Is “du bist dran” the best translation for “it is your turn”?

Question

Is there a more direct translation of "it is your turn"?

I have used "du bist dran" for card games and the like, but is that a good translation in general? For example how would you translate "it is your turn to do the dishes"?

Answer 1

Du bist dran.

Yes, that's a good translation for a colloquial sentence (the expression dran sein is colloquial for an der Reihe sein).

Your example sentence:

Du bist dran Geschirr zu spülen.

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Alternatively:

• Du bist an der Reihe
• Du kommst dran

Du bist an der Reihe Geschirr zu spülen.

Answer 2

Yes.

As regards washing the dishes, I would say:

Du bist mit dem Geschirrspülen dran.

Answer 3

"Du bist dran" is the best translation in the sense that it covers most cases of "it is your turn".

More close translation would be:

"Du bist am Zug." or "Dein Zug."

but this would not be appropriate for dish-washing. This would apply to games where you actually move something during the turn (think chess) and to situations where the phrase includes a challenge e.g. in a discussion you demolish all arguments of your opponent and then add "now it is your turn".

Answer 4

As swegi has pointed out already, Du bist dran is perfectly fine, both for games and in general. "It's your turn to..." can be usually translated as "Du bist dran mit..." (+ dative). If you are looking for alternatives, there's always Du bist an der Reihe.

Answer 5

Für mich ist das die korrekte Übersetzung. Deinen Beispielsatz würde ich folgendermaßen übersetzen:

Du bist dran mit Geschirr spülen.