German · Real conversations
How to say “Whose turn is it to ...?” in German
Find out whose turn it is to do a shared task.
Wer ist dran mit …?
Whose turn is it to …?
Put the action in the grammatical form shown in the example.
Use it in three situations
A household chore
Wer ist mit dem Abwasch dran?
Whose turn is it to wash the dishes?
Cooking together
Wer ist mit dem Müllrausbringen dran?
Whose turn is it to take out the rubbish?
Taking care of a shared task
Bin ich mit dem Küchenputzen dran?
Is it my turn to clean the kitchen?
What to watch for
A turn in a rota is different from physically turning an object.
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 sharing a home. Say this in German: Whose turn is it to take out the rubbish?
Reveal a sample reply
Wer ist mit dem Müllrausbringen dran?
Whose turn is it to take out the rubbish?
Build a useful exchange
Share chores, supplies, and a household cost.
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.
