Greeting words-German
If you want to make a good impression with German speakers, you’ll need a few basic phrases to meet and greet people.
After all, you’re going to use greetings every time you have a conversation in German!
These phrases are simple, easy to remember and will help you make new German friends.
- #1 Hallo – Hello [any time of day]
- (Ha-low)
- #2 Hallo, wie geht’s? – Hello, how are you?
- (ha-low, vee gits?)
- #3 Guten Morgen -Good morning
- (goot’n maw-g’n)
- #4 Guten Tag [lit. good day] – Good afternoon
- (goot’n day)
- #5 Guten Abend – Good evening
- (goot’n ab’nd)
- #6 Gute Nacht – Good night
- (goot-eh na-kht)
- #7 Vielen Dank – Thank you very much
- (thank you)
- #8 Ich danke Ihnen auch – Thank you, too [in reply to “thank you” from someone else else]
- (ikh thanks-eh-nen auk)
- #9 Tschüss, bis zum nächsten Mal – Goodbye, see you next time
- (choos, until the last time)
- #10 Schönes Wetter heute, nicht wahr? – It’s lovely weather today, is not it?
- (schoo-nes vet-ter hoy-teh nikht vaar?)
- #11 Mein Name ist _ – My name is _____
- (Mine nah-mah is _____)
- #12 Ich bin Amerikaner, Kanadier, Engländer (male) – I’m American / Canadian / English
- (ikh am Ameri-kAh-ner, Kan-Ah-dee-he, Eng-lan-der)
- #13 Ich bin Amerikanerin, Kanadierin, Engländerin (female) – I’m American / Canadian / English
- (ikh am Ameri-kAh-ner-in, Kan-Ah-dee-he-in, Eng-lan-der-in)
- #14 Woher kommen Sie? – Where are you from?
- (where did zee come from?)
- #15 Freut mich – Nice to meet you!
- (froyt mikh)
