German · Elektronik
You look for a phone charging cable: what to say in German
You are looking for a phone charging cable.
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How it's done. Connectors: USB-C and Lightning; cables and chargers are in the Zubehör (accessories) section.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, ich suche ein Ladekabel für mein Handy.
Aynt-SHOOL-dee-goong, eekh ZOO-kheh ighn LAH-deh-kuh-bel fyoor mighn KHAYN-dee.
Excuse me, I'm looking for a charging cable for my phone.
THEY SAY
Was für ein Handy haben Sie?Vahs fyoor ighn KHAYN-dee KHAH-bayn zee?
What kind of phone do you have?
They might also say:
Welcher Anschluss ist das, USB-C oder Lightning?
VEL-khuh AHNSH-loos eest dahs, oo-es-beh-tseh OH-duh LIGHT-neeng?
Which connector is it, USB-C or Lightning?
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YOU REPLY
Ich habe ein iPhone. Es hat einen Lightning-Anschluss.
Eekh KHAH-beh ighn IGH-fohn. Es khaht IGH-nayn LIGHT-neeng-AHNSH-loos.
I have an iPhone. It has a Lightning connector.
Or say:Es hat USB-C.
Es khaht oo-es-beh-tseh.
THEY SAY
Dann hätte ich dieses hier. Es gibt eins und zwei Meter.Dahn KHEH-teh eekh DEE-zes kheer. Es geept ighns oont tsvigh MEH-tuh.
Then I'd have this one. There is a one-metre and a two-metre one.
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YOU FINISH
Das mit zwei Metern, bitte.
Dahs meet tsvigh MEH-tehrn, BEE-teh.
The two-metre one, please.
THEY SAY
Gern. Sonst noch etwas?Gehrn. Zohnst nokh EH-tvuhs?
Gladly. Anything else?
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
suche
ZOO-kheh
verb
I look for
Ladekabel
LAH-deh-kuh-bel
noun
charging cable
Handy
KHAYN-dee
noun
mobile phone
haben
KHAH-bayn
verb
to have
habe
KHAH-beh
verb
I have
iPhone
IGH-fohn
noun
iPhone
28 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?
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