Translate English into German (Deutsch) the way a native speaker would write it - formal where it matters, friendly where it counts. Frontier AI, proper Umlaute and ß, free for everyday use.
German is spoken by around 100 million native speakers across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Luxembourg and parts of Belgium - and learned as a second language by 30 million more. It powers Europe's largest economy, the Mittelstand engineering tradition, and a literary heritage from Goethe to Kafka. translator.im handles all of it - Hochdeutsch, technical jargon, formal Sie and casual du - with one quietly excellent answer.
Quick reference for greetings, travel, shopping and everyday conversation. Tap any row to copy it into the translator above.
Built on frontier translation models tuned for European languages. No clunky word-for-word output - just German that reads naturally, capitalises every noun, and uses the right Umlaute.
Modern AI models that understand idioms, register and German compound nouns across paragraphs - not single sentences in isolation.
ä, ö, ü and ß (Eszett) are rendered correctly everywhere - no broken encoding, no 'ae/oe/ue' fallbacks. Output is ready to paste into Word, Pages or Notion.
Switch to Voice mode and just talk - your browser's speech recognition (Chrome, Edge or Safari) types your English for you. Tap Listen to hear the German read aloud if your device has a German voice. Handy at a Bäckerei or a Bahnhof ticket desk.
Upload, drop or paste a photo or screenshot of English menus, signs, slides or forms. The text is recognised in your browser, you can tweak it, and the German translation comes back as editable text.
Paste up to 5,000 characters of English at a time - landing page copy for the DACH market - and get German back with your paragraph breaks in place.
Open the page and start translating - no account, no download, no credit card. You get 10 free translations a day, and our privacy policy explains how requests are handled.
Whether you are pitching the Mittelstand, applying to a German university, localising for the DACH region or planning a trip to the Christmas markets - translator.im fits the moment.
Translate technical manuals, supplier contracts, RFP responses and product specs into formal German that meets DIN-style expectations.
Translate motivation letters, CVs, transcripts and email correspondence for applications to Germany's tuition-free public universities and the Bologna-aligned system.
Translate Anmeldung forms, Mietverträge, Steuererklärungen and Krankenkassen letters - the paperwork every expat in Germany, Austria or Switzerland has to file.
Order at the Oktoberfest, ask directions in Berlin, find a hut in the Alps or read a Christmas market sign - all in confident, polite German.
Three small habits that make AI translation feel hand-written by a native speaker.
German has two 'you': formal Sie (business, strangers, officials, anyone over ~25 you don't know) and casual du (friends, family, kids, most online contexts). Add 'translate formally with Sie' or 'translate casually with du' to your request - the difference is huge and German readers notice immediately.
German loves compound nouns (Krankenversicherungsbeitrag = health insurance contribution). A full sentence helps the model decide whether to compound or split. Domain hints like 'legal', 'medical' or 'marketing' also sharpen the terminology.
Hochdeutsch is the default, but Austrian German uses Jänner (not Januar) and Marille (not Aprikose), and Swiss German writes ss everywhere instead of ß (so 'Strasse' not 'Straße'). Add 'translate for Austria' or 'translate for Switzerland' if your audience is regional.
No account, no install, no waiting. Drop your English in and read it back in Hochdeutsch in seconds.