Learn German: Greetings & Basics
30 vocabulary words with translations and phonetics. Download Repit to practice with spaced repetition and native audio.
Vocabulary list
| English | German |
|---|---|
| Hello | Hallo [ˈhaloː] |
| Good morning | Guten Morgen [ˈɡuːtn̩ ˈmɔʁɡn̩] |
| Good day | Guten Tag [ˈɡuːtn̩ ˈtaːk] |
| Good evening | Guten Abend [ˈɡuːtn̩ ˈaːbn̩t] |
| Good night | Gute Nacht [ˈɡuːtə ˈnaxt] |
| Goodbye | Auf Wiedersehen [auf ˈviːdɐˌzeːən] |
| Bye | Tschüss [tʃʏs] |
| Please | Bitte [ˈbɪtə] |
| Thanks | Danke [ˈdaŋkə] |
| Many thanks | Vielen Dank [ˈfiːlən ˈdaŋk] |
| You're welcome | Gern geschehen [ɡɛʁn ɡəˈʃeːən] |
| Yes | Ja [jaː] |
| No | Nein [naɪ̯n] |
| How are you? | Wie geht's? [viː ɡeːts] |
| Very good | Sehr gut [zeːɐ̯ ɡuːt] |
| I'm sorry | Entschuldigung [ɛntˈʃʊldɪɡʊŋ] |
| My name is... | Ich heiße... [ɪç ˈhaɪ̯sə] |
| Who? | Wer? [veːɐ̯] |
| What? | Was? [vas] |
| Where? | Wo? [voː] |
| When? | Wann? [van] |
| How? | Wie? [viː] |
| Friend | Freund [fʁɔʏ̯nt] |
| Name | Name [ˈnaːmə] |
| Nice to meet you | Freut mich [fʁɔʏ̯t mɪç] |
| See you later | Bis später [bɪs ˈʃpɛːtɐ] |
| See you soon | Bis bald [bɪs balt] |
| Good luck | Viel Glück [fiːl ɡlʏk] |
| How much? | Wie viel? [viː fiːl] |
| Of course | Natürlich [naˈtyːɐ̯lɪç] |
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