Wie heißen Sie?
What is your name?
Language note: This is the formal way to ask someone's name.
Culture note: In Germany, it's expected to share or ask your last name in professional settings.
Context: The teacher asks for your name so they can remember you.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
Wie
[VEE]
How
Used to inquire about the manner or process of something.
Frage: Wie hast du das gemacht?
Question: How did you do that?
heißen
[HIY-sen]
are called
A term used to ask what name someone goes by.
Wie heißen Sie?
What is your name?
Sie
[zee]
you
Refers to a formal address for a person being spoken to.
Sie sind sehr freundlich.
You are very nice.
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