Hello!
A useful greeting when meeting someone. In a more formal setting, Guten Tag is also common.
FREE BEGINNER LESSON 1 · GERMAN
German: First words
Say hello, greet someone in the morning and say goodbye.
Neutral and informal · greetings. Learn the meaning, listen to the pronunciation, then practise in the interactive lesson.
Try your first lessonOpening vocabulary referenceUseful German phrases and their meanings
Good morning!
Use this in the morning. Morgen is a noun here, so it has a capital letter.
Thank you.
A useful short thank you with friends or strangers. Vielen Dank is a warmer thank you very much.
Bye!
A common friendly farewell. For a more formal goodbye, use Auf Wiedersehen.
How the sentence works
Hallo is a useful neutral hello. Guten Morgen is the usual morning greeting. Danke means thank you; tschüss is an informal goodbye. German capitalises nouns, including Morgen, morning. Learn the spoken words together with their spelling.
A short conversation in German
Hello!
Good morning!
Bye!
Words to recognise
hello
morning
thank you
bye
Listen to the whole phrase before focusing on each word. You can replay as often as you like, and the interactive lesson uses pictures and a short exchange to put the meaning in context.
Open the interactive lessonThe opening six teaching lessons are free, including the mini-tests after lessons three and six. A test accepts any answer and shows the score and corrections at the end. No typing or speaking aloud is required.
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