German · Real conversations
How to say “Should we bring ...?” in German
Suggest checking whether an item should be taken along.
Sollen wir … mitbringen?
Should we bring …?
Name the item and the planned activity.
Use it in three situations
Preparing for a walk
Sollten wir Wasser mitbringen?
Should we bring water?
Planning a picnic
Sollten wir eine Regenjacke mitbringen?
Should we bring a raincoat?
Checking a day trip
Was sollten wir für die Wanderung mitbringen?
What should we bring for the walk?
What to watch for
Bringing something and buying it are different decisions.
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 outdoor plans. Say this in German: Should we bring a raincoat?
Reveal a sample reply
Sollten wir eine Regenjacke mitbringen?
Should we bring a raincoat?
Build a useful exchange
Check a route and agree on a sensible outdoor plan.
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.
