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7. Dez. 2022 · These are simple, polite greetings that acknowledge someone’s presence or take the first step in starting a conversation. In this structure, you have a single greeting word (hi/hey) + a question. For example, How’s it going or what’s up? However, this isn’t the same as asking: how are you?
- Hallo – “Hello”
- Guten Tag – “Good Day”
- Alles Klar – “All Clear”
- Was ist los? – “What’s Up?”
- Wie geht Es dir? – “How’s It Going?”
- Grüß Gott! – “God Bless You”
- Servus – “At Your Service”
- Moin! – “Hi!”
- Na – “Hi, How Are You? Fine Thanks, How Are You?”
- Hier Ist… – “It’S…”
This is the simplest way to say “hello” in German. It's a friendly, all-purpose greeting that can be used in pretty much any situation, formal or informal.
Guten Tagis the German “hello” that's best-known to English speakers. It's slightly formal, but only slightly. Guten means “good” (it's the masculine accusative form of gut). Easy! Now just add the right word for the time of day: 1. Before midday: say guten Morgen(good morning) 2. Midday until approximately 6pm: say guten Tag(good day) 3. 6pm until...
If you live or travel in Germany, you'll hear people saying alles klarall the time. It means “everything (is) clear!”. It can be used as a question (alles klar?) a statement, or merely to fill empty space. What we care about here is that it's also used as a greeting, especially by young people. Greeting someone with “alles klar?” is a lot like gree...
Was ist los? is hard to translate directly. The adjective los roughly means “separate” or “free”. Asking someone was ist los? is like saying “what's up?” or “what's going on?”, very similar to greeting someone with alles klar? The confusing thing is that was ist los?can also mean “what's the matter?”, i.e. it implies that you perceive that somethin...
“How does it go to you?” is the literal translation of this essential German phrase. You can guess at a better translation: this is a common German way of saying “how’s it going?” When you use dir, it’s informal. In a more formal situation, you should probably say wie geht es Ihnen? When informally addressing a group, say Wie geht es euch? The phra...
Within and between the German-speaking countries, there’s a lot of linguistic and cultural diversity. Not every greeting is in equal use across the entire Germanosphere. So for the next few items on this list, we'll look at some greetings that are unique to certain areas. Grüß Gottis an expression that's mainly used in Bavaria (south-eastern German...
Servusis Latin for “servant”, and its use as a greeting comes from a Latin phrase meaning “at your service”. Like Grüß Gott, servusis mainly used in Bavaria and Austria. It can also be used to say goodbye
Let's move to the other end of the German map. Moin is a common greeting in northern Germany, especially in and around Hamburg. You also sometimes hear people doubling it up: moin moin! The origins of the word “moin” are uncertain. Many think that it comes from a regional pronunciation of Morgen(“morning”), but it's possible that it also comes from...
Nais another regional German greeting. It's common in the north, and people from Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland tend to struggle with it. I can't blame them, because it's hard to explain. There's no easy way to translate nainto English. It's best explained by example: when two (northern) Germans meet, one might say “na”, to which the oth...
This one might not technically count as a greeting, but it's still worth including, because you're likely to say it when meeting someone… but only if you're notmeeting face-to-face. Let me explain: Imagine you're calling, texting, emailing, or otherwise communicating at a distance with someone who already knows you. If they don't recognise your voi...
2. Apr. 2024 · Hello, Bonjour, Hola, Salaam, Guten tag, Hello, Здравстуйте! It’s the first word you learn in any new language, the basic sign of welcome that shows your intent to talk to someone. Most likely, you learned the basic English greetings before you even started investing time in your language skills.
20. Apr. 2024 · Formal Greetings in English. 1. Good morning / Good afternoon / Good evening. 2. It’s nice to meet you / Pleased to meet you. 3. How have you been? 4. How do you do? Informal Greetings in English. 5. Hey / Hey man / Hi. 6. How’s it going? / How are you doing? 7. What’s up? / What’s new? / What’s going on? 8. How’s everything? / How are things?
We tend to greet friends and family with informal expressions like ‘hello’, ‘hi’ or ‘hey’ and follow up by asking “How’s it going?”, “How are you doing?” or “How’s life?” to find out how the person is. When you introduce a new person to your English-speaking friends, you can just say “This is (name)” then explain how you know the person.
10. Nov. 2023 · Learn how to say hello in German with 20 formal, informal, and slang greetings. Plus, discover regional greetings and ways to say goodbye.
28. Aug. 2016 · German. 16 Awesome Ways to Say Hello In German & German Greetings. by The Junkie June 8, 2022. You may know how to say bye in German but… How do you say hello in German? Great question! In this quick lesson (2-3 minute read), you’ll learn the 16 ways and common German greetings.
