A2grammar· 5 min· +25 XP

Telling Time

Asking the time in German: Wie spät ist es?How late is it? The big trap for English speakers is halb: Germans count toward the next hour, so halb zehn is 9:30, not 10:30.

German English
Es ist acht Uhr. It's 8 o'clock.
Es ist Viertel nach acht. It's a quarter past 8 (8:15).
Es ist halb neun. It's half past 8 (8:30 — "half toward nine").
Es ist Viertel vor neun. It's a quarter to 9 (8:45).
Es ist Mittag. It's noon.
Es ist Mitternacht. It's midnight.
morgens / nachmittags / abends in the morning / afternoon / evening

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