A1Basics
Wie heißen Sie?
What is your name? (formal)
In German
Wie heißen Sie?
Vee HEYE-sen Zee?
🇬🇧 English
What is your name? (formal)
🇪🇸 Español
¿Cómo se llama usted?
🇮🇹 Italiano
Come si chiama?
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Wie | How | Interrogative adverb |
| heißen | are called | Verb 'heißen' (to be called) in 3rd person plural (formal) |
| Sie | you (formal) | Personal pronoun (nominative) |
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Grammar Point
Verb 'heißen' (to be called), formal address
Variations
Wie ist Ihr Name?
What is your name? (formal)
Darf ich fragen, wie Sie heißen?
May I ask what your name is? (formal)