The many meanings of 'bitte' | A Coffee Break with Thomas
Coffee Break German
Radio Lingua Network
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Here at Coffee Break German, we're currently enjoying working on our next podcast series for you, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this mini, espresso lesson with Thomas.
In this episode, we’re exploring the many meanings of the word bitte. You’ll discover how to use bitte in different contexts, including:
➡️ as a polite request
➡️ as a response
➡️ for clarification
➡️ to offer something
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my name is Thomas and I am delighted to join you for the short episode of Coffee Break German. |
| 0:08.8 | In these short podcast episodes, I will help you to improve your German one coffee break at a time. |
| 0:15.5 | And today, we are looking at a German word that is both easy but yet very versatile and complex. |
| 0:27.7 | If you are already learning German with us and have listened to some episodes of |
| 0:37.2 | coffee break German |
| 0:38.1 | level one or even if you are just planning to start your German learning journey, |
| 0:43.3 | you will most likely have heard this word here before. |
| 0:48.1 | Bitte. |
| 0:49.0 | You might even know some of its meanings already, but maybe not all of them. |
| 0:54.8 | So let's have a closer look at this versatile German word. |
| 0:58.9 | The original meaning of the word di-bite was the plea or the request. |
| 1:05.9 | And this translation is still correct but over the years additional meanings |
| 1:11.3 | and uses developed |
| 1:12.9 | and today it can be translated in |
| 1:14.9 | six different ways |
| 1:16.7 | is that six |
| 1:18.0 | different meanings |
| 1:19.3 | the very first meaning I want to look at |
| 1:22.5 | is you are welcome |
| 1:24.6 | and I have some short conversation |
| 1:26.9 | examples here to see that in context. |
| 1:30.8 | That is very nice. |
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