Names

German Grammar Wie Heit du?

Names Namen
English German
My name is... Ich heise...
His/Her/Its name is... Er/Sie/Es heist...
Their names are... Sie heisen...
Our names are... Wir heisen...
Your name is... Du heist...
Your names are... Ihr heist...
What is your name? Wie heist du?
What are your names? Wie heist ihr?
To ask someone else's name, ask "Wie heist..."
For more than one person, "Wie heisen..."
Note: There are possessive pronouns in German, they just don't apply here.

Verbs
You have already learned one verb: heisen, to be called.
German Verb Wie Heit du?
heien to be called
Singular Plural
first person ich heise wir heisen
second person du heist ihr heist
third person
er heist
sie heist
es heist
sie heisen
Two more extremely common verbs are the German translations for 'to be'
and 'to have': sein and
haben.