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German Weather Small Talk: "Heute ist schönes Wetter, oder?"

"Heute ist schönes Wetter, oder?" means "Nice weather today, isn't it?" and is a classic way to start small talk about the weather in German. The "oder?" (isn't it?/right?) at the end lightly seeks the other person's agreement. On a bad-weather day, "Heute ist schlechtes Wetter" (The weather's bad today) is also commonly used.

Examples

Heute ist schönes Wetter, oder?

"Nice weather today, isn't it?" (a classic weather small-talk opener)

Es ist heute sehr heiß.

"It's very hot today." (talking about the heat)

Morgen soll es regnen.

"It's supposed to rain tomorrow." (talking about the forecast)