Arranging a service appointment
Können Sie mir einen Termin geben?
Offer available times, understand a time window and confirm a changed appointment.
Make the service and your availability clear: Ich brauche einen Termin für die Reparatur. Am Dienstag kann ich erst ab vier. Ab vier means starting at four; bis vier means no later than four or until four, depending on the sentence. Zwischen zehn und zwölf is a time window, not an exact arrival at ten. When a service changes an appointment, repeat the new day and time: Statt Dienstag kommen wir am Mittwoch um elf. Bestätigen means confirm; absagen means cancel; verschieben means move to another time. Do not treat a proposed time as agreed until the reply confirms it.
Ich brauche einen Termin für die Reparatur.
I need an appointment for the repair.
Am Dienstag kann ich erst ab vier.
On Tuesday I am only available from four onwards.
Passt Ihnen Mittwoch um elf?
Does Wednesday at eleven suit you?
Der Techniker kommt zwischen zehn und zwölf.
The technician will come between ten and twelve.
Bitte bestätigen Sie den neuen Termin.
Please confirm the new appointment.
Ich muss den Termin leider absagen.
Unfortunately I have to cancel the appointment.
Make the service and your availability clear: Ich brauche einen Termin für die Reparatur. Am Dienstag kann ich erst ab vier. Ab vier means starting at four; bis vier means no later than four or until four, depending on the sentence. Zwischen zehn und zwölf is a time window, not an exact arrival at ten. When a service changes an appointment, repeat the new day and time: Statt Dienstag kommen wir am Mittwoch um elf. Bestätigen means confirm; absagen means cancel; verschieben means move to another time. Do not treat a proposed time as agreed until the reply confirms it.
Offer available times, understand a time window and confirm a changed appointment.
A time window between ten and twelve does not promise arrival exactly at ten. A proposal is not yet a confirmed appointment.
am Dienstag · um vier · ab vier · zwischen zehn und zwölf; bestätigen ≠ absagen ≠ verschieben.
Write an appointment request with two possible times. Then write a reply choosing one of them and a final confirmation.