Going to a restaurant

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Going to a restaurant

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Restaurant staff

Your score	Vocabulary	Audio	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	a chef		ein Küchenchef	‘The chef is on holiday next week.’
0/0	a waiter / a waitress		ein Kellner / eine Kellnerin	‘I worked as a waiter in a local Spanish restaurant.’

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a chef

ein Küchenchef

‘The chef is on holiday next week.’

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a waiter / a waitress

ein Kellner / eine Kellnerin

‘I worked as a waiter in a local Spanish restaurant.’

Types of meal

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	breakfast	Frühstück	‘What did you eat for breakfast?’ Also ‘brunch’ – a late-morning mix of breakfast and lunch
0/0	lunch	Mittagessen	‘I decided to skip lunch and keep working instead.’
0/0	dinner	Abendessen	‘What time should we eat dinner?’ When eaten at home, sometimes also referred to as ‘tea’

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breakfast

Frühstück

‘What did you eat for breakfast?’

Also ‘brunch’ – a late-morning mix of breakfast and lunch

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lunch

Mittagessen

‘I decided to skip lunch and keep working instead.’

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dinner

Abendessen

‘What time should we eat dinner?’

When eaten at home, sometimes also referred to as ‘tea’

Courses

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	a starter	eine Vorspeise	‘Would you like a starter?’
0/0	a main course	eine Hauptspeise	‘The main course will be with you shortly.’
0/0	a dessert	ein Dessert	‘Would you like a dessert?’ You can also say ‘Would you like dessert?’ (without ‘a’); dessert is also known as ‘pudding’.

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a starter

eine Vorspeise

‘Would you like a starter?’

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a main course

eine Hauptspeise

‘The main course will be with you shortly.’

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a dessert

ein Dessert

‘Would you like a dessert?’

You can also say ‘Would you like dessert?’ (without ‘a’); dessert is also known as ‘pudding’.

Reserving a table

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	a reservation	eine Reservierung	‘Do you have a table for four free? We don’t have a reservation.’
0/0	to make a reservation	eine Reservierung machen	‘Would you like to make a reservation for dinner this evening?’ You might also hear ‘to book a table’ or ‘to make a booking’.
0/0	to reserve a table	einen Tisch reservieren	‘I’d like to reserve a table for four people for 7 p.m., please.’

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a reservation

eine Reservierung

‘Do you have a table for four free? We don’t have a reservation.’

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to make a reservation

eine Reservierung machen

‘Would you like to make a reservation for dinner this evening?’

You might also hear ‘to book a table’ or ‘to make a booking’.

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to reserve a table

einen Tisch reservieren

‘I’d like to reserve a table for four people for 7 p.m., please.’

Adjectives in use

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	a menu	ein Menü	‘I’ll bring you the lunch menu.’
0/0	to ask for the menu	nach dem Menü fragen	‘Would you like to see the menu?’
0/0	to order	bestellen	‘Please order at the counter.’
0/0	to run out of something	etwas nicht mehr haben	‘I'm afraid we've run out of orange juice. Would you like apple juice instead?’
0/0	to ask for the bill	nach der Rechnung fragen	‘We’re going to be late. I’ll ask for the bill.’
0/0	to pay	zahlen	‘We’d like to pay, please.’
0/0	to leave a tip	Trinkgeld geben	‘The meal was excellent. We should leave a generous tip.’

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a menu

ein Menü

‘I’ll bring you the lunch menu.’

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to ask for the menu

nach dem Menü fragen

‘Would you like to see the menu?’

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to order

bestellen

‘Please order at the counter.’

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to run out of something

etwas nicht mehr haben

‘I'm afraid we've run out of orange juice. Would you like apple juice instead?’

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to ask for the bill

nach der Rechnung fragen

‘We’re going to be late. I’ll ask for the bill.’

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to pay

zahlen

‘We’d like to pay, please.’

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to leave a tip

Trinkgeld geben

‘The meal was excellent. We should leave a generous tip.’

At the table

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	a bowl	eine Schüssel	‘I’ll bring you a bowl for the rice.’
0/0	a fork	eine Gabel	‘Knives and forks are by the till.’
0/0	a glass	ein Glass	‘This glass is dirty. I’ll fetch another.’
0/0	a knife	ein Messer	‘Where are the knives and forks, please?’
0/0	a plate	ein Teller	‘This plate is chipped, could you bring another one?’
0/0	a spoon	ein Löffel	‘Where are the spoons kept, please?’
0/0	a table	ein Tisch	‘I’ve reserved the table by the window for you.’
0/0	a tablecloth	eine Tischdecke	‘Where are the tablecloths kept?’
0/0	a wine glass	ein Weinglass	‘I’ll bring you some wine glasses.’

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Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

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a bowl

eine Schüssel

‘I’ll bring you a bowl for the rice.’

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a fork

eine Gabel

‘Knives and forks are by the till.’

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a glass

ein Glass

‘This glass is dirty. I’ll fetch another.’

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a knife

ein Messer

‘Where are the knives and forks, please?’

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a plate

ein Teller

‘This plate is chipped, could you bring another one?’

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a spoon

ein Löffel

‘Where are the spoons kept, please?’

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a table

ein Tisch

‘I’ve reserved the table by the window for you.’

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a tablecloth

eine Tischdecke

‘Where are the tablecloths kept?’

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a wine glass

ein Weinglass

‘I’ll bring you some wine glasses.’

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