whether they do that.
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How it's done. A beglaubigte Kopie (certified copy) is made by an authority (for example the Bürgeramt) or a notary: you bring the original and the copy; a copy shop only copies, without a stamp.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
Guten Tag, ich brauche eine beglaubigte Kopie von diesem Dokument. Machen Sie das hier?
GOO-tayn tahk, eekh BROW-kheh IGH-neh beh-GLOW-beekh-teh KOH-pee-eh fohn DEE-zem doh-koo-MAYNT. MAH-khayn zee dahs kheer?
Good day, I need a certified copy of this document. Do you do that here?
Or say:Guten Tag, wo kann ich eine Kopie beglaubigen lassen?
GOO-tayn tahk, voh kahn eekh IGH-neh KOH-pee-eh beh-GLOW-bee-gayn LAH-sayn?
THEY SAY
Nein, hier im Copyshop können wir nur kopieren. Beglaubigen kann das Bürgeramt.Nighn, kheer eem KOH-pee-shop KYOH-nayn veer noor koh-PEE-rayn. Beh-GLOW-bee-gayn kahn dahs BYOOR-geh-ruhmt.
No, here at the copy shop we can only copy. The Bürgeramt can certify it.
They might also say:
Wir können das Dokument nur kopieren. Für die Beglaubigung müssen Sie zum Amt.
Veer KYOH-nayn dahs doh-koo-MAYNT noor koh-PEE-rayn. Fyoor dee beh-GLOW-bee-goong MYOO-sayn zee tsoom ahmt.
We can only copy the document. For the certification you have to go to the office.
2
YOU REPLY
Muss ich das Original mitbringen?
Moos eekh dahs oh-ree-gee-NAHL MEET-breen-gayn?
Do I have to bring the original?
THEY SAY
Ja, bringen Sie das Original und die Kopie mit. Das Amt prüft beides und stempelt die Kopie.Yah, BREEN-gayn zee dahs oh-ree-gee-NAHL oont dee KOH-pee-eh meet. Dahs ahmt pryooft BIGH-des oont SHTEM-pelt dee KOH-pee-eh.
Yes, bring the original and the copy. The office checks both and stamps the copy.
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YOU REPLY
Kann ich die Kopie hier machen und dann zum Amt gehen?
Kahn eekh dee KOH-pee-eh kheer MAH-khayn oont dahn tsoom ahmt GEH-ayn?
Can I make the copy here and then go to the office?
THEY SAY
Ja, das geht. Wie viele Kopien brauchen Sie?Yah, dahs get. Vee FEE-leh KOH-pee-ayn BROW-khayn zee?
Yes, that works. How many copies do you need?
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YOU FINISH
Zwei Kopien, bitte.
Tsvigh KOH-pee-ayn, BEE-teh.
Two copies, please.
THEY SAY
Gern. Das macht vierzig Cent.Gehrn. Dahs mahkht FEER-tseekh tsaynt.
Gladly. That's forty 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
Guten
GOO-tayn
adjective
good (in greetings)
Tag
tahk
noun
day
brauche
BROW-kheh
verb
I need
beglaubigte
beh-GLOW-beekh-teh
adjective
certified
Kopie
KOH-pee-eh
noun
copy
Dokument
doh-koo-MAYNT
noun
document
44 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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