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Wie spät ist es?
/viː ʃpɛːt ɪst ɛs/
What time is it?
Literal translation
how late is it
When to use it
Standard way to ask the time. Note: Germans use 24-hour time and 'halb drei' means 2:30 (half-on-the-way-to-three), not 3:30.
In conversation
—Entschuldigung, wie spät ist es? —Halb fünf.
“—Excuse me, what time is it? —4:30.”