Got an English lecture or voice note? Read it in German in under a minute
For a supplier's voice note, a clip from a course you're taking abroad, or the part of a meeting you missed. Upload up to 3 minutes of English audio and get what was said, then the same in German — usually in under a minute. 3 free uses a day, no account.
Up to 3 minutes and 25 MB. 3 free uses a day.
How it works
- Choose the English voice note or clip — up to 3 minutes
- We write down what was said, then translate it into German — usually in under a minute
- Copy or download both as a TXT file
From English speech
- Sentence order
- German puts the verb second in a main clause, sends it to the end of a subordinate clause, and splits separable verbs (ruft … an), so sentences are rebuilt rather than swapped word for word.
Reading it in German
- Script
- Latin alphabet with umlauts (ä, ö, ü) and ß; every noun starts with a capital letter, and long compound nouns are common (Krankenversicherung, health insurance).
- Numbers
- 0–9 with a comma for decimals and a point between thousands (1.000,50).
- Saying "you"
- German has du (familiar) and Sie (formal, always capitalised).
- Names
- In German, umlauts in names are often written ae, oe, ue in English (Müller / Mueller).
- Everyday words
- Business German uses many English words (Meeting, Deadline).
- Who reads it
- German is spoken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Example
What was said (English):
The flight is delayed by two hours. We will now board at gate 12 at 9 pm.
You read (German):
Der Flug hat zwei Stunden Verspätung. Wir boarden nun um 21 Uhr an Gate 12.
Example made with our translator from a sample sentence. Machine translation can make mistakes — check names, dates and amounts.
Audio or text?
Use this page when you have English audio — a voice note, a call or a lecture clip. If you already have the English as text, the text translator is quicker. English to German translator
Questions
Is translating English audio to German free?
Yes — clips up to 3 minutes and 25 MB, 3 times a day, no sign-up.
Will the German keep the speaker's tone?
It aims to — a respectful message should read as respectful to a German reader. Machine translation can slip, so check names and figures against the recording.
Do I get the English transcript too?
Yes — what was said in English first, then the German.
What about long recordings?
Sign up free for recordings up to 100 minutes, or get Pro for 2-hour files and one question across all your recordings.
What a free account adds
- Keep each translation in the same note as the original.
- Translate whole recordings — 300 minutes a month free, files up to 100 minutes.
What Pro adds
- Ask one question across all your recordings and folders — “What did the supplier agree to, and in which call?” — and get the answer with the recording or note it came from.
- 1,200 minutes a month (free: 300) and files up to 2 hours.
- ₹299/month or ₹2,990/year in India; $6.99/month or $49/year elsewhere.