Umgangssprache, Standard, gehoben

Colloquial, standard, elevated

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⏱ 20–25 min

🎯 Learning goalBy the end of this unit you can tell the three registers apart (kriegen – bekommen – erhalten), replace colloquial words with formal ones and choose the right tone for emails, conversations and official letters.

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The three registers–

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kriegen → erhaltento get → to receive
kapieren → verstehento get it → to understand
abhauen → sich entfernento clear off → to leave
die Kohle → das Geld → die finanziellen Mitteldough → money → financial means
die Bude → die Wohnung → die Unterkunftpad → flat → accommodation
quatschen → sich unterhaltento chat (colloquial) → to talk
bekommen → erhaltento get → to receive (formal)
Bescheid geben → mitteilento let know → to inform
Ich hätte gern …I would like …
Wären Sie so freundlich, …?Would you be so kind as to …?
angemessenappropriate
saloppcasual, sloppy (style)
die Stilebeneregister, level of style
die Umgangssprachecolloquial language
die Standardsprachestandard language
der Ausdruckexpression
die Anredeform of address
die Unterkunftaccommodation
das Mittelmeans, funds
die Höflichkeitpoliteness