german doubt

[livid shoal]

Can I use ok sir in german
Can you explain please

[clear perch]

You mean whether you can use the English words "Okay, Sir" in German? Or whether there's an equivalent?

[hollow yew]

In german you can use ok, but you can’t use sir. So you could say Ok, [name].

[young ore]

alles klar herr kommissar? (joke)

[sudden wharf]

you can say ''Ja mann'' to your boss or superior

[warm aurora]

There is not really a word for it in German.

"Jawohl" you would say in the army. ("Yes Sir!" - "Jawohl")

Or you could say "Ja der Herr" / "Ja die Dame".

[sudden wharf]

If you're coming from a background where you would add "sir" to the end of sentences as a form of respect or something, that isn't really needed in German.

In the types of conversations that I'm imagining you're asking about, you could just use stuff like "okay", "alles klar", "danke, verstanden" and stuff like that when wanting to show that you acknowledge something that's been said in a formal kind of setting.

And using the Sie form for the person you're speaking to.

[winged granite]

I think he is asking how to tell okay, sir in German.

[livid shoal]

I mean how to tell ok sir in german words. Can you tell me please

[livid shoal]

Ok thank you

[livid shoal]

Ok thank you

[livid shoal]

Ok thank you

[livid shoal]

Ok thank you

[livid shoal]

Yes

[winged granite]

I also have the same doubt.

Okay sir -> okay Herr.
Good morning sir -> Guten Morgen Herr.
Okay madam -> Okay Frau
Does all these correct

[prisma solstice]

You would never just say Herr or Frau though. Always add their Surname name after.

Guten Morgern Herr [Nachname]

[winged granite]

Does Telling their name repeatedly cause them irritation?

[prisma solstice]

depends on the scenario. You would not have the usual American customer interaction where you as service staff would repeatedly adress them as Sir. Is that kinda what youre looking for?

[winged granite]

Consider a situation where you attend a class. Your mam is asking have you understand the lesson? Later she asks did you finish your homework? Then she asks have you marked the homework correctly? And finally she asks do you have any doubts with the homework? And finally tells we have holiday tomorrow. In order to response to those questions with yes or no . Do we have to use the teacher name with Frau in all those questions which is asked at the same period of time?

[prisma solstice]

Some examples for you

(if you are under 18 most teachers will say "du" to you in a class scenario. at University they will usually say “Sie” though)
T:Teacher called Marina Müller
Y:You

T: Hast du die Lektion/Vorlesung verstanden?
Y: Ja, Frau Müller.

T: Hast du die Hausaufgaben richtig markiert?
Y: Nein Frau Müller

(That’s the literal translation. It would sound more natural to answer such a question like"Nein habe ich diesmal leider vergessen..." (No, unfortunately I forgot to do it this time…)At least where I'm from, teachers are quite friendly and you can definitely answer like this!)

T: Morgen ist übrigens ein Feiertag, also findet kein Unterricht statt! (btw tomorrow is a holiday, so there will be no class)
Y: Danke für die Erinnerung! (the Frau Müller is pretty much Optional but can be used if you want to go the extra mile, being very polite)

[winged granite]

Can we use Damen instead of Frau?

[prisma solstice]

Not in this case.

[winged granite]

But where?

[prisma solstice]

In movies one might say (I’ve never had the occasion)

“Darf ich die Dame zum Tanz bitten”

would mean “May I ask the lady for a dance?”

so pretty much only where you would use lady In english I guess.

[winged granite]

But dame also have the meaning madam. We also used in letters also.

[prisma solstice]

You can use it for the start "Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren" if you do not know who might read the letter at a corporation, so you kinda do it for both cases at once.

[winged granite]

Yes but I didn't get which cases we use Frau and Dame respectively.

[prisma solstice]

It really depends on the situation. but I personally cant remember the last time I used Dame, its pretty uncommon. so probably not a lot of situations.

[winged granite]

But do both are used for formal?

[prisma solstice]

You need to explain the situation more. I can give you advice for that but to generealize it is quite difficult.

The most used might be when you take someone out for a romantic dinner maybe, you might adress them as dame if youre really respectful, but even in a corporation you would probably say Frau.