German · Real conversations
Suggest a plan naturally in German
A suggestion invites a joint decision. Name a day, offer an activity, or make a plan conditional on the other person's availability.
Three ways to say it
Wollen wir uns am Samstag treffen?
Shall we meet on Saturday?
Suggest a concrete meeting day.
Wie wäre es mit einem Spaziergang nach dem Mittagessen?
How about a walk after lunch?
Offer a relaxed activity after an existing part of the day.
Wenn du Zeit hast, könnten wir das neue Café ausprobieren.
If you're free, we could try that new café.
Suggest a new place while leaving room for the person's schedule.
Avoid translating word by word
English 'How about a walk?' proposes an activity; it does not ask how a walk works. Use the target-language suggestion pattern with the activity, rather than translating 'how' and 'about' separately.
See the difference in context
Choosing a day to meet
Wann sollen wir uns treffen?
When should we meet?
Wollen wir uns am Samstag treffen?
Shall we meet on Saturday?
Deciding what to do after lunch
Was machen wir nach dem Mittagessen?
What shall we do after lunch?
Wie wäre es mit einem Spaziergang nach dem Mittagessen?
How about a walk after lunch?
Your turn
Suggest trying a new café if the other person is free. Make the availability condition clear.
Reveal a sample reply
Wenn du Zeit hast, könnten wir das neue Café ausprobieren.
If you're free, we could try that new café.
This speaking goal in other languages
A note on speaking German
Use Sie for formal address and du with people you address informally. Könnten Sie …? is a useful polite request. Keep noun capitals and the verb position shown in each complete sentence.
The examples preserve German accents and ß. Read a full sentence before replacing a detail: a subordinate clause can move the verb to the end, and case can change an article or pronoun.
