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Hallo, Guten Tag or Sehr geehrte? Sie or du? Where does the comma go – and why does the next line start with a small letter? If you work in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, every German work email raises questions like these. This book answers them – and gives you the practice to write with confidence.
Part 1 covers the frame of every email: subject lines, greetings and academic titles, Sie or du, closing formulas and the signature. Part 2 walks through twelve everyday situations, each with a model email, a table of key phrases and a worksheet. Part 3 explains the grammar behind polite, natural emails, and Part 4 lets you rewrite, complete and answer whole emails.
For levels A2+ to B2, for self-study or alongside a course. In the paperback there is room to write in every worksheet; in the e-book, every worksheet is a numbered list linked to its answers.
What is inside
- 21 model emails: enquiries, meetings, documents, reminders, apologies, saying no, complaints and replies, out-of-office messages, leave requests, thank-you notes, introducing yourself, and writing to a landlord or a public office
- 206 phrases and words with English meanings and register labels (formal, neutral, informal)
- Austrian and Swiss usage side by side: academic titles such as Mag., Zeitausgleich, flat numbers with “Top”, the Swiss spelling without ß
- Polite forms with the Konjunktiv II, small words such as bitte, gern and doch, word order, and the typical mistakes of English speakers
- 28 worksheets with a complete answer key and model answers, plus a German–English phrase index
Details
- Language
- English
- Paperback
- 108 pages, 6 × 9 in (15.2 × 22.9 cm), 28 worksheets, 21 model emails
- Kindle e-book
- Every worksheet a numbered list linked to its answers, for use with a notebook
- Prices on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
- Paperback $13.99 / £10.99, Kindle e-book $4.99 / £3.99
- Author
- Edited by Bernhard Siegl
- Production
- Text generated by an AI system; cover and graphics drawn by program code