Business Presentations in German – Your Ultimate Vocabulary List

Delivering business presentations is a stressful and challenging task in itself. Even more so if you have to do it in German! In order to help you with this task, we prepared an ultimate list of business German vocabulary and some additional phrases to help you put them in practice. Below you will also find a couple of tips that will help you prepare before the big day comes! We are sure you will rock it!

Some tips for delivering presentations in German

• Send the agenda beforehand – this will help you make sure that all attendees know what to expect, and have the chance to prepare the right questions, or research the topic in advance.
• Measure the presentation time – if you have a specific time allocated to your presentation, make sure to measure exactly how long it takes you, and shorten it if you don’t have enough time. German business culture is known for keeping their time and there is no worse thing than having to stop the presentation mid-way due to time constraints!
• Leave time for questions – don’t assume that everything in your presentation will be crystal clear to your audience. Give them a chance to ask for additional explanations, whether it’s during the presentation itself or right afterwards.
• Deliver the presentation in front of the mirror, ideally more than once – this exercise, although may seem tedious and uncomfortable, will help you improve the flow and boost your confidence during the actual presentation. Especially if you will be presenting in a foreign language, such as German, it’s a perfect opportunity to polish your grammar and pronunciation before facing the audience.

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Corporate German – vocabulary for Business Presentations

Here’s a list of the most important words to get you started. You can bookmark this page to have them at hand in the future. We hope it helps you with delivering your first business presentation in German!

🇬🇧 enough	🇩🇪 ausreichend
🇬🇧 background	🇩🇪 Hintergrund
🇬🇧 to introduce	🇩🇪 einzuführen
🇬🇧 attention	🇩🇪 Aufmerksamkeit
🇬🇧 to present	🇩🇪 präsentieren
🇬🇧 to divide	🇩🇪 aufteilen
🇬🇧 case study	🇩🇪 Fallstudie
🇬🇧 excited	🇩🇪 aufgeregt
🇬🇧 to take notes	🇩🇪 Notizen machen
🇬🇧 subject	🇩🇪 Thema
🇬🇧 purpose	🇩🇪 Zweck
🇬🇧 part	🇩🇪 Teil
🇬🇧 to mention	🇩🇪 erwähnen
🇬🇧 to skip	🇩🇪 auslassen
🇬🇧 to emphasize	🇩🇪 hervorheben
🇬🇧 therefore	🇩🇪 deshalb
🇬🇧 pointer	🇩🇪 Zeiger
🇬🇧 projector	🇩🇪 Projektor
🇬🇧 flip chart	🇩🇪 Flipchart
🇬🇧 marker	🇩🇪 Marker
🇬🇧 to conclude	🇩🇪 abschließen
🇬🇧 suggestion	🇩🇪 Vorschlag
🇬🇧 cue card	🇩🇪 Stichwortkarte
🇬🇧 distracting	🇩🇪 ablenkend
🇬🇧 demo	🇩🇪 Demo
🇬🇧 to extrapolate	🇩🇪 extrapolieren
🇬🇧 message	🇩🇪 Nachricht
🇬🇧 interactive	🇩🇪 interaktiv
🇬🇧 to pause	🇩🇪 pausieren
🇬🇧 conference room	🇩🇪 Konferenzraum
🇬🇧 to participate	🇩🇪 teilnehmen
🇬🇧 quote	🇩🇪 Angebot
🇬🇧 scenario	🇩🇪 Szenario
🇬🇧 skeptical	🇩🇪 skeptisch
🇬🇧 to print	🇩🇪 drucken
🇬🇧 audience	🇩🇪 Publikum
🇬🇧 to replace	🇩🇪 ersetzen
🇬🇧 placeholder	🇩🇪 Platzhalter
🇬🇧 animation	🇩🇪 Animation
🇬🇧 to format	🇩🇪 formatieren
🇬🇧 text box	🇩🇪 Textfeld
🇬🇧 to interact	🇩🇪 interagieren
🇬🇧 title	🇩🇪 Titel
🇬🇧 to review	🇩🇪 überprüfen
🇬🇧 creative	🇩🇪 kreativ
🇬🇧 brainstorming	🇩🇪 Brainstorming
🇬🇧 productive	🇩🇪 produktiv
🇬🇧 engaging	🇩🇪 einnehmend
🇬🇧 prepared	🇩🇪 vorbereitet

Wirtschaftsdeutsch – phrases to use during presentations

Here’s a little bonus for you! Below you will find a list of business German phrases that may come in handy during a presentation. Learning through phrases, rather than vocabulary lists, helps you learn in context, which is crucial to achieve full fluency.

🇬🇧 The presentation will take about 30 minutes.	🇩🇪 Die Präsentation wird etwa 30 Minuten dauern.
🇬🇧 That should leave us enough time for questions.	🇩🇪 Das sollte uns genug Zeit für Fragen lassen.
🇬🇧 Let me start by describing the background of this project.	🇩🇪 Zunächst möchte ich euch den Hintergrund dieses Projektes erläutern.
🇬🇧 My goal for today is to introduce our department and its main goals.	🇩🇪 Mein Ziel für heute ist es, unsere Abteilung und ihre wichtigsten Ziele vorzustellen.
🇬🇧 Could I have everyone’s attention, please?	🇩🇪 Darf ich um eure Aufmerksamkeit bitten?
🇬🇧 Today, I would like to present to you our new product design.	🇩🇪 Heute möchte ich euch unser neuestes Produktdesign vorstellen.
🇬🇧 I would like to divide our meeting into two parts: a presentation and a discussion.	🇩🇪 Ich möchte unser Treffen in zwei Teile unterteilen: eine Präsentation und eine Diskussion.
🇬🇧 After that, I will show you three case studies of our existing customers.	🇩🇪 Danach werde ich euch drei Fallstudien von unseren bestehenden Kunden zeigen.
🇬🇧 I’m very excited to present the results of our hard work.	🇩🇪 Ich freue mich sehr darauf, das Ergebnis unserer harten Arbeit zu präsentieren.
🇬🇧 You don’t need to worry about taking notes, I will send you the presentation.	🇩🇪 Ihr braucht euch keine Gedanken über Notizen zu machen, ich werde euch die Präsentation schicken.

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