Numbers, time and date
Days and weeks
The days of the week in German are as follows:
- 'Sonntag' - 'Sunday'
- 'Montag' - 'Monday'
- 'Dienstag' - 'Tuesday'
- 'Mittwoch' - 'Wednesday'
- 'Donnerstag' - 'Thursday'
- 'Freitag' - 'Friday'
- 'Samstag' (or sometimes Sonnabend) - 'Saturday'
NB: All the days of the week are masculine in German, and have a capital letter as in English.
Days and parts of days with 'on'/'in'
| am Freitag | on Friday |
| am Morgen | in the morning |
| am Abend | in the evening |
| am Wochenende | at the weekend |
NB: To say 'on Saturdays', German also adds an '-s'. The capital letter at the beginning is then made into a small letter. Note you do not need to use a preposition in the German version.
| samstags | on Saturdays |
| morgens | in the morning(s) |
| abends | in the evening(s) |
Today, tomorrow, etc
| heute | today |
| heute morgen | this morning |
| heute abend | this evening |
| morgen | tomorrow |
| morgen früh | tomorrow morning |
| morgen abend | tomorrow evening |
| übermorgen | the day after tomorrow |
| gestern | yesterday |
| gestern morgen | yesterday morning |
| gestern abend | yesterday evening |
| vorgestern | the day before yesterday |
Every day, etc
| jeden Tag - every day | jeden Abend - every evening | jeden Monat - every month |
| jeden Morgen - every morning | jede Nacht - every night | jedes Jahr - every year |
| jeden Nachmittag - every afternoon | jede Woche - every week | jedes Wochende - every weekend |
NB: These are all in the accusative (see Verb cases). Note this other use of the accusative:
Ihr habt den ganzen Morgen sehr gut gearbeitet. - You have worked hard all morning.
One day
'One day' is translated as 'eines Tages'.
Eines Tages werde ich kochen lernen. - One day I’ll learn to cook.
Talking about specific weeks/weekends
| nächste Woche - next week | nächstes Wochenende - next weekend |
| letzte Woche - last week | letztes Wochenende - last weekend |
| diese Woche - this week | dieses Wochenende - this weekend |
NB: These are all in the accusative (see Verb cases). Note, however, that 'next Monday', 'next Tuesday', etc is different.
For example:
am nächsten Montag - next Monday