Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide, Second Edition

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(b) Place and date of birth


On official forms:


-r Geburtsort ‘place of birth’
-s Geburtsdatum ‘date of birth’

The convention for writing dates is date, month, year:


26.09.2002 for 26 September 2002.


Asking directly:


Wo sind Sie geboren?
Where were you born?

Wann sind Sie geboren?
When were you born?

Wann haben Sie Geburtstag?
When is your birthday?

(c) Nationality


On forms:


Nationality (-e Nationalität/-e Staatsangehörigkeit) on an official document is
indicated by an (underlined) adjective:


deutsch ‘German’
britisch ‘British’
türkisch ‘Turkish’

Asking directly:


Welche Staatsangehörigkeit haben Sie?
What nationality are you?

The answer in spoken German could be either with the undeclined adjective, or with
a noun (see 28.5 on adjectival nouns).


Ich bin Deutsche/Deutscher.
I am German (female/male).

Ich bin Brite/Amerikaner/Australier.
I am British /American /Australian.

Kommen Sie aus einem Land der Europäischen Union?
Do you come from a European Union country?

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