Farewell in German - German online - Start Deutsch. How to say hello in German Forms of greeting and farewell in German

The greeting carries an important emotional load and is a kind of introduction to the subsequent communication process.

That is why a greeting (as well as a farewell) must necessarily be consistent with the atmosphere in which it is used or in which communication takes place or will take place.

Greetings in German exist in oral and written form and are constantly used by people in everyday life, at work, in public places, when making phone calls, in written messages of various kinds (letters, telegrams, electronic correspondence), etc. There are common concepts in the language to denote various greetings:

Russian	Deutsch	Russian	Deutsch
hi, greeting	der Gruss – die Grüsse	greetings	die Begrüssung — die Begrüssungen
welcome address	die Grussansprache – die Grussansprachen	greeting speech	die Begrüssungsrede – die Begrüssungsreden
welcome message	die Grussbotschaft – die Grussbotschaften	welcome (written) message	das Begrüssungsschreiben – die Begrüssungsschreiben
giving (military) honor	die Ehrenbezeigung	honoring	festliche Begrüssung – festliche Begrüssungen
welcome gesture	die Begrüssungsgeste – die Begrüssungsgesten	welcome gesture	die Begrüssungsgebärde – die Begrüssungsgebärden
bow greeting, bow	die Verbeugung – die Verbeugungen	greeting with fireworks, salutation	der Salut
greeting at a meeting, warm welcome	die Bewillkommnung	greeting at a meeting (official or after a long separation)	der Willkommensgrüss – die Willkommensgrüsse
accepted form of greeting	die Begrüssungsformel – die Begrüssungsformeln	gala meeting	die Begrüssungsfeier
welcome toast	der Willkommenstrunk – die Willkommenstrünke	welcome toast, aperitif as a greeting (at an event)	der Begrüssungstrunk – die Begrüssungstrünke

It is typical for Germans to use different greetings at different times of the day; different greetings are also used in different regions. Since greetings are inextricably linked with their opposite - farewells, this article will also mention the various words that Germans use when saying goodbye to each other.

Russian	Deutsch
Hello! (in German this greeting has a less informal meaning compared to Russian, so it can be used in more situations and is therefore very common)	Hello!
Greetings to you (you, you - when addressing several people)! (this greeting will sound correctly in almost any situation)	Grüsse Sie (dich, euch)!
Good morning! (both full and shortened greetings are equally common, appropriate at the beginning of the day; the short form is more typical for colloquial speech)	Guten Morgen! Morgen!
Good afternoon Hello! (can be used at any time of the day; the shortened version is typical for colloquial speech)	Guten Tag! Tag!
Good evening! (this greeting is appropriate after about six o’clock in the evening; the shortened version is typical for colloquial speech)	Guten Abend! Abend!
Good night! Good night! (good night wishes as a goodbye before going to bed)	Gute Nacht!
Good night! Pleasant dreams! (wishes of peaceful sleep and pleasant dreams as a farewell before going to bed)	Schlaf gut!
Hello! Bon appetit! (this greeting is appropriate to use to greet those gathered, for example, at a table, in a cafe or just visiting somewhere at lunchtime)	Mahlzeit!
Hello! (formal greetings, correct to use at any time of the day; this greeting is more typical in the southern regions of Germany and Austria)	Grüss Gott!
Hello! Hello! Goodbye! (an informal greeting widely used in various German regions, but especially in the German south)	Servus!
Hello! Hello! (an informal greeting used mostly in the northern German regions)	Moin!
Goodbye! Bye! (used universally for informal farewells)	Tschüss!
Bye! See you soon! See you later! (words with similar semantics, used to say goodbye in an informal setting, when a quick meeting is expected)	Bis dann!
	Bis später!
	Bis bald!
	Bis nachher!
	Bis gleich!
Ciao! Bye! Farewell! (purely colloquial farewell)	Tschau! Ciao!
See you soon! Goodbye! (a neutral expression that can be used in absolutely any situation)	Auf Wiedersehen!
See you! Bye! (appropriate to use when saying goodbye for a short time, for example, before some planned event)	Sehen wir uns!
Allow me to take my leave! Let me say goodbye! (farewell to the official audience, in an official setting)	Ich würdemichverabschieden!

Greetings in everyday life are used by Germans much more often than by Russian people, and do not always imply a subsequent communication process. In many situations, greeting strangers only indicates goodwill, good upbringing, and the absence of an aggressive attitude. In Russia, the functions of greetings are somewhat more stringent, since they almost always oblige those to whom the speaker is addressing to maintain a conversation. The role of farewell in speech is no less important, since the prospects for communication in the future depend on its form.

The procedure of greeting and farewell is used not only in oral speech, but is also a mandatory attribute of all kinds of written messages. The vocabulary used naturally depends on whether the letter or other written communication is official or not.

Russian	Deutsch
(My) dear Barbara! (My) dear Klaus! (a typical greeting address to friends or well-known people at the beginning of the letter)	(Meine) liebe Barbara! (Mein) lieber Klaus!
Hello my dear friend Peter!	Hallo mein lieber Freund Peter!
Hello! (perhaps the shortest greeting option acceptable in a situation where it is clearly clear from whom the letter was received)	Hello!
Dear Mr. Sauer! Dear Mrs. Sauer! (formal address to unfamiliar persons)	Sehr geehrter Herr Sauer! Sehr geehrte Frau Sauer!
Dear Mr. Planck! Dear Mrs. Plank! (less formal respectful address - a written greeting from a well-known person)	Lieber Herr Plank! Liebe Frau Plank!
Best wishes	viele Grüsse, liebe Grüsse
(Yours) Barbara (farewell at the end of a letter to a friend or loved one)	Deine Barbara
With love, Otto (farewell at the end of a letter to a loved one)	Mit Liebe, Otto
See you later! (farewell at the end of the informal letter)	Bis Bald!
All the best! Love! (farewell at the end of the letter to a close, well-known person)	Alles Liebe!
Best wishes! (farewell at the end of the informal letter)	Alles Gute!
With big hugs, Cecilia (farewell at the end of a letter to a loved one)	Grosse Umarmung, Cecilia
With warm regards, Ulrike (farewell at the end of a letter to a loved one)	Mit herzlichen Grüssen, Ulrike
With friendly greetings, Werner (farewell at the end of the official letter)	Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Werner
(Big) heartfelt greetings from Bremen! (farewell at the end of the letter indicating the place from which it was sent)	(Viele) liebe Grüsse ausBremen!
Kisses (farewell to a friend or loved one)	Sei geküsst

How to say "Hello" in German? It would seem that it could be simpler than the usual greeting and the short word “hallo”, which absolutely everyone who studies German knows, but there are many options and features of the greeting. We will analyze the most interesting ones together in our video, as well as in the article!!

Greeting in German is an important part of conversation! Very often, depending on the greeting, the first impression of a person is formed. Today we’ll talk about the German system of greeting words and expressions: just something complicated!

Although the culture of communication is changing towards softening strict rules, Germans still formally behave both with representatives of other countries and with each other

This becomes obvious if we consider the options for German greetings, which vary as by time of day when they are used, and in different regions where they are in use.

FACT: In Bavaria and southern Germany they usually say: Grüß Gott! . And in Berlin you can often hear: Schönen Tag!

In the morning you should use:
"Guten Morgen", or simply " Morgen", that is, "Good morning",

Or a universal phrase:
"Guten Tag", that is, "Hello." Guten Tag" also means "Good afternoon", so it can be used throughout the day.

FACT: By the way, the day in the German worldview usually begins at 12:00

After about six in the evening, Germans greet each other with the phrase:
"Guten Abend", that is, "Good evening."
"Gute Nacht", "Good night", is used either when saying goodbye at the end of the evening, or when a person actually goes to bed.
There is another greeting:
"Grüß dich", literally "I salute you." This phrase is used mainly by young people.

There are different regional variations of German greetings. For example, in Austria and southern Germany the greeting is
"Grüß Gott", literally "Greetings to God." And also common
"Servus!", literally "hello"

If you are in doubt about which phrase to use in a given situation, you can always say
"Hello", "Hello".

FACT: It is always better to start with a more formal address and gradually move to a less formal one if you feel that your interlocutor does not mind.

Since Germans pay great attention to formalities, they constantly use titles. When addressing someone who is not your friend, always use words such as Herr, Frau, Dr in combination with their last name - Herr, Frau, Dr Schmidt.

Let's expand our vocabulary!

For your convenience, we have made useful cheat sheets in which we have collected a selection of greetings for all occasions!

A little about goodbyes

A wide range of expressions can also be used for goodbye, varying depending on the status of your interlocutor. If the situation is formal, you can say " Auf Wiedersehen", "Goodbye", literally: "until we see you again." Among friends or in an informal setting, you can use " Bis bald", "See you later", " Tschüss", "Bye" or " Sehen wir uns" - “See you” or See you. Do you want to learn German? Sign up for Deutsch Online school! To study you need a computer, smartphone or tablet with Internet access, and you can study online from anywhere in the world at a time convenient for you.

Hallo and Tschüs or Guten Tag and Auf Weidersehen - learned and order! Why bother with other forms of greeting and farewell? Well, well... There are actually a lot more of them in the German language. And if you are not going to use them, then you will still have to understand the interlocutor.

Let's start with regional forms. You learn and learn German, and then you come to the south of Germany and at the very first bakery you blink at the words of the saleswoman.

"Grüß Cott!" — she says, smiling. "Gott? “What does God have to do with it,” you think. And this, it turns out, is a form of greeting. Literally translated as “Salute God!” By the way, Northern Germans are not familiar with this phrase, so it is better not to train on them. They usually answer this: “I’m not going that far today,” or “definitely, if I meet him.”

“Grüß dich” - this is a more understandable form - “I greet you” - is also used mainly by southerners, but the previous one is much more common.

Other regions of Germany have different greetings: the above-mentioned northerners greet with a short word - Moin.

Servus! - serves both as a greeting among some German peoples - Swabians and indigenous Bavarians, and as a farewell among the latter.

And those who live in the German state of Hesse can greet you with the word Gude!

I found this map in one magazine, which shows in which regions of Germany what the greeting is. Please note that even the usual Guten Tag is less common to certain regions. Wow!!!

Hallo (like Tschüss), by the way, is appropriate to use in any situation - both in the city administration and when addressing older people, and even the boss.

And many Germans like to shorten the usual Guten Morgen, Guten Abend, Guten Tag- dropping the adjective. All mothers greet each other in the morning in the garden, chanting the word Morgen - moooorgeeen!!! Well, that’s right, why say an extra word if you don’t know whether your interlocutor had a good morning or, as usual, so-so...

And some, on the contrary, discard the second part of the above combinations and greet only with an adjective: Guten!!!

Also, “hello in German” sometimes sounds like this: Hey! or Hoi! , and sometimes even two-letter ones: Jo! or Na!

There are also a decent bunch of special German greetings - used among sailors, among foresters, among fishermen and far in the mountainous regions.

And at noon, when all the Germans are walking together for lunch, you will hear the word - Mahlzeit! - the literal translation of which is “meal”. But this word is also a greeting!

The usual greeting in German - Hallo - is also often transformed. Either in a diminutive form: Hallöchen, or almost in a song: Hallihallohallöle. Or in a whole verse: Hallo, wie geht´s, wie steht´s?- Hello, how are you doing?

And some more greeting phrases:

Hallo alle! - Hi all!

Gruß euch, alle miteinander! - Greetings to all!

Guten abend allerseits! - Good evening everyone!

Seien Sie gegrüßt! - We greet you!

Sei tausendmal gegrüßt! - A thousand greetings to you!

How to say hello in German

Sometimes you need to not just say that “hello”, but convey it to someone. This is how the Germans do it:

Grüß bitte Sofia von mir! — Say hello to Sofia for me!

Bestell ihm viele Grüße von mir! - Say hello to him from me!

Ich soll dich herzlich von Erik grüßen. - I give you heartfelt greetings from Klaus!

Er lässt dich herzlich grüßen. - He says hello!

Übermitteln Sie allen Mitarbeitern meine herzlichen Grüße! — Please convey my heartfelt greetings to all employees.

Forms of farewell in German

The main form of farewell is Tschüs - bye. History claims that this form was adopted from the Spaniards and comes from the Spanish form - "adios" - literally "go with God!" The Dutch transformed this word into “atjüs”, and then the northern Germans heard this word from their neighbors and began to use it too, transforming it into “atschüs”.

But other Germans - the Swabians - liked the French adieu more and, throwing away a couple of letters, began to say goodbye with the short word ade! - and continue to do so - in particular in !

The Italian “ciao” was also not ignored. Only at first they remade it in their own way - ciao! It is mainly used by Swiss Germans, but also in regions bordering this country - it is also very popular. And you can even hear it in Munich!

And the Germans say goodbye like this:

Bis morgen! - Till tomorrow!

Mach´s gut! - Be healthy!

Schönen Feierabend! — Have a nice time after work!

Schönes Wochenende! - Happy Weekends!

Man sieht sich. - See you!

Auf Wiedersehen! - Goodbye!

And the Germans are very fond of the phrase “see you soon”, and in different variations:

Bis gleich! Bis bald! Bis dann! Bis später!

And, finally, let me remind YOU that when greeting Germans, be sure to extend your hand and shake vigorously, whether it’s a man or a woman. And when saying goodbye - if you have chosen Tschüs from the options offered - chant it. Because this is probably the most musical German word and the Germans do not pronounce it, but sing it. Therefore, I wish you all the best and Ttttttsssssssccccchhhhhhüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss