Q&A for How to Say Hello in German

You can say "danke" which means thank you or thanks.

Mom is "mama" or "mutti," but Mother is "mutter."

"Viel Glück!" or " Alles Gute." The last one can also be used when you are at someone's birthday party.

You say "Ich liebe dich."

Germans shake hands, much like the rest of western Europe. A common greeting would be "Guten Tag, wie gets?" meaning "Good day, how are you?" Older Germans more often use the more formal pronoun "Sie" instead of "Du" (both meaning "you"). It would be best to start with "Sie" if you address older Germans, and later switch to "Du" if it feels appropriate for the relation and the circumstances.

In a formal setting, you would say, "Sprechen Sie noch andere Sprachen?" Informally, you would say, "Sprichst du noch andere Sprachen?"

Informal: "Wie heißt du?" or "Wie ist dein Name?" Formal: "Wie heißen Sie?" or "Wie ist Ihr Name?"

The German translation of "May I apply for a job?" is "Darf ich mich bewerben?"

"Hallo meine Freunde." Explanation: "meine" is 1st person of plural and "freunde" is plural of freund.

Not always. There is a silent h in some German words, such as Thema, Kuh, Wahl, Mähne, stehlen, führen, wählen, etc.

"Wie spät ist es?" or "Wie spät?" (translated "how late is it", but means in German "what is the time").

No. "Mir geht es gut und du?" is "I'm fine and you?" It is the classic reply to the question "wie geht es dir?" ("How are you/How's it going with you?").

The formal version is "auf Wiedersehen" and if you are in Berlin it's very common to say "Ciao." Informally you can say "bis bald," which means "see you soon."

To be formal, you can say "Sie auch," and to be informal you can say "Du auch." Both mean "You too."

To your son you would say: " (ich) Hab` dich lieb."

Try "Hallo Fräulein, Sie sind sehr hübsch, darf ich Ihnen ein Getränk kaufen?".

You can say something like “Ich gehe in die fünfte Klasse“ or „ich besuche die fünfte Klasse“.

"What's up" is an informal/youth way to greet, and in German would be "Geht's?", "Wie geht's?" or "Was ist geil?"

"Was ist denn los?"

'Ich liebe dich, Mutter.'

Auf Wiedersehen. If you're in a rush, you can shorten it to Auf Wied.

You could say " Auf Wiedersehen", that is the formal way of saying it. It translates to "Goodbye". But informally it would be "Tschüss", when saying just "Bye" or "See ya".

"Auf Wierdersehen" works as more of a proper or formal way of saying goodbye. "Tschüss" is one I recommend if you want to be more casual.

In German, it would be "Sei vorsichtig (bis wir uns wiedersehen)."