German · Bahnhof / Deutsche Bahn
You look for a left-luggage locker at the station for your suitcase: what to say in German
You look for a left-luggage locker at the station for your suitcase.
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How it's done. A Schließfach is a locker at the station: you choose a compartment, put your things in and pay at the machine; you get a code or a key, so keep it safe.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
Entschuldigung, wo gibt es Schließfächer?
Aynt-SHOOL-dee-goong, voh geept es SHLEES-feh-khuh?
Excuse me, where are there lockers?
Or say:Entschuldigung, kann ich hier mein Gepäck lassen?
Aynt-SHOOL-dee-goong, kahn eekh kheer mighn geh-PEK LAH-sayn?
THEY SAY
Im Untergeschoss gibt es Schließfächer. Folgen Sie den Schildern.Eem OON-tehr-geh-shos geept es SHLEES-feh-khuh. FOL-gayn zee dayn SHEEL-dehrn.
There are lockers in the basement. Follow the signs.
They might also say:
Ja, im Bahnhof gibt es Schließfächer, im Untergeschoss.
Yah, eem BAHN-khof geept es SHLEES-feh-khuh, eem OON-tehr-geh-shos.
Yes, there are lockers in the station, in the basement.
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YOU REPLY
Wie funktioniert das? Was kostet es?
Vee foonk-tsee-oh-NEERT dahs? Vahs KOS-tet es?
How does it work? What does it cost?
THEY SAY
Sie wählen ein Fach, legen Ihr Gepäck hinein und bezahlen am Automaten. Das kostet etwa fünf Euro für den Tag.Zee VEH-layn ighn fahkh, LEH-gayn eer geh-PEK khee-NIGHN oont beh-TSAH-layn ahm ow-toh-MAH-tayn. Dahs KOS-tet EH-tvuh fyoonf OY-roh fyoor dayn tahk.
You choose a compartment, put your luggage in and pay at the machine. It costs about five euros a day.
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YOU REPLY
Bekomme ich einen Schlüssel?
Beh-KOH-meh eekh IGH-nayn SHLYOO-sel?
Do I get a key?
THEY SAY
Sie bekommen einen Zettel mit einem Code. Damit öffnen Sie das Fach wieder.Zee beh-KOH-mayn IGH-nayn TSEH-tel meet IGH-nem kod. Duh-MEET OF-nayn zee dahs fahkh VEE-duh.
You get a slip with a code. You use it to open the compartment again.
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YOU FINISH
Danke!
DAHN-keh!
Thanks!
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.
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Words worth knowing
wo
voh
adverb
where
gibt
geept
verb
gives
Schließfächer
SHLEES-feh-khuh
noun
lockers
Untergeschoss
OON-tehr-geh-shos
noun
basement
Folgen
FOL-gayn
verb
to follow
Schildern
SHEEL-dehrn
noun
signs
39 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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