Rescheduling an appointment | Learn German in English

German lesson set in a contemporary Berlin everyday setting: At a reception desk, one adult reschedules an appointment, chooses a later opening, and confirms documents to bring..

EN → DE / Level: A2

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Dialogue

A

Ich muss meinen Termin auf einen anderen Tag verschieben.

ikh moos MY-nən tehr-MEEN owf EYE-nən AHN-dər-ən tahk fer-SHEE-bən. I need to move my appointment to another day.
B

Ich kann den Kalender für Sie prüfen.

ikh kahn den KAH-len-der fyoor zee PROO-fən. I can check the calendar for you.
A

Gibt es später in dieser Woche noch einen Termin?

gipt ess SHPAY-ter in DEE-zer VO-khuh nokh EYE-nen tehr-MEEN? Is there anything later this week?
B

Später in dieser Woche gibt es am Nachmittag einen freien Termin.

SHPAY-ter in DEE-zer VO-khuh gipt ess am NAKH-mit-tahk EYE-nen FRY-en tehr-MEEN. There is an afternoon opening later this week.
A

Das passt für mich.

dahs pahst fyoor mikh. That works for me.
A

Ich kann an diesem Nachmittag kommen.

ikh kahn an DEE-zəm NAKH-mit-tahk KOM-ən. I can come that afternoon.
B

Ich aktualisiere den Termin.

ikh ak-too-ah-lee-ZEE-rə den tehr-MEEN. I will update the appointment.
A

Soll ich die gleichen Unterlagen mitbringen?

zohl ikh dee GLY-khən OON-ter-lah-gən MIT-bring-ən? Should I bring the same documents?
B

Bitte bringen Sie Ihre Karte und das ausgefüllte Formular mit.

BIT-tə BRING-ən zee EE-rə KAR-tə oont dahs OWS-gə-fyool-tə for-moo-LAHR mit. Please bring your card and the completed form.

Word by Word

Ich Ich means I and refers to the person speaking. In the dialogue, it appears in "Ich muss meinen Termin auf einen anderen Tag verschieben" and "Ich kann den Kalender für Sie prüfen"; use it when stating your own action or need.
muss muss expresses need or necessity in "Ich muss meinen Termin auf einen anderen Tag verschieben". It is the form of müssen used with Ich, and the infinitive verschieben comes at the end; use this pattern when saying that you need to do something.
meinen meinen means my and shows that the appointment belongs to the speaker. It is a form of the possessive mein and appears directly before "Termin" in "meinen Termin"; use this phrase when referring to your appointment.
Termin Termin means appointment in this reception-desk conversation. It is the appointment being rescheduled or updated, as in "meinen Termin" and "den Termin"; use it for a scheduled meeting or service time.
auf auf introduces the new scheduled day in "auf einen anderen Tag verschieben". Here it means to or for a different day; use this exact pattern when moving an appointment to another day.
einen einen means a or one in "auf einen anderen Tag". It is the article used before the masculine noun Tag in this phrase; use it when referring to one non-specific day in this structure.
anderen anderen means another or different and describes the new day in "einen anderen Tag". It is a form of anders used before Tag here; use the phrase when selecting a day different from the original one.
Tag Tag means day and identifies the new day for the appointment. In "auf einen anderen Tag", it names the time unit to which the appointment is moved; use it when specifying a scheduled day.
verschieben verschieben means move or reschedule in "meinen Termin auf einen anderen Tag verschieben". It is the infinitive used after muss; use "einen Termin verschieben" when asking to change an appointment date.
kann kann means can and expresses ability or availability in "Ich kann den Kalender für Sie prüfen". It is the form of können used with Ich, followed by the infinitive prüfen; use this modal pattern to say that you can do something.
den den is the definite article the before Kalender in "den Kalender". It identifies the calendar as the specific object being checked; use it here as part of "den Kalender prüfen".
Kalender Kalender means calendar and is the item the receptionist checks. It appears in "den Kalender für Sie prüfen"; use this noun when referring to the schedule of available appointments.
für für means for and marks the person receiving the service in "für Sie". In "den Kalender für Sie prüfen", it shows that the calendar is being checked on the addressee’s behalf; use this phrase when offering to check something for someone.
Sie Sie means you in the formal form of address. It appears in "für Sie" and "Bitte bringen Sie Ihre Karte..."; use capitalized Sie when speaking politely to a customer or other formal addressee.
prüfen prüfen means check or review in "den Kalender für Sie prüfen". It is the infinitive after kann and takes the item being checked, here den Kalender; use this verb when verifying available times or information.
Gibt Gibt helps form the availability question "Gibt es später in dieser Woche noch einen Termin?". It is the sentence-initial form of geben here; the full phrase Gibt es asks whether an appointment is available.
es es is the placeholder used with Gibt in "Gibt es später in dieser Woche noch einen Termin?". The complete phrase asks whether an appointment exists or is available; use Gibt es when asking if something is available.
später später means later and places the possible appointment at a later time in the week. It appears in "später in dieser Woche" and also as sentence-initial "Später"; use this expression when asking or talking about a later time.
in in means in or during in the time expression "in dieser Woche". It places the appointment within the current week; use this phrase when referring to a time during a week.
dieser dieser means this and points to the current week in "in dieser Woche". It is the form used with Woche in this expression; use the phrase to refer to the week currently being discussed.
Woche Woche means week. In "später in dieser Woche", it identifies the period in which a later appointment may be available; use it when discussing availability during a week.
noch noch means still or any more in "Gibt es später in dieser Woche noch einen Termin?". It asks whether an additional appointment remains available; use it when checking for remaining options.
am am marks the time period in "am Nachmittag" and means in the afternoon here. Use this exact expression to say that an appointment or activity takes place during the afternoon.
Nachmittag Nachmittag means afternoon. In "am Nachmittag", it identifies the part of the day for the available appointment; use this noun when specifying an afternoon time.
freien freien means available or free in "einen freien Termin". It describes an appointment slot that is not occupied; it is a form of frei used before Termin in this phrase.
Das Das means that and refers to the proposed appointment or time in "Das passt für mich". It is used as a demonstrative pronoun here; use the phrase to respond that a suggested option is suitable.
passt passt means works or suits in "Das passt für mich". It is the form of passen used with Das and expresses that the suggested time is convenient; use this phrase when accepting an appointment option.
mich mich means me in "für mich" and identifies whose schedule the option suits. It is the pronoun used after für in this phrase; use "Das passt für mich" to say that something works for you.
an an marks the time in "an diesem Nachmittag" and contributes the meaning on or during this afternoon. Use this exact phrase when saying when you can come.
diesem diesem means this and points to the particular afternoon that was just selected. It appears in "an diesem Nachmittag"; use this phrase to refer to that specific afternoon.
kommen kommen means come in "Ich kann an diesem Nachmittag kommen". It is the infinitive after kann and describes attending at the selected time; use the pattern "Ich kann ... kommen" to state when you are able to come.
aktualisiere aktualisiere means update in "Ich aktualisiere den Termin". It is the form of aktualisieren used with Ich and takes the item being updated, here den Termin; use it when saying that you are changing the appointment information.
Soll Soll starts a question about what the speaker is expected or advised to do in "Soll ich die gleichen Unterlagen mitbringen?". It is the form of sollen used with ich; use "Soll ich ...?" when asking whether you should take an action.
die die is the definite article the before the plural noun Unterlagen in "die gleichen Unterlagen". It identifies the particular documents being discussed; use it as part of this phrase when referring to those documents.
gleichen gleichen means same and describes the documents in "die gleichen Unterlagen". It is a form of gleich used before Unterlagen here; use the phrase when asking whether the previously required documents are still needed.
Unterlagen Unterlagen means documents or paperwork and is plural in this dialogue. In "die gleichen Unterlagen mitbringen", it refers to the documents the visitor should bring; use it for required administrative paperwork.
mitbringen mitbringen means bring along in "die gleichen Unterlagen mitbringen". It is a separable verb, so the request uses the same verb as "bringen Sie Ihre Karte und das ausgefüllte Formular mit"; use it when taking something with you to a place.
Bitte Bitte means please and makes the instruction polite in "Bitte bringen Sie Ihre Karte und das ausgefüllte Formular mit". Use it at the beginning of a polite request to a customer or other formal addressee.
bringen bringen means bring in "bringen Sie Ihre Karte und das ausgefüllte Formular mit". It is the verb part of the separable verb mitbringen, with mit placed at the end; use this polite request pattern when telling someone what to bring.
Ihre Ihre means your for a formal addressee in "Ihre Karte". It is a possessive form related to Ihr and matches the formal Sie used in the request; use it before an item belonging to the person addressed.
Karte Karte means card and names one of the items the visitor must bring. It appears in "Ihre Karte"; use this noun when referring to a required card without specifying its type.
und und means and and connects the two required items in "Ihre Karte und das ausgefüllte Formular". Use it to join items that belong to the same request.
ausgefüllte ausgefüllte means completed or filled out and describes the Formular in "das ausgefüllte Formular". It is a form of ausgefüllt used before Formular here; use the phrase when requesting a form that has already been completed.
Formular Formular means form and names the second document to bring. It appears in "das ausgefüllte Formular"; use it for an administrative form that needs to be submitted.
mit mit means along in the separable verb construction "bringen Sie Ihre Karte und das ausgefüllte Formular mit". Together with bringen, it expresses bringing something along; use this sentence pattern when giving a polite instruction about items to bring.

Grammar Points

Es gibt + Akkusativ

Gibt es am Nachmittag einen freien Termin?

gipt ess am NAKH-mit-tahk EYE-nen FRY-en tehr-MEEN?

Is there a free appointment in the afternoon?

German uses „es gibt“ for “there is/are”; in a question, „gibt“ comes before „es“.

mitbringen: abtrennbares Präfix

Ich bringe die ausgefüllten Unterlagen mit.

ikh BRING-ə dee OWS-gə-fyool-tən OON-ter-lah-gən mit.

I am bringing the completed documents along.

With a separable verb, the prefix „mit“ moves to the end in a main clause.

German Vocabulary

aktualisieren verb
ak-too-ah-lee-ZEE-rən to update aktualisiere

Ich aktualisiere den Termin.

es gibt phrase
ess gipt there is; there are Gibt es

Gibt es später in dieser Woche noch einen Termin?

frei adj
fry available; free freien

Später in dieser Woche gibt es am Nachmittag einen freien Termin.

Kalender noun
KAH-len-der calendar

Ich kann den Kalender für Sie prüfen.

kommen verb
KOM-ən to come

Ich kann an diesem Nachmittag kommen.

Nachmittag noun
NAKH-mit-tahk afternoon

Später in dieser Woche gibt es am Nachmittag einen freien Termin.

passen verb
PAH-sən to work; to suit passt

Das passt für mich.

prüfen verb
PROO-fən to check

Ich kann den Kalender für Sie prüfen.

später adv
SHPAY-ter later

Gibt es später in dieser Woche noch einen Termin?

Termin noun
tehr-MEEN appointment

Ich muss meinen Termin auf einen anderen Tag verschieben.

verschieben verb
fer-SHEE-bən to move; to reschedule

Ich muss meinen Termin auf einen anderen Tag verschieben.

Woche noun
VO-khuh week

Gibt es später in dieser Woche noch einen Termin?

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

That works for me.

Show AnswerDas passt für mich.

I can come that afternoon.

Show AnswerIch kann an diesem Nachmittag kommen.

I will update the appointment.

Show AnswerIch aktualisiere den Termin.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

available; free

Show Answerfreien

to move; to reschedule

Show Answerverschieben

later

Show Answerspäter

appointment

Show AnswerTermin