Translate German to Spanish

Free German to Spanish translator with the register set first — tú or usted — and names kept exactly as you wrote them.

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German to Spanish translator

German to Spanish translation with the register set first

Paste German and get Spanish back with the register already decided: tú for people you know, usted for everyone else. Most translators make that choice for you and do not mention it. This one asks first, because in Spanish it changes the grammar of every sentence, and a translation that gets it wrong is fluent and still wrong.

How to translate German to Spanish

Three steps. The second is the one most translators skip.

Paste or upload the German

Type, paste or drop in a document. German is already selected as the source on this page; if the text turns out to be something else, the detector says so above the editor and you can change it.

Set the register and mark the names to keep

Pick usted or tú from the register selector beside the language names, or leave it on Match source tone to follow the German. Select any name, brand or product term in the text and press Keep so it is not translated.

Translate, then check it

Read the Spanish if you can. If you cannot, back-translate it: run the result through Spanish to German and compare the meaning, sentence by sentence, with what you started from.

What changes between German and Spanish

The differences that decide whether a translation reads as written by a person.

Script and directionGerman is written in Latin; Spanish in Latin.
Word orderGerman is verb-second in main clauses, verb-final in subordinate clauses; Spanish is subject-verb-object. Sentences are rebuilt, not mapped word for word, and long sentences are where a weak translator loses the thread.
How politeness is markedSpanish separates 'tú' (familiar) from 'usted' (polite), and the verb changes with it. Spain uses 'vosotros' for a familiar group; Latin America uses 'ustedes' for any group. Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Central America use 'vos' in place of 'tú'.
Formality in GermanGerman separates 'du' (familiar, singular), 'ihr' (familiar, plural) and 'Sie' (polite, always capitalised, singular and plural). Business and official writing uses 'Sie' unless someone has offered 'du'.

Where translation into Spanish goes wrong

Three things Spanish readers notice at once, and a machine has to be told about.

Tú or usted changes every verb

'Tú' and 'usted' change the verb ending on every sentence, so the register has to be chosen before translating, not patched afterwards.

Regional vocabulary

Vocabulary splits by region: 'coche', 'carro' and 'auto' are all 'car'; 'ordenador' is Spain's word for 'computadora'.

Gender agreement

Every noun has a gender and adjectives agree with it; a machine that loses track mid-paragraph produces sentences a native reader stumbles on.

What has to be read correctly in the German first

Errors that start on the source side, before a single Spanish word is chosen.

The verb comes last

Subordinate clauses put the verb at the very end, so the meaning of a long German sentence is not settled until its last word; machines that translate too early get the verb wrong.

Separable verbs

Separable verbs split across the sentence ('macht… auf'); the prefix at the end changes the meaning entirely.

Modal particles

Modal particles ('doch', 'mal', 'ja') carry tone rather than meaning and have no direct English word.

Who translates German to Spanish here

Customer emails and support replies for Spanish-speaking clients.

Spanish coursework and exam practice.

Messages to family, landlords and local services in Spain or Latin America.

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German to Spanish translator FAQs

Is the German to Spanish translator free?

Yes. Translate German to Spanish without an account, within the per-run word allowance shown beside the editor. Signing in raises it, and Pro removes the guest limits and the ads. The pricing page lists what each plan includes.

Should I translate into Spanish as usted or tú?

Spanish separates 'tú' (familiar) from 'usted' (polite), and the verb changes with it. Spain uses 'vosotros' for a familiar group; Latin America uses 'ustedes' for any group. Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Central America use 'vos' in place of 'tú'. Use tú for friends, family and people who have used it with you; use usted for customers, officials, employers and anyone you have not met. The register selector sets this before the translation is made, so the grammar comes out right the first time rather than being patched afterwards.

Will it translate names, brands and product terms?

Not unless you want it to. Select a name or a term in the editor and press Keep, and it is passed through exactly as written. This matters for German to Spanish because a brand name can look like an ordinary word and get 'translated' into one.

How accurate is machine translation from German to Spanish?

Good enough to understand a document, answer an email or draft a reply, and it improves when you set the register and mark the names as kept first. It is not a substitute for a human translator on a contract, a medical document or anything with legal weight. The reliable way to check a translation you cannot read is to back-translate it: paste the Spanish result into a new run set to German and see whether the meaning survived.

Can I translate a whole document from German to Spanish?

Yes. Drop in a .docx, .pdf or .txt file, or paste the text; the output keeps the paragraph structure and can be copied, edited in place or exported.

Can I translate Spanish to German as well?

Yes. Use the Spanish to German translator, or press the swap button between the two language names on this page. Either way the register and the kept terms come with you.

After the translation

Check the German before you translate it, or shift the register of the result once it is in Spanish. One plan covers every tool.

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Each pair opens the translator with both languages already set. The register and the Keep button work the same on every one.