German · Real conversations
How to say “Is this for here or to take away?” in German
Ask whether an order will be consumed on the premises or taken away.
Ist das zum Hieressen oder zum Mitnehmen?
Is this for here or to take away?
This is often a staff question, so practice understanding it as well as saying it.
Use it in three situations
At a café counter
Ist das zum Hieressen oder zum Mitnehmen?
Is this for here or to take away?
At a sandwich shop
Möchten Sie es hier trinken oder mitnehmen?
Would you like to drink it here or take it away?
Confirming a food order
Ist das Sandwich zum Hieressen oder zum Mitnehmen?
Is the sandwich for here or to take away?
What to watch for
Use the service expression for takeaway rather than translating 'away' as distance.
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 cafés. Say this in German: Would you like to drink it here or take it away?
Reveal a sample reply
Möchten Sie es hier trinken oder mitnehmen?
Would you like to drink it here or take it away?
Build a useful exchange
Order a drink and clarify a small detail.
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.
