German · Taxi / Mitfahrt
You sit in a taxi on the way to the airport: what to say in German
You sit in a taxi and go to the airport.
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How it's done. The driver usually switches on the meter (Taxameter); the tip is a few euros or rounding up: Stimmt so.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
Zum Flughafen, bitte.
Tsoom FLOOK-khuh-fayn, BEE-teh.
To the airport, please.
Or say:Bitte zum Flughafen, Terminal eins.
BEE-teh tsoom FLOOK-khuh-fayn, TEHR-mee-nuhl ighns.
THEY SAY
Alles klar. Haben Sie viel Gepäck?AH-les klahr. KHAH-bayn zee feel geh-PEK?
All right. Do you have a lot of luggage?
They might also say:
Gern. Ist das Ihr Gepäck?
Gehrn. Eest dahs eer geh-PEK?
Gladly. Is that your luggage?
2
YOU REPLY
Nur diesen Koffer und eine Tasche.
Noor DEE-zayn KOH-fuh oont IGH-neh TAH-sheh.
Only this suitcase and a bag.
THEY SAY
Kein Problem. Das dauert etwa dreißig Minuten.Kighn proh-BLEM. Dahs DOW-ehrt EH-tvuh DRIGH-seekh mee-NOO-tayn.
No problem. That takes about thirty minutes.
3
YOU FINISH
Kann ich mit Karte zahlen?
Kahn eekh meet KAHR-teh TSAH-layn?
Can I pay by card?
THEY SAY
Ja, das geht.Yah, dahs get.
Yes, that's possible.
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
Flughafen
FLOOK-khuh-fayn
noun
airport
klar
klahr
adjective
clear
Haben
KHAH-bayn
verb
to have
viel
feel
adjective
much, a lot
Gepäck
geh-PEK
noun
luggage
Nur
Noor
adverb
only
23 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?
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