German Phrase
Lass uns nächste Woche einen Kaffee trinken gehen.
Meaning
A friendly invitation to meet up and have a coffee together sometime next week. The phrase is informal and implies both the meeting and the act of drinking coffee.
When to use
Use this sentence with friends, classmates, or close colleagues when you want to suggest a casual coffee date in the near future. It’s too informal for a formal business setting or with strangers you don’t know well.
✦Grammar Breakdown
LassunsnächsteWocheeinenKaffeetrinkengehen
Lass uns + Infinitiv
‘Lass uns’ is the colloquial imperative of ‘lassen’ used to make a suggestion, followed by a pronoun (uns) and an infinitive verb.
Temporal expression
‘nächste Woche’ is a time phrase placed after the suggestion; it stays in the nominative because it is not a grammatical object.
Accusative object
‘einen Kaffee’ is the direct object of the verb ‘trinken’ and therefore takes the masculine accusative form ‘einen’.
Verb‑plus‑gehen construction
‘trinken gehen’ is a double‑infinitive construction meaning ‘to go drink (something)’. The main verb (gehen) indicates movement, while the second infinitive (trinken) describes the activity.
🗨In Conversation
Lass uns nächste Woche einen Kaffee trinken gehen.
Let's go have a coffee next week.
Klar, gern! Wie wäre es mit Dienstag um 15 Uhr?
Sure, gladly! How about Tuesday at 3 p.m.?
✕Common Mistakes
Lass uns gehen einen Kaffee trinken.
The verb ‘gehen’ must directly follow the activity verb ‘trinken’; the correct order is ‘trinken gehen’.
Lass uns nächste Woche einen Kaffees trinken gehen.
‘Kaffee’ is masculine; the accusative singular is ‘einen Kaffee’, not ‘einen Kaffees’.
Lassen Sie uns nächste Woche einen Kaffee trinken gehen.
‘Lassen Sie uns’ is formal; using it with ‘uns’ creates a mismatch. For formal you would say ‘Möchten Sie…’ or ‘Wollen Sie…’.
↔Alternatives
Wollen wir nächste Woche einen Kaffee trinken gehen?
Do we want to go have a coffee next week?
Wie wäre es, wenn wir nächste Woche einen Kaffee trinken gehen?
How about we go have a coffee next week?
Lass uns nächste Woche zusammen einen Kaffee trinken.
Let's have a coffee together next week.
Cultural Tip
Coffee culture is a cornerstone of daily life in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Meeting for coffee (Kaffee trinken) is a common way to catch up, discuss work informally, or simply enjoy a break. When speaking with people you don’t know well, replace ‘Lass uns’ with the more polite ‘Möchten Sie’ or ‘Wollen Sie’. Also, note that Germans often order a ‘Kaffee und Kuchen’ (coffee and cake) in the afternoon, so you might be invited to stay longer.