German · Real conversations
How to say “Is this your first time here?” in German
Find out whether a person has visited the place before.
Bist du zum ersten Mal hier?
Is this your first time here?
Here refers to the place where the conversation is happening.
Use it in three situations
A café
Bist du zum ersten Mal hier?
Is this your first time here?
A neighborhood event
Bist du zum ersten Mal bei dieser Veranstaltung?
Is this your first time at this event?
A language meetup
Bist du zum ersten Mal bei einem Sprachtreffen?
Is this your first time at a language meetup?
What to watch for
Use a past visit construction, not a question about the person's age or experience generally.
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 meeting people. Say this in German: Is this your first time at this event?
Reveal a sample reply
Bist du zum ersten Mal bei dieser Veranstaltung?
Is this your first time at this event?
Build a useful exchange
Start a friendly exchange and find a connection.
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.
