die Woche
der Flur
der Plan
der Samstag
der Freitag
die Änderung

The idea

“Dran sein” (short for daran) uses sein: “Du bist dran”, “Wer ist mit dem Müll dran?”. The formal equivalent is “an der Reihe sein”. “Laut Plan” means according to the rota; laut is often used with a bare noun. “Stattdessen” (instead) works as an adverb in the middle of the sentence. In parts of south-west Germany, the house-cleaning duty is traditionally called Kehrwoche.

Other ways to say it

“Wer hat diese Woche Flurdienst?” – Short and common in shared flats; Dienst means duty.

“Können wir diese Woche tauschen?” – Friendly request to swap turns with one person.

Examples

  • Wer ist diese Woche mit dem Flur dran?Whose turn is it to clean the hallway this week?
  • Laut Plan bist du am Samstag dran.According to the rota, it is your turn on Saturday.
  • Kann ich stattdessen am Freitag putzen?Can I clean on Friday instead?
  • Ja, trag die Änderung bitte ein.Yes, please put the change on the rota.
  • Den Keller macht aber jemand anderes?But someone else cleans the basement?
  • Genau, dafür gibt es einen eigenen Plan.Exactly; there is a separate rota for that.

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Watch out

“Wer hat diese Woche dran mit dem Flur?” → “Wer ist diese Woche mit dem Flur dran?”: The fixed phrase is dran sein, not dran haben. Dran also belongs at the end of the clause, after the task with mit.

Try it yourself

  1. Translate into German: Whose turn is it to clean the hallway this week?

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    Wer ist diese Woche mit dem Flur dran?

    “Wer” is the subject, “ist” follows, then time, task “mit dem Flur” and the particle “dran” at the end.

  2. Put the words in order: am / Freitag / ich / Kann / putzen / stattdessen

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    Kann ich stattdessen am Freitag putzen?

    “Kann” opens the question; “stattdessen” and “am Freitag” sit in the middle, and “putzen” closes as infinitive.

  3. Write this sentence in German: Exactly; there is a separate rota for that.

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    Genau, dafür gibt es einen eigenen Plan.

    “Genau” agrees; “dafür” refers to the basement, and “es gibt” plus accusative introduces “einen eigenen Plan”.

Use it today

Write a message to a flatmate asking whether you can swap your bathroom turn this week, and say which day you could do it instead.