Guten Morgen, Guten Tag & More

This week I finally got around to doing my remix of JC Van Luyn's song "Guten Morgen, Guten Tag". I asked him several months ago if it would be OK for me to do a remix of his song. With the help of a former student of mine on guitar, I recorded the video you see below. After the video, you will see a short list of greetings, farewells, and basic German phrases that you should learn very early in your German learning. If you want a worksheet to go with this topic or more resources, you can get those things by supporting me on Patreon.

Greetings

As in many languages, there are more ways to greet someone than just saying "hello". Here are a few examples from the German language.

Hallo - hello

Guten Morgen - good morning

Guten Tag - good day

Guten Abend - good evening

Grüß dich - hello (southern Germany, casual)

Grüß Gott - hello (southern Germany, formal)

Servus - hello (Bavaria & Austria)

Farewells

There are almost as many ways to say "good-bye" as there are ways to say "hello". Some of them are dependent upon the time of the day like the greetings above are.

Auf Wiedersehen - good-bye (slightly more formal)

Tschüss - bye (casual)

Gute Nacht - good night

Bis bald - see you soon

Bis dann - until then

Bis später - until later

Tschau - bye (casual)

Servus - bye (Bavaria & Austria)

Basic Phrases

The song also features a few phrases that students who are just starting with their German learning should know. I have also included a few other phrases you should know on the list below.

Danke - thank you

Bitte - please, you're welcome

Wie geht's? - How's it going?

Mir geht's gut. - I'm doing well.

schlecht - bad, poorly

ja - yes

nein - no

Entschuldigen Sie. - Excuse me.

Sprechen Sie Englisch? - Do you speak English?

Es tut mir leid. - I'm sorry.

Wo ist die Toilette? - Where is the restroom?

Wo ist der Bahnhof? - Where is the train station?