Greetings & Farewells

Guten Morgen

Guten Tag

Guten Abend

Gute Nacht

Most Common Greetings

Hallo!

Young people in Germany frequently say “Hallo!”

Hallo Monika! Hallo

Petra!

Guten Morgen Guten Abend

Guten Morgen Kinder!

Young people in Germany frequently just say “Morgen!”

Guten Morgen Kinder!

Guten Morgen

Frau Schmidt! Morgen

Frau Schmidt!

Guten Tag Tag

Gute Nacht

Gute Nacht is usually reserved for when you are parting very late at night and going to bed. If you meet someone at nine in the evening you would say guten Abend.

Mahlzeit

Mahlzeit literally means ‘meal time’ and is used to say hello at a meal time when some is eating.

Greetings in Germany

Moin Moin

Grüβ dichMoin Moin is only said in the northern part of GermanyGrüβ dich is only said in the southern part of Germany

Greetings in Austria

Grüβ Gott

ServusGerman is spoken in Austria, however, the accent is slightly different than in Germany and some words are different too.The same is true in the U.S. A person from Georgia does not usually sound the same as a person from New York. Common words are different too. Some people use the term ‘pop’ for soft drinks, whereas others use the term ‘soda’.

Most Common Farewells• Auf Wiedersehen• Wiedersehen

• Tschüs• Bis dann (see you then)• Bis später (see you later)• Später (later)• Bis bald (see you soon)

Farewells in Germany

Auf Wiedersehen

Auf Wiedersehen is often shortened to Wiedersehen.

Farewells in Austria

AufWiederschauen

Auf Wiederschauen is often shortened to Wiederschauen.

Farwells in Germany & Austria

Tschüs

Many people just say Tschüs!