Giving feedback in German – Your Quintessential Guide (vocabulary + phrases)

So the time has come where you have to face your first feedback review session at the new job? Worse yet – the conversation will take place in German? And even worse – you cannot find any materials online that could help you prepare for it (yes, sometimes Google doesn’t have all the answers)?

That indeed sounds stressful! But your ordeal has just come to an end. Take a deep breath and relax. All you need to do is to read on, because we’ve got you covered!

After noticing that there are hardly any posts, books, or other study materials on this topic, we decided to prepare the ultimate list of vocabulary and phrases to serve you as a basis for your feedback session in German, whether you are giving or receiving it.

STAR feedback model in German

To help you best structure your feedback and convey a clear and actionable message, you may want to use the STAR model as a guide. It consists of four questions:

• Situation: (Situation) Welche Situation haben Sie vorgefunden? (Describe the exact situation that took place.)
• Task: (Aufgabe) Was war Ihre Aufgabe? (What was the task of the person in question.)
• Action: (Handlung) Was haben Sie konkret getan? (What exactly has been done.)
• Result: (Ergebnis) Welches Ergebnis haben Sie erzielt? (What was the result of the above.)

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Corporate German – vocabulary for giving feedback in German

Below you will find 50 essential business German words and their meanings. Try to write them down one by one in order to memorize them quicker. We hope they prove useful when speaking German at work!

🇬🇧 feedback	🇩🇪 Feedback
🇬🇧 to exceed	🇩🇪 zu übertreffen
🇬🇧 culture	🇩🇪 Kultur
🇬🇧 incomplete	🇩🇪 unvollständig
🇬🇧 hardworking	🇩🇪 fleißig
🇬🇧 unmatched	🇩🇪 unübertroffen
🇬🇧 opinion	🇩🇪 Meinung
🇬🇧 expectation	🇩🇪 Erwartung
🇬🇧 below target	🇩🇪 unter Ziel
🇬🇧 yearly	🇩🇪 Jährlich
🇬🇧 to consider	🇩🇪 berücksichtigen
🇬🇧 essential	🇩🇪 wesentlich
🇬🇧 interested	🇩🇪 interessiert
🇬🇧 motivated	🇩🇪 motiviert
🇬🇧 detail oriented	🇩🇪 detailorientiert
🇬🇧 expertise	🇩🇪 Fachwissen
🇬🇧 punctual	🇩🇪 pünktlich
🇬🇧 presentation skills	🇩🇪 Präsentationsfähigkeiten
🇬🇧 doubt	🇩🇪 Zweifel
🇬🇧 public speaker	🇩🇪 Redner
🇬🇧 uncertainty	🇩🇪 Unsicherheit
🇬🇧 extraordinary	🇩🇪 außergewöhnlich
🇬🇧 ambiguity	🇩🇪 Zweideutigkeit
🇬🇧 pressure	🇩🇪 Druck
🇬🇧 impatient	🇩🇪 Ungeduld
🇬🇧 specific	🇩🇪 spezifisch
🇬🇧 change	🇩🇪 Änderung
🇬🇧 evaluation	🇩🇪 Bewertung
🇬🇧 motive	🇩🇪 Motiv
🇬🇧 intention	🇩🇪 Absicht
🇬🇧 to relate	🇩🇪 beziehen
🇬🇧 general	🇩🇪 allgemein
🇬🇧 effectively	🇩🇪 effektiv
🇬🇧 to happen	🇩🇪 geschehen
🇬🇧 limited	🇩🇪 begrenzt
🇬🇧 concisely	🇩🇪 kurz und bündig
🇬🇧 useful	🇩🇪 nützlich
🇬🇧 leadership style	🇩🇪 Führungsstil
🇬🇧 challenge	🇩🇪 Herausforderung
🇬🇧 technical	🇩🇪 technisch
🇬🇧 busy	🇩🇪 beschäftigt
🇬🇧 to complete	🇩🇪 erledigen
🇬🇧 to respect	🇩🇪 respektieren
🇬🇧 to take credit	🇩🇪 Anerkennung finden
🇬🇧 tension	🇩🇪 Spannung
🇬🇧 to remind	🇩🇪 erinnern
🇬🇧 to develop	🇩🇪 entwickeln
🇬🇧 methodical	🇩🇪 methodisch
🇬🇧 to accomplish	🇩🇪 schaffen
🇬🇧 to respond	🇩🇪 beantworten
🇬🇧 ethic	🇩🇪 ethisch

Wirtschaftsdeutsch – phrases for feedback in German

To put the vocabulary into practice, we prepared a list of essential phrases. Don’t look at the English translation at first – try to understand the unknown words from the context!

🇬🇧 If you have any feedback, please feel free to share it with me.	🇩🇪 Wenn du Feedback hast, kannst du es mir gerne mitteilen.
🇬🇧 You have absolutely exceeded my expectations.	🇩🇪 Du hast meine Erwartungen absolut übertroffen.
🇬🇧 Our company culture values open communication and feedback sharing.	🇩🇪 Unsere Unternehmenskultur legt Wert auf offene Kommunikation und Feedbackaustausch.
🇬🇧 I must ask you to rework this as the list you’ve sent me is incomplete.	🇩🇪 Ich muss dich bitten, das zu überarbeiten. Die Liste, die du mir geschickt hast, ist unvollständig.
🇬🇧 He is one of the most hardworking people I’ve ever met.	🇩🇪 Er ist einer der fleißigsten Menschen, die ich je kennengelernt habe.
🇬🇧 She has unmatched change management skills.	🇩🇪 Ihre Fähigkeiten im Veränderungsmanagement sind unübertroffen.
🇬🇧 What is your opinion on the meeting last week?	🇩🇪 Was ist deine Meinung zu dem Treffen letzte Woche?
🇬🇧 I know I have really high expectations for you.	🇩🇪 Ich weiß, dass ich wirklich hohe Erwartungen an dich habe.
🇬🇧 Your sales have increased last month, but they are still below the target.	🇩🇪 Dein Umsatz ist im letzten Monat zwar gestiegen, aber er liegt immer noch unter dem Zielwert.
🇬🇧 As a result, the team was able to meet their yearly goals.	🇩🇪 Dadurch konnte das Team seine Jahresziele erreichen.

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