Sch, sp and st at the start in German
On Saturday morning you drive into town to pay the bill at the bank and then shop at the market, but on the highway nothing is moving at all.
The phrase
Am Wochenende stehen wir vor der Stadt oft im Stau.10 words10 sentences
The ten words
- Stadt/ʃtat/
citynoun
A large place with many houses, streets and shops.
- Stau/ʃtaʊ̯/
traffic jamnoun
A long line of cars that can barely move on the road.
- Spur/ʃpuːɐ̯/
lanenoun
A strip of a road on which cars drive one behind another.
- Sparkasse/ˈʃpaɐ̯kasə/
savings banknoun
A bank that usually belongs to a city or a district.
- Strom/ʃtʁoːm/
electricitynoun
The energy that comes out of the socket and powers devices.
- Stück/ʃtʏk/
piecenoun
A separated part of something bigger.
- Spargel/ˈʃpaʁɡəl/
asparagusnoun
A long, pale vegetable harvested in spring and peeled before cooking.
- Speck/ʃpɛk/
baconnoun
The fatty meat from a pig, often fried in slices.
- Sprudel/ˈʃpʁuːdəl/
sparkling waternoun
Water with carbonation that fizzes in the glass.
- spitze/ˈʃpɪtsə/
greatadjective
Very good, truly excellent.
The sentences
Am Wochenende stehen wir vor der Stadt oft im Stau.
On weekends we're often stuck in traffic before we even reach the city.
Vor der Ausfahrt stehen wir seit einer Stunde im Stau.
We've been stuck in the traffic jam for an hour before the exit.
Auf der linken Spur kommen wir schneller voran.
We get ahead faster in the left lane.
Ich möchte die Rechnung bei der Sparkasse bezahlen.
I'd like to pay the bill at the savings bank.
Die Rechnung für den Strom muss ich noch bezahlen.
I still need to pay the electricity bill.
Können Sie mir bitte ein Stück Kuchen einpacken?
Could you wrap up a piece of cake for me, please?
Haben Sie heute frischen Spargel aus der Region?
Do you have fresh local asparagus today?
Bitte geben Sie mir noch vier Scheiben Speck dazu.
Please give me four more slices of bacon.
Zum Essen trinke ich am liebsten Sprudel mit Zitrone.
With my meal I prefer to drink sparkling water with lemon.
Der Kaffee auf dem Markt war wirklich spitze.
The coffee at the market was really great.
Pronunciation
Stadt/ʃtat/
St at the start sounds like sh-t, and the a stays short.
Spur/ʃpuːɐ̯/
The u is long, and the r at the end sounds almost like a soft a.
Sparkasse/ˈʃpaɐ̯kasə/
Two parts, Spar and Kasse, with the stress on the first.
Strom/ʃtʁoːm/
Starts with sh-t-r, then a long o.
Stück/ʃtʏk/
The ü is short.
Spargel/ˈʃpaʁɡəl/
Sp at the start like sh-p, stress on the first syllable.
Sprudel/ˈʃpʁuːdəl/
After sh-p-r comes a long u.
spitze/ˈʃpɪtsə/
The i is short, tz sounds like ts.
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- How do you say you want to pay a bill at the bank in German?
- You can say: Ich möchte die Rechnung bei der Sparkasse bezahlen.
- What does Spitze mean in this context?
- Spitze means very good, truly excellent, as in: Der Kaffee auf dem Markt war wirklich spitze.
- What's the German word for a traffic jam?
- It's Stau, as in: Vor der Ausfahrt stehen wir seit einer Stunde im Stau.