Daily Routine In German: 4 Must-Know Things To Talk About Your Days In German

Welcome to Spring German! In this lesson, our teacher, Denisa will tell you all the tips and trick you have to know to talk about your daily routine in German!

Are you ready? Los geht’s!

1. Mein Tagesablauf (My daily routine in German)

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Here you have seen and learned a lot of phrases for your Tagesablauf (daily routine).

Here are some phrases to remember:

What’s your Tagesablauf (daily routine)? Write it in the video’s comments below.

2. Wichtige trennbare Verben (important separable verbs)

Maybe you realized that there are some necessary separable verbs when talking about your daily routine.

One example:

DENISA
Ich wache um acht Uhr auf.
(I wake up at 8 a.m.)

The prefixes auf- and an- need to be separated from the main part of the verb in a sentence.

Some examples are:

• aufwachen: Ich wache um acht Uhr auf. (to wake up: I wake up at 8 a.m.)
• aufräumen: Ich räume meine Wohnung auf. (to clean up: I clean up my apartment)
• anschauen: Ich schaue mir einen Film an. (to watch: I watch a movie)

Stay tuned because at the end of this lesson, we will show you how to ask questions about daily routines.

3. Wichtige Reflexivverben (Important reflexive verbs)

DENISA
Wann duschst du dich normalerweise?
(When do you normally shower?)

VANESSA
Zweimal die Woche dusche ich mich,. Iimmer in der Früh.
(I shower twice a week,. Always early in the morning.)

DENISA
Musst du dich dann nicht beeilen?
(Don’t you have to hurry then?)

VANESSA
Doch. Manchmal verspäte ich mich auch deswegen. Aber ich will mich frisch fühlen.
(I do. Because of that, I am sometimes late. But I want to feel fresh.)

DENISA
Ja. Das verstehe ich.
(Yes. I understand that.)

Some reflexive verbs for your daily routine are:

W also used the reflexive verb “sich erholen” (to recover) in my Tagesroutine (daily routine):

DENISA
Ich chille auf dem Sofa und erhole mich.
(I chill on my sofa and recover.)

And, by the way, if you want to talk about your daily routine in German correctly, you also have to know the correct German sentence structure.

4. Fragen nach Tagesabläufen (Questions about daily routines)

In a conversation, people will tell you about their daily routine, vielleicht um über ihren Tag zu erzählen oder weil ihr euch treffen wollt (maybe because this person wants to talk about their day or because you want to meet up).

Why so ever, here’s a dialogue to show how situations like this can look like:

VANESSA
Was machst du morgens normalerweise?
(What do you usually do in the morning?)

DENISA
Ich dusche mich und frühstücke. Und du?
(I shower and eat breakfast. And you?)

VANESSA
Ich frühstücke nie. Ich jogge morgens.
(I never eat breakfast. I jog in the morning.)

DENISA
Das ist cool. Wann fängst du immer an, zu arbeiten?
(That’s cool. When do you start working?)

VANESSA
Ich arbeite vonab neun (9) Uhr bis siebzehn (17) Uhr.
(I work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

DENISA
Hast du morgen ab siebzehn (17) Uhr Zeit?
(Do you have time tomorrow from 5 p.m.?)

VANESSA
Ja. Ich esse um achtzehn (18) Uhr zu Abend um achtzehn Uhr. Danach habe ich Zeit.
(Yes. I’m having dinner at 6 p.m. After that, I have some time.)

DENISA
Perfekt!
(Perfect!)

So, phrases that you can use, are: