German · A1 · Everyday language
Plan Your Week in German
Plan the week together in German, making time for hobbies, friends, and rest. Practise using am for days and parts of the day, and um for clock times.
What you'll learn
- Name the days of the week in German.
- Use am to say when an activity happens.
- Use um to give a clock time.
- Talk about plans with your child using du and wir.
German phrases for plan your week
Du hast am Montag Fußball.
You have football on Monday.
Du is the informal singular form of 'you', used when speaking to your child. Fußball means football or soccer.
Deine Kunst-AG ist am Dienstag.
Your art club is on Tuesday.
A Kunst-AG is an art club, typically at school. AG is pronounced as the German letters A and G.
Wir können am Mittwoch Rad fahren.
We can cycle on Wednesday.
Rad fahren means 'to cycle'. After können, the activity goes at the end.
Du musst dein Projekt am Donnerstag abgeben.
Your project is due on Thursday.
Literally: 'You must hand in your project on Thursday.' Abgeben means 'to hand in'.
Dein Freund kann am Freitag kommen.
Your friend can come on Friday.
Use dein Freund for a male friend and deine Freundin for a female friend.
Das Schwimmen beginnt am Samstag um zehn Uhr.
Swimming starts at ten on Saturday.
Use am for the day and um for the time: um zehn Uhr means 'at ten o'clock'.
Lass uns am Sonntagabend kochen.
Let's cook on Sunday evening.
Lass uns means 'let's' when addressing one person. Sonntagabend combines 'Sunday' and 'evening' into one word.
Wir können am Morgen deine Tasche kontrollieren.
We can check your bag in the morning.
Kontrollieren means 'to check', here to check the bag's contents. Am Morgen means 'in the morning'.
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Try it free for 7 daysKey words
Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Days of the week are nouns, so they start with a capital letter.
die Kunst-AG
art club
AG is short for Arbeitsgemeinschaft, a group or club for a shared activity, often at school.
Rad fahren
to cycle; to ride a bike
Rad is capitalized because it is a noun.
das Projekt
project
Dein Projekt means 'your project' when speaking to one child.
abgeben
to hand in
Useful for talking about schoolwork and deadlines.
der Sonntagabend
Sunday evening
German joins the day and part of the day: am Sonntagabend.
die Tasche
bag
Deine Tasche means 'your bag'.
Use am for days and parts of the day
Am is short for an dem. Use it before weekdays and many parts of the day. German uses am where English may use either 'on' or 'in'.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| On a weekday | am + weekday | am Montag — on Monday |
| In the morning | am + part of the day | am Morgen — in the morning |
| On a particular evening | am + day-and-time compound | am Sonntagabend — on Sunday evening |
Use um for clock times
Use um before a clock time. To give both a day and a time, a simple pattern is am + day, then um + time.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| At ten o'clock | um + number + Uhr | um zehn Uhr — at ten o'clock |
| Day and time together | am + weekday + um + time | am Samstag um zehn Uhr — on Saturday at ten |
Am Morgen or morgen?
Capital letters matter: Morgen is a noun meaning 'morning', while lowercase morgen means 'tomorrow'.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| In the morning | am Morgen | Wir können am Morgen kochen. — We can cook in the morning. |
| Tomorrow | morgen, without am | Wir können morgen kochen. — We can cook tomorrow. |
More examples
Wir können am Dienstag Rad fahren.
We can cycle on Tuesday.
Change the weekday to suggest a different day.
Deine Freundin kann am Sonntag kommen.
Your friend can come on Sunday.
Freundin refers to a female friend.
Lass uns am Samstag um sechs Uhr kochen.
Let's cook at six on Saturday.
Am introduces the day; um introduces the clock time.