Writing to someone who reads German? Paste your English, get German — free
For a message to family, a client or students who read German. Paste up to 5,000 characters of English and read it in German a few seconds later, ready to copy. 5 free uses a day, no account.
How it works
- Paste the English text — up to 5,000 characters
- Tap "Translate to German" — the German appears below in a few seconds
- Copy it — or sign up free to keep it as a note
How German looks on the page
- 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).
- Names
- In German text, umlauts in names are often written ae, oe, ue in English (Müller / Mueller).
Writing to German readers
- Saying "you"
- German has du (familiar) and Sie (formal, always capitalised). Check the tone when you write to an elder, a client or an officer.
- 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.
- Mixed words
- Business German uses many English words (Meeting, Deadline).
- Who reads it
- German is spoken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Example
You paste (English):
Please find attached the invoice for September. Payment is due within 30 days.
You read (German):
Im Anhang finden Sie die Rechnung für September. Die Zahlung ist innerhalb von 30 Tagen fällig.
Example made with our translator from a sample sentence. Machine translation can make mistakes — check names, dates and amounts.
Text or audio?
Use this page for English you can copy — a message, a notice, a page of a document. If you have a voice note or a recording instead, translate the audio. Translate English audio to German
Questions
Is the English to German translator free?
Yes — up to 5,000 characters, 5 times a day, no sign-up.
Are names, dates and amounts kept?
The translator keeps names and figures as they are, but machine translation can slip — check dates and amounts against the original before you send.
Which "you" will the German use?
The one that fits the tone of what you paste — a respectful message stays respectful for a German reader.
How much English can I paste?
Up to 5,000 characters at a time — about two pages of an email or a notice. For more, split it or sign up free to keep longer translations as notes.
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 — “Which email confirmed the delivery date?” — 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.