Reschedule doctor appointment over phone: The back-and-forth on availability
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Key Phrases
Ich möchte meinen Arzttermin verschieben.
I would like to reschedule my doctor's appointment.
Welchen Termin meinen Sie?
Which appointment do you mean?
Passt Ihnen Mittwoch am Vormittag?
Would Wednesday morning work for you?
Skills You'll Learn
How to politely ask to reschedule a doctor's appointment
Wie man höflich darum bittet, einen Arzttermin zu verschieben
How to identify a specific appointment by day and time
Wie man einen bestimmten Termin nach Tag und Uhrzeit benennt
How to discuss availability and agree on a new appointment time
Wie man Verfügbarkeit bespricht und einem neuen Termin zustimmt
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are calling a doctor’s office in Germany to change an appointment, and you politely discuss a new time that fits your schedule.
Guten Tag, ich möchte meinen Arzttermin verschieben.
Good day, I would like to reschedule my doctor’s appointment.
Gerne. Welchen Termin meinen Sie?
Of course. Which appointment do you mean?
Meinen Termin am Dienstag um zehn Uhr.
My appointment on Tuesday at ten o’clock.
Kein Problem. Passt Ihnen Mittwoch am Vormittag?
No problem. Would Wednesday morning work for you?
Leider nicht. Ich bin da bei der Arbeit.
Unfortunately not. I’m at work then.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Guten
GOO-ten
Good
Tag
tahk
Day
Guten Tag.
GOO-ten tahk
Good day.
🇩🇪 [Guten Tag] is polite and neutral, and fits well on the phone with a doctor's office. Many people also just say their name quickly after it.
See breakdown →Ich möchte
ikh MURKHT-uh
I would like
💬 [möchte] is a softer, more polite way to say what you want than plain [will]. Same pattern: [Ich möchte einen neuen Termin].
See breakdown →Meinen Arzttermin
MY-nen ARTST-ter-meen
My doctor appointment
💬 With a masculine word like [der Arzttermin], [mein] changes to [meinen] when it's the thing you want to move. Same pattern: [Ich suche meinen Ausweis].
See breakdown →Ich möchte meinen Arzttermin verschieben.
ikh MURKHT-uh MY-nen ARTST-ter-meen fer-SHEE-ben
I would like to reschedule my doctor's appointment.
💬 German often puts the second verb at the end: [Ich möchte meinen Arzttermin verschieben]. You can reuse that pattern with another action: [Ich möchte den Termin absagen].
See breakdown →Der Arzt
dare artst
The doctor
Der Arzttermin
dare ARTST-ter-meen
Doctor's appointment
Verschieben
fer-SHEE-ben
To reschedule
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