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Home › Blog › Foreign Languages ›Essential German Language Phrases for Your Ski Trip

Essential German Language Phrases for Your Ski Trip

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

by Laura Jenkins

Are you finally jetting off on that much anticipated ski trip? We bet you can’t wait to hit the slopes again and sample the local après-ski! If you’re heading to a German-speaking area of the Alps, having a few of these handy words and phrases up your sleeve will go a long way. Gute Reise!

 

Guten Morgen – Good morning

Guten Abend – Good evening

Hallo – Hello

Tschüss – Bye

Danke schön  – Thank you

Bitte – Please

 

 

Ich möchte bitte einen Drei-/Fünf-/Sieben-Tages-Skipass – I would like a 3/5/7 day ski pass please

Einen Pistenplan bitte – A piste map please

Skiverleih – Ski hire

Entschuldigung, ich lerne noch – Sorry, I’m still learning

Ich bin ein Anfänger / eine Anfängerin – I’m a beginner (m/f)

 

 

Einen Kaffee bitte / eine heiße Schokolade bitte / ein Bier bitte / einen Glühwein bitte  – A coffee / hot chocolate / beer / mulled wine please

Zum Wohl! – Cheers!

Die Rechnung bitte – The bill please

 

 

Lawinengefahr – Avalanche risk

Schlechtwetterwarnung – Bad weather warning

Offen / Geöffnet – Open

Geschlossen – Closed

 

We wish you a great ski trip this year and hope these useful pieces of German vocabulary serve you well during your stay!

Find out more about learning German with IH London here.

 

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