Vocabulary
| English | German |
| Hello! | Hallo! |
| I | Ich |
| I am... | Ich bin |
| How | Wie |
| You | Du |
| Your name is... | Du heißt ... |
| What is your name? | Wie heißt du? |
| My name is... | Ich heiße ... |
| It | Es |
| It goes | Es geht |
| How is it going? | Wie geht's? (Longer: Wie geht es?) |
| Me | Mir |
| Good | Gut |
| I'm good. | Es geht mir gut. (Shorter: Mir geht's gut. Even shorter:Gut.) |
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| You know | Du kennst |
| Do you know...? | Kennst du ...? |
| Teacher | Lehrer |
| Yes | Ja |
| He | Er |
| His name is... | Er heißt ... |
| Mr. | Herr |
| Oh | Oh |
| Thanks | Danke |
| Until | Bis |
| Then | Dann |
| See you! | Bis dann! |
| On | Auf |
| Again | Wieder |
| (to) see | sehen |
| Goodbye! | (Auf) Wiedersehen! |
| Hello! | | Hallo! | Servus! (used in eastern Austria, informal) | Moin! (used in northern Germany) |
| Good morning! | | Moin Moin! (used in northern Germany) | Guten Morgen! | Morgen! (shorter) |
| Good day! | | Guten Tag! | Tag! (used in Germany, shorter) |
| Good evening! | Guten Abend! |
| Hello! | Grüß Gott! (used in southern Germany, Austria and South Tyrol) |
| Goodbye! | | Auf Wiedersehen! | Wiedersehen! (shorter) |
| Bye! | | Tschüss! | Ciao! (pronounced as in Italian) | Servus! (used in eastern Austria, informal) |
| See you later! | Bis später! |
| See you! | | Bis dann! | Bis bald! |
| See you soon! | Bis gleich! |
| Good night! | Gute Nacht! |
The others, of course, would be useful to know if you are traveling to regions where they are used. (As you can see, the different German-speaking regions often have their own ways of saying hello and goodbye. However, you will not be required to know any of these less common phrases for any problems or tests.)
| English | German |
| Mr. | Herr |
| Mrs. | Frau |
| English | German |
| How are you? | Wie geht's? (longer: Wie geht es?) |
| Great | Prima |
| Good | Gut |
| Very Good | Sehr Gut |
| Miserable | Miserabel |
| Bad | Schlecht |
| Not (so) good | Nicht (so) gut |
| O.K. | Ganz gut |
| All right | Es geht so. (Or shorter: Geht so.) |
The more formal form is Wie geht es Ihnen?
| English | German |
| Good morning. | Guten Morgen. |
| You (formal) | Sie |
| You are... (formal) | Sie sind ... |
| Are you...? (formal) | Sind Sie ...? |
| No | Nein |
| Late | Spät |
| I am late. | Ich bin spät dran. |
| You're welcome. | Bitte. |
| Also | Auch |
| Later | Später |
| See you later. | Bis später. |
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| English | German |
| 1st person | I | Ich |
| Singular | 2nd person | You | Du,Sie |
| 3rd person | He,She,It | er, sie, es |
| 1st person | We | wir |
| Plural | 2nd person | You | ihr, Sie |
| 3rd person | They | sie |
Sie is the formal (polite) version of du and ihr.