While still on the topic of money – have you ever been to a bank in a german speaking country just didnt know how to explain what you want. Well you are not the only one :) it has happened to me several times. As a result one of the things I made quite sure my at the deutschakademie thaught me were the words to use for financial transactions. He gave me six of these :überweisen -transferabheben – withdraweinzahlen – depositkündigen – close an accounteröffnen – open an accountüberziehen -overdraft