Greetings Farewells Most Common Greetings Guten Morgen Guten

Greetings & Farewells

Most Common Greetings Guten Morgen Guten Tag Guten Abend Gute Nacht

Hallo Monika! Hallo Petra! Young people in Germany frequently say “Hallo!”

Guten Morgen Guten Abend

Guten Morgen Kinder! Morgen Frau Schmidt! Guten Morgen Frau Schmidt! Young people in Germany frequently just say “Morgen!”

Guten Tag

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

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

Greetings in Austria Grüβ Gott Servus German 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 • • • Tschüs Bis dann (see you then) Bis später (see you later) Später (later) Bis bald (see you soon)

Farewells in Germany Auf Wiedersehen is often shortened to Wiedersehen.

Farewells in Austria Auf Wiederschauen is often shortened to Wiederschauen.

Farwells in Germany & Austria Tschüs Many people just say Tschüs!