Build useful German skills for your next trip with the IKARU app. The course combines practical vocabulary, travel phrases, and review.
German is useful across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and parts of Belgium. The same travel situation can use different local words, especially for transport and everyday services.
Use these German cards as a practical starting point: greet people politely, ask simple questions, and handle common travel moments without relying on a translation screen for every sentence.
This source-checked set is grouped by the moments travelers are most likely to encounter. It is a practical starting point, not a fixed word-count quota or a replacement for the wider course in the app.
Start with a greeting, a polite request, or a simple everyday exchange.
Use these phrases to open a conversation and keep the exchange polite.
Use these phrases to open a conversation and keep the exchange polite.
Use these phrases to open a conversation and keep the exchange polite.
Use these when you are explaining the trip or what you need next.
A few travel basics help you explain the trip and what you need.
A few travel basics help you explain the trip and what you need.
A few travel basics help you explain the trip and what you need.
Useful wording for gates, security, and baggage collection.
Use these while moving through an airport or collecting your bags.
Use these while moving through an airport or collecting your bags.
Use these while moving through an airport or collecting your bags.
Ask for a station, a street, or the best way to reach a place.
Use these when you need a station, street, route, or landmark.
Use these when you need a station, street, route, or landmark.
Use these when you need a station, street, route, or landmark.
Keep these ready for reception, keys, rooms, and luggage.
Use these during check-in, at reception, or when handling your room and bags.
Use these during check-in, at reception, or when handling your room and bags.
Use these during check-in, at reception, or when handling your room and bags.
Use these when a queue, cancellation, or detour changes the plan.
Keep these for cancellations, queues, delays, and other disruptions.
Keep these for cancellations, queues, delays, and other disruptions.
Keep these for cancellations, queues, delays, and other disruptions.
A small set for getting practical help or finding the right service.
Use these when you need urgent practical help or the right local service.
Use these when you need urgent practical help or the right local service.
Use these when you need urgent practical help or the right local service.
Use these when you need to explain a health need while travelling.
Use these to explain a health need and start a conversation about help.
Use these to explain a health need and start a conversation about help.
Use these to explain a health need and start a conversation about help.
24 source-checked starting phrases · Pronunciation is an aid, not a replacement for listening practice.
Small details can make a short phrase more useful. Keep these points in mind as you practice the cards below.
Use polite wording with people you do not know, especially in hotels, stations, shops, and service settings.
German-speaking regions share a language but not every word. Listen for local vocabulary instead of assuming one term fits everywhere.
A short, clear question is often more useful than a grammatically ambitious sentence when you are navigating a busy travel moment.
The phrase examples below come from the reviewed IKARU travel-language curriculum. Regional notes explain the scope of this page; wording and register can still vary by country and speaker.
The 24 phrase cards on this page are selected from the reviewed app curriculum and grouped by travel situation.
Open sourceCourse availability, continued practice, and the wider learning flow.
Open sourceSource check: · Source-checked for this pilot; regional usage can vary.
Prepare for greetings, directions, transport, food, hotels, and everyday interactions. Continue in the IKARU app when you are ready to practice.
