By Laura Harker Last updated: November 1, 2023

50 Best German Pick-up Lines to Flirt Your Way to Fluency

Each country may have its own language(s), but there’s certainly one language that’s universal and easy for everyone to learn: the language of love.

If you fancy dabbling into the world of German romance, it’s probably a good idea to prepare with some pick-up lines.

Otherwise how else will you let The One know you’re into them?!

So if you have a few of these up your sleeves, you’ll find it easy to woo that person of your dreams. Learning them will also help improve your German fluency, not to mention the smiles they’re sure to crack!

Here’s our guide to learning German pick-up lines, including 50 of our favorites.

Contents

• Top 10 German Pick-up Lines
• More Fun German Pick-up Lines
• Why Learn German Pick-up Lines?
• How to Learn German Pick-up Lines
• And One More Thing...

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Top 10 German Pick-up Lines

1. Ich habe eine Reise in den siebten Himmel geplant, willst du mich begleiten?

English: I’ve got a trip to cloud nine planned, do you wanna join me? 

This line might be cheesy, but it shows off the equivalent of the phrase “cloud nine” — der siebte Himmel, literally: “the seventh heaven”. The views might not be from as high a vantage point, but closer to Earth, at least. 

2. Ich möchte dich nicht dumm anmachen, aber ich hätte nichts dagegen, wenn du es tust.

English: I don’t want to hit on you, but I wouldn’t mind if you did.

This sentence uses the conditional tense. You’ll spot it in the second clause: aber ich hätte nichts dagegen (but I wouldn’t mind).

3. Ich bin Schriftsteller und schreibe ein Telefonbuch. Deine Nummer fehlt mir aber noch.

English: I’m a writer and am writing a telephone book. I’m missing your number though. 

You’ll notice that ich bin Schriftsteller translates literally as “I am writer.” That’s because whenever you say what job you do, you don’t ever need an indefinite article.

Also, this example is for the guys, as Schriftsteller means “male writer.” If you’re female and want to use this line, simply add an -in to the end of the word and say “Schriftstellerin” (female writer).

4. Ich bin neu in der Stadt. Kannst du mir den Weg zu deiner Wohnung zeigen?

English: I’m new in the city. Can you show me the way to your apartment? 

You can see a two-way preposition at work in this sentence. In (in, into) takes the accusative case when there’s movement in the sentence and the dative when there’s no movement.

In this case, there isn’t any movement so the dative case makes Stadt take der.

5. Ich wäre gern der Grund für deine schlaflose Nacht.

English: I’d like to be the reason for your sleepless night.

Here’s another example of the conditional tense. This time using the subjunctive form of sein (to be) —wäre (would be). 

Most pick-up lines deal with hypothetical situations, so the conditional comes out to play a lot!

6. Hat’s eigentlich wehgetan, als du vom Himmel gefallen bist?

English: So did it hurt when you fell from heaven? 

Both clauses in this sentence use the perfect tense. You can see this because two past participles have been used: wehgetan (hurt) and gefallen (fell).

7. Was gibt es sonst noch für Sehenswürdigkeiten in der Stadt außer dir?

English: What sights are there in the city, apart from you?

And here’s another fine example of the dative case in action! Außer (except, apart from) takes the dative case, so to translate “you,” we need its dative form, dir.

8. Ich habe in der Zeitung gelesen, dass Küsse glücklich machen. Darf ich dich glücklich machen?

English: I read in the newspaper that kissing makes you happy. May I make you happy?

The second clause in the first sentence is a relative clause. This means the verb machen (to make) gets sent to the end of the clause.

9. Ich bin ein hervorragender Koch. Meine Spezialität ist Frühstück im Bett.

English: I’m an excellent cook. My specialty is breakfast in bed. 

Here we see an exception to the rule about jobs, if an adjective comes before it, here hervorragend, you need to put an ein if you’re a man, and eine if you’re a woman. And don’t forget the adjective endings: –er for men and –e for women. 

10. Deine Augen haben die gleiche Farbe wie mein Porsche.

English: Your eyes are the same color as my Porsche.

Lastly, here’s an example of when languages just don’t translate. If you tell an American girl her eyes are the same color as your Porsche, she might not be that impressed. However, this is a tried-and-tested pick-up line used across Germany and is guaranteed to turn you into a real Casanova.

More Fun German Pick-up Lines

There are tons of other German pick-up lines, and you can find new ones by watching romantic German movies and TV shows. To expand your conversational vocabulary (and get more comfy with talking to Germans!), one helpful resource would be FluentU.  

Why Learn German Pick-up Lines?

Pick-up lines can be a fun way of picking up any language, as they often involve funny puns and plays on words. This also means that they’re usually fairly easy to learn, as the jokey nature of them helps you remember them. Once you begin to notice puns and language jokes, you’ll also increase your fluency in every aspect of the language.

Knowing pick-up lines is one thing, being able to go up to someone in a bar and charm them is completely different. If you do know pick-up lines, that’s half the battle though!

And hey, if you do manage to pick up a German boyfriend or girlfriend, you’ll definitely feel more integrated into the German culture. Even if you don’t manage to pull it off, it’s one more language skill that ups your fluency and, ultimately, will help integrate you and make you feel much more local.

How to Learn German Pick-up Lines

You could just sit down with a list of pick-up lines and try to commit them to memory, but you’ll get bored super quickly!

Add some more fun to your studies by role-playing with your friends. You could invite them over to your place and act out different scenarios with them. Try to think of ways to incorporate pick-up lines—maybe you could pretend to be in a club, or you’ve just joined a new sports team. Any scenario that involves meeting new people can easily incorporate a few pick-up lines!

Once you’re quite comfortable with German pick-up lines (and if you’re feeling fairly brave), you can try and test them out on German dating websites. There are a few different ones to choose from:

• If you already have Tinder, you can upgrade to get swiping in Germany

• eDarling is one of Europe’s most popular dating sites
• OkCupid attracts a younger crowd than many online dating websites

Finally, the ultimate way to test out your language is to try and make up your own pick-up lines.

Constructing complex sentences, thinking of puns and trying to make it all sound natural doesn’t come easy. If you can concoct your own cheesy chat-up line, you’ll know your language is at a peak!

Hopefully, these pick-up lines will give you a great starting point for your German romantic adventures!

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