But there are numerous other ways to state hello in German. The majority of them are predominantly found in a certain age range, in a certain time or in a particular region of Germany. Its good to have already heard of them once to understand them when people are talking to you if youre learning German. But perhaps additionally, you will like to adopt examples which you fancy and make them part of your active vocabulary. learning german online
We categorized the greetings into different groups and possess prepared decodings [literal translations in square brackets] if helpful, and audio examples that demonstrate intonation and pronunciation, that correspond to the example situation in (brackets). Nevertheless can give you a first idea about the use of the individual greetings, even though these situations of course, are only examples.
time dependent
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1. Guten Morgen!
[Good morning! ]
(partners meeting in the company; teacher to year 5 - year 5 to teacher)
2. Morgen!
[Morning! ]
(child still half at sleep; student greeting teacher passing by)
3. N�Morgen!
[(goo)d�morning]
(man meets neighbour at the bakery)
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4. Guten!
[Bon (appetit)]
(student enters the cafeteria and sees some friends of his that already eat)
5. Guten Abend!
[Good evening] formal
(ticket takers with a theater)
6. Abend!
[Evening! ]
(man meeting colleagues in the evening)
7. N�Abend!
[(Goo)d�evening]
(adults meeting later in the day in the supermarket)
8. guten Tag!
[Good day! ] rather formal
(at the interview between 9am and 4 pm)
9. Tag!
[Day! ]
(partners meet)
casual
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10. Hi!
(age: 6-30; 1. meeting your mates, 2. Meeting somebody new of your own age)
11. Hey!
(12-30; (a) Answering a �Hi�, b) Hello here I am just, 3. c) Hello, what�s wrong? )
youth slang
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12. Joooo!
[Yoooo] (14-25, male) (1. Meeting your mates, 2. Answering a �Joo�/�Hallo�/�
13. Servoooz!
(16-22; young male adults meeting in Speyer (a German city; example for any local slang; basically a strange pronunciation of Servus! )
artificial, trilled
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14. Hallihallo!
[Hellihello]
(animator to younger children)
15. Hall�chen!
[little-Hello]
(mother coming home in great mood)
regional
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16. Moin!
(North Germany at each and every time (though it sounds a bit just like a short form for Morgen! [Morning! ] it's probably a derivate through the Dutch mo(o)i [good])
17. Moinsen!
(North Germany; younger people)
18. Servus!
(South Germany) (more standard German pronunciation; Bavarian)
19. Sers!
(South Germany)
20. Gr�� dich!
(friends 35 meet; rather South)
21. Gr�� Gott!
(40 , particularly towards local pastor; rather South)
just weird:
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22. Tagchen.
[little-Day]
(Weird people ;))
away from box - especially saying hello back
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23. Na?
(basically asking you to tell something that has happened lately) Alternatively, just to tell how you are; father coming home from work)
24. Na, du?
(same as Na? , but more playful; mother to young child; a girl asking her boyfriend how he is)
25. Na, alles klar?
[Na, everything clear? ]
(12-25: checking if everything is alright; male friends meet - you would not expect a comprehensive answer, just something such as "Ajo, und bei dir? " [Yeah, and at/along with you? ])
26. Na, alles fit?
[Na, everything fit? ]
(14-25; identical to "Na, alles klar" meeting a pal that has been away some days or the like)
27. Na, was geht?
[Na, what goes? ]
(=Hey, what's up? , 14-22; esp. male; adolescents meeting)
Das war's.
[That was't]
That's it!
ABER HALLO!
[But hello! ]
Hell yeah!
Please note that age indications are extremely subjective and possibly also region dependent. Please also note once again that this is called yet another ressource for a reason, it's totally sufficient to stay using the examples we picked for you as part of the core content from the course; those are the most common. We just felt like you need to be supplied with a far more detailed overview, in the event that interests you. So we hope you enjoyed it. If you you want to, especially if you have any further questions, or suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment.