I have a colleague X, and another person from the office named Y came looking for him but X was not on his seat. When X comes back, how do I tell him "Y came looking for you"?
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6Did you try to use an online translator? What did it say? Do you have further problems with this translation attempt?– IQVCommented Apr 11, 2018 at 13:55
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reopened as per meta german.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1357/…– TakkatCommented Apr 11, 2018 at 21:14
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3 Answers
Formal would be
Y hat Dich/Sie gesucht.
Y hat nach Dir/Ihnen gefragt.
You could also say (informally)
Y wollte Dich sprechen
Y war gerade hier
Y wollte was von Dir
answered Apr 11, 2018 at 14:17
formal:
Frau Y hat Sie gesucht.
Y hat Dich gesucht.
informal:
Y wollte etwas von Dir.
The level of formality in your office somewhat decides what to use but you never go wrong with the formal variant.
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2This only goes to show that the initial eager to close this question were wrong. I could never have guessed that the phrase with "wollte" is informal, nor can I find this info in the usual resources.– BetaCommented Apr 21, 2018 at 4:50
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1@Beta: thank you - that is exactly why I brought it up in Meta.– TakkatCommented Apr 21, 2018 at 8:19
It depends on the level of formality your colleagues talk to each other and talk to you. Listed from the the language you would use with a friend to very polite and formal language, these would be my solutions:
Y wollte was von Dir/Ihnen
This is the equivalent of: "X wanted something". As you see, it is not the politest language, but it most definitely isn't rude.
Y hat Dich/Sie gesucht
Y war vorhin hier
Y wollte etwas mit Dir/Ihnen besprechen
Y hatte ein Anliegen
These are just simple sentences, you could add more details like "Y wanted to talk to you, but you weren't here, so I said I'd remind you", I don't know if that's the case
