Guten Tag! 4.1 Café Einstein-Glossary

 

das Café---The café 

im Café---in the café

die Kellnerin---waitress 

bitte schön---This is essentially an invitation to speak. We might translate it by "What can I get you?" "Bitte" normally means "please".

Was bekommen Sie?---"What can I get you?" This is one of many ways of asking in German what a customer wants.

der Kaffee---coffee

die Tasse---cup

das Kännchen---This is the word for a "pot" of coffee. In some cafés you might be required to order a pot of coffee rather than a cup.

die Milch---milk

der Zucker---sugar

ohne---without 

mit Milch aber ohne Zucker---"With milk but without sugar." As in English, the definite article is omitted in this context.

Möchten Sie sonst noch etwas?---"Would you like anything else?" The waitress naturally uses the polite form "Sie" to address her customers.

das Stück---a piece

die Sachertorte---This is a variety of chocolate gateau, invented in 1832 by Metternich's Viennese cook, Franz Sacher. See the picture at the top of the page or click here for a recipe.

bitte sehr---This is a what the waitress says when she puts your food in front of you. We might possibly translate it by "There you go".

(Sie kommt zurück)---(She comes back)

vielen Dank---This means "Many thanks". It expresses more gratefulness than the word "danke".

gleich---immediately 

ich möchte gleich zahlen---I would like to pay immediately

das macht...---"It comes to...". Literally: "This makes..."

neun Euro fünfzig---nine euros fifty (cents)

bitte schön---Ken gives the waitress the money and thus uses the same phrase as she had done when she brought him the food.

stimmt so---Literally: "(That's) correct like that". We would translate it by saying "Keep the change!"

ich danke Ihnen---Literally: "I thank you." It is simply another variant of "Thanks!".