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When learning a new language, one of the first things you need to master is how to name and use days of the week and months. In this lesson, we will learn how to do so in German.

With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: Animals & People in German.

Days of the Week

In German, just like in English, the names of the days of the week are based on gods and planets.

Here are the German days of the week and their English equivalents:

German	Pronunciation	English
Montag	ˈmɔntaːk	Monday
Dienstag	ˈdiːənstɑːk	Tuesday
Mittwoch	ˈmɪtvɔx	Wednesday
Donnerstag	ˈdɔnərstaːk	Thursday
Freitag	ˈfʁaɪtaːk	Friday
Samstag	ˈzamstaːk	Saturday
Sonntag	ˈzɔntaːk	Sunday

Note that the German week starts with Monday, not Sunday like in some other cultures.

If you want to ask someone about which day it is today or what day it will be tomorrow, you can use the following phrases:

• Heute ist Montag. (Today is Monday.)
• Morgen ist Dienstag. (Tomorrow is Tuesday.)

Months

The names of the months in German are similar to English, but with a few changes in spelling and pronunciation.

Here are the German months and their English equivalents:

German	Pronunciation	English
Januar	jaˈnu̯aɐ̯	January
Februar	feˈbʁuaʁ	February
März	mɛːɐ̯ts	March
April	ˈaːpʁɪl	April
Mai	maɪ	May
Juni	ˈjuːni	June
Juli	ˈjuːli	July
August	ˈaʊɡʊst	August
September	zɛptɛmˈbɐ	September
Oktober	ɔkˈtoːbɐ	October
November	noˈvɛmbɐ	November
Dezember	deˈtsɛmbɐ	December

If you want to ask someone about the current month, you can use the following question:

• In welchem Monat sind wir? (Which month are we in?)

And if you want to express a date, you can use the following structure:

• Wir haben heute den achtzehnten Oktober. (Today is the eighteenth of October.)
• Mein Geburtstag ist am siebzehnten Dezember. (My birthday is on the seventeenth of December.)

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have now learned how to name and use the days of the week and months in German. Keep practicing by asking and answering questions about dates and the calendar, and you'll soon be able to express any date with ease!

Sources

• German Months | Expatrio.com
• Days of the Week in German & Easy Ways to Remember Them
• Learn the Months, Dates, Seasons, and Days in German

Great work on completing this lesson! Take a moment to investigate these connected pages: Adverbs in German & Drinks.

Table of Contents - German Course - 0 to A1

• Course Presentation

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Basic Sentence Structures

• Subject and Verb
• Noun and Gender

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Greetings and Introduction

• Greetings and Goodbyes
• Introducing Yourself

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Definite and Indefinite Articles

• Gender and Articles
• Plural Forms
• Cases: Nominative and Accusative

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Numbers, Dates and Time

• Numbers 1-100
• Days of the Week and Months
• Telling Time

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Verbs and Conjugation

• Verb Forms
• Present Tense
• Separable Verbs

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Family and Friends

• Family Members
• Talking About Your Friends

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Prepositions

• Using Prepositions
• Two-Way Prepositions

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Food and Drinks

• Food and Meals
• Drinks and Beverages

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Germany and German-Speaking Countries

• Geography and Landmarks
• Cuisine and Traditions

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Pronouns and Possessives

• Personal Pronouns
• Possessive Pronouns

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Travel and Transportation

• Booking a Trip
• Public Transportation

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Modal Verbs

• Expressing Abilities
• Talking About Obligations

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Shopping and Clothes

• Shopping for Clothes
• Buying Groceries

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Music and Entertainment

• Popular Musicians and Genres
• Movies, TV and Literature

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Adjectives

• Descriptive Adjectives
• Comparative and Superlative Forms

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Health and Body

• Talking About Health
• Body Parts

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Time and Temporal Prepositions

• Using Time Expressions
• Temporal Prepositions

Other Lessons

• Fruits
• Shopping for Clothes
• DEUTSCH IM DETAIL 2
• Talking About Your Friends
• Common strong and mixed verbs
• Basic Phrases in German
• Drinks
• Camping
• Asking Directions
• Greetings

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