Greetings in German

Find common greetings and phrases in German, and how to pronounce them.

Greetings

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Hello (formal)

Guten Tag

Goo-ten tahg

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Hello (informal)

Hallo

Hah-loh

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Greetings everyone

Ich grüße alle Anwesenden

Eesh ɡry-sseh ah-leh ahn-veh-zen-den

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How are you? (formal)

Wie geht es Ihnen

Vee geht es ee-nen

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Thank you

Danke

Dahn- keh

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Good morning

Guten Morgen

Goo-ten mor-gen

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Good afternoon

Guten Tag

Goo-ten tahg

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Good evening

Guten Abend

Goo-ten ah-bent

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Good night*

Gute Nacht

Goo-teh nahkt

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* only to be used with family and friends 

 

Other useful words and phrases

Term/Phrase

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Goodbye

Auf Wiedersehen

Awf Vee-der-seh-hen

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