German · Real conversations
How to say “Am I going the right way?” in German
Check whether you are heading in the correct direction.
Bin ich auf dem richtigen Weg?
Am I going the right way?
Name the destination when the other person does not know it.
Use it in three situations
Walking to a station
Bin ich auf dem richtigen Weg?
Am I going the right way?
Following directions
Gehe ich in die richtige Richtung zum Bahnhof?
Am I going the right way to the station?
Checking an unfamiliar street
Ist das die richtige Richtung zum Museum?
Is this the right direction for the museum?
What to watch for
This is about your route, rather than whether your behavior is morally right.
Read the whole expression before replacing a detail. The natural wording may use a different order or construction from the English sentence.
Your turn
Imagine local transport. Say this in German: Am I going the right way to the station?
Reveal a sample reply
Gehe ich in die richtige Richtung zum Bahnhof?
Am I going the right way to the station?
Build a useful exchange
Find the right route and the right stop.
This expression 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.
