The idea
“Der Hinweis auf + accusative” is a pointer or notice about something. “Rechtzeitig” means in good time. “Jemandem Bescheid sagen” takes a dative person (mir, Ihnen). “Jemandem etwas ersparen” (to save someone something) takes dative person and accusative thing. “Gut zu wissen” is a short casual reply.
Other ways to say it
“Danke, dass du Bescheid gesagt hast!” – Casual and warm; common in messages.
“Gut zu wissen, danke!” – Casual and short; fine for small pieces of news.
“Vielen Dank für die rechtzeitige Information.” – Formal; suits emails from offices or landlords.
Examples
- Danke für den rechtzeitigen Hinweis auf die Sperrung.Thanks for the timely heads-up about the closure.
- So kannst du noch einen anderen Weg planen.That way you can still plan another route.
- Gut, dass du mir vorher Bescheid gesagt hast.It is good that you let me know beforehand.
- Ich habe die neue Meldung gerade gesehen.I just saw the new notice.
- Deine Nachricht erspart mir einen unnötigen Umweg.Your message saves me an unnecessary detour.
- Dann hat der Hinweis seinen Zweck erfüllt.Then the heads-up has served its purpose.
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Watch out
“Gut, dass du mich vorher Bescheid gesagt hast.” → “Gut, dass du mir vorher Bescheid gesagt hast.”: In “Bescheid sagen”, Bescheid is the accusative object, so the person must be dative: mir. Learners use mich because English “tell me” has no visible case.
Try it yourself
Translate into German: Thanks for the timely heads-up about the closure.
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Danke für den rechtzeitigen Hinweis auf die Sperrung.
“Danke für” takes the accusative: “den rechtzeitigen Hinweis”, masculine with -en. “Auf die Sperrung” is accusative after auf and names the topic.
Put the words in order: Bescheid / dass / du / gesagt / Gut / hast / mir / vorher
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Gut, dass du mir vorher Bescheid gesagt hast.
“Gut, dass …” drops “Es ist” at the start, as speech often does. In the dass-clause, the perfect “gesagt hast” goes to the end, and “mir” is dative.
Write this sentence in German: Then the heads-up has served its purpose.
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Dann hat der Hinweis seinen Zweck erfüllt.
“Seinen Zweck erfüllen” means to serve its purpose; seinen refers back to der Hinweis, so it is masculine accusative.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
Translate into German: Thanks for the timely heads-up about the closure.
Danke für den rechtzeitigen Hinweis auf die Sperrung.
Put the words in order: Bescheid / dass / du / gesagt / Gut / hast / mir / vorher
Gut, dass du mir vorher Bescheid gesagt hast.
Write this sentence in German: Then the heads-up has served its purpose.
Dann hat der Hinweis seinen Zweck erfüllt.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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