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Week 5 · At the Bakery and Café

In der Bäckerei und im Café

Play each sentence at normal and slow speed, pause, and repeat it out loud. The audio uses an AI-generated voice (standard German).

Monday · day 29

Zwei Brötchen und eine Brezel, bitte.

Two bread rolls and a pretzel, please.

Tuesday · day 30

Ist das dunkle Brot vegan?

Is the dark bread vegan?

Wednesday · day 31

Einen Kaffee mit Hafermilch, bitte.

A coffee with oat milk, please.

Thursday · day 32

Zum Mitnehmen oder für hier?

Is that to take away or to have here?

Friday · day 33

Ist hier noch frei?

Is this seat still free?

Saturday · day 34

Ich hätte gern ein Stück Apfelstrudel.

I'd like a slice of apple strudel.

Sunday · day 35

Die Brötchen sind noch warm.

The rolls are still warm.

Step-by-step solutions

Try the pyramid in the book first. The solutions are hidden: open them one at a time.

Monday (day 29): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “bread” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BROT; you met it in week 5, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “piece, slice” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is STÜCK; you met it in week 5, Saturday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “bread rolls” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BRÖTCHEN; you met it in week 5, Monday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: T, Ü, R → TÜR, which means “door”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Tuesday (day 30): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “vegan” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, V, is already printed). The word is VEGAN; you met it in week 5, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “dark (with -e)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, D, is already printed). The word is DUNKLE; you met it in week 5, Tuesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “bread rolls” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BRÖTCHEN; you met it in week 5, Monday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: G, U, T → GUT, which means “good, well”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Wednesday (day 31): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “where from” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, W, is already printed). The word is WOHER; you met it in week 1, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “coffee” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KAFFEE; you met it in week 5, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “bread rolls” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BRÖTCHEN; you met it in week 5, Monday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: W, A, R → WAR, which means “I was”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Thursday (day 32): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “March” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, M, is already printed). The word is MÄRZ; you met it in week 3, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “a bit, somewhat” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, E, is already printed). The word is ETWAS; you met it in week 2, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “seven” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SIEBEN; you met it in week 3, Wednesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: M, A, I → MAI, which means “May (month)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Friday (day 33): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “door” and there are 3 bricks (the first letter, T, is already printed). The word is TÜR; you met it in week 2, Sunday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “free (not taken)” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, F, is already printed). The word is FREI; you met it in week 5, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “pretzel” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BREZEL; you met it in week 5, Monday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: T, E, E → TEE, which means “tea”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Saturday (day 34): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “gladly” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, G, is already printed). The word is GERN; you met it in week 2, Friday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “can (Sie form)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KÖNNEN; you met it in week 2, Monday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “to visit” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BESUCHEN; you met it in week 4, Sunday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: N, E, U → NEU, which means “new (basic form)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Sunday (day 35): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “today” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, H, is already printed). The word is HEUTE; you met it in week 3, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “coffee” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KAFFEE; you met it in week 5, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “Sunday” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SONNTAG; you met it in week 4, Sunday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: T, A, G → TAG, which means “day”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.

Printable review cards

Print, cut along the lines and fold each card in half: English on the front, German on the back.

W5 · 1Two bread rolls and a pretzel, please.
Zwei Brötchen und eine Brezel, bitte.
W5 · 2Is the dark bread vegan?
Ist das dunkle Brot vegan?
W5 · 3A coffee with oat milk, please.
Einen Kaffee mit Hafermilch, bitte.
W5 · 4Is that to take away or to have here?
Zum Mitnehmen oder für hier?
W5 · 5Is this seat still free?
Ist hier noch frei?
W5 · 6I'd like a slice of apple strudel.
Ich hätte gern ein Stück Apfelstrudel.
W5 · 7The rolls are still warm.
Die Brötchen sind noch warm.