Complaining hotel room is too noisy: Describing the type and time of noise
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Key Phrases
Unser Zimmer ist zu laut.
Our room is too noisy.
Wir hören laute Musik aus dem Nachbarzimmer.
We hear loud music from the next room.
Können Sie bitte etwas dagegen tun?
Could you please do something about it?
Skills You'll Learn
How to complain politely about noise in a hotel
Wie man sich höflich über Lärm im Hotel beschwert
How to describe what noises you hear and where they come from
Wie man beschreibt, welche Geräusche man hört und woher sie kommen
How to ask staff to take action and explain when the problem started
Wie man das Personal bittet, etwas zu unternehmen, und erklärt, seit wann das Problem besteht
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are staying at a hotel in Germany and speaking to the front desk because your room is too noisy. You explain that loud music from the next room and slamming doors in the hallway are disturbing you, and you politely ask the staff to do something about it.
Entschuldigung, unser Zimmer ist zu laut.
Excuse me, our room is too noisy.
Oh, das tut mir leid. Welche Geräusche hören Sie?
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. What kind of noises are you hearing?
Wir hören laute Musik aus dem Nachbarzimmer.
We can hear loud music from the next room.
Verstehe. Seit wann hören Sie die Musik?
I understand. Since when have you been hearing the music?
Seit ungefähr zehn Uhr heute Abend.
Since around ten o'clock this evening.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Entschuldigung.
ent-SHOOL-dee-goong
Excuse me.
Unser Zimmer
OON-zer TSIM-mer
Our room
Ist zu laut
ist tsoo lowt
Is too loud
Unser Zimmer ist zu laut.
OON-zer TSIM-mer ist tsoo lowt
Our room is too noisy.
Das tut mir leid.
dahs toot meer lite
I'm sorry.
💬 [tun] often works where English uses [be]: [Das tut mir leid] is the fixed German way to say "I'm sorry," literally closer to "that does me sorrow." You can reuse the same pattern in [Es tut mir leid].
See breakdown →Welche Geräusche
VEL-khe geh-ROY-sheh
Which noises
Hören Sie?
HUR-en zee
Do you hear?
💬 With formal [Sie], the verb stays in the same form as [sie] = "they": [hören Sie], not [hörst Sie]. The question here is made just by putting the verb first.
See breakdown →Welche Geräusche hören Sie?
VEL-khe geh-ROY-sheh HUR-en zee
What noises do you hear?
💬 With formal [Sie], the verb stays in the same form as [sie] = "they": [hören Sie], not [hörst Sie]. The question here is made just by putting the verb first.
🇩🇪 Using [Sie] is right for hotel staff, even if they seem friendly. In service situations in Germany, starting formal is the safe default.
See breakdown →Wir hören
veer HUR-en
We hear
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