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English to Finnish Greetings and Goodbyes

If you're learning Finnish, you'll probably want to learn some Finnish greetings. Should that be the case, then you've come to the right place because that's what this page is all about.

Below you'll find three types of Finnish greetings. First up are the hellos, next up are the timely greetings (like good morning, good afternoon, and good evening), and finally, you'll see the goodbyes.

Greetings from English to Finnish:

Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of greetings from Finnish to English.


English to Finnish Hellos

Hello ➔ Hei

Hello ➔ Terve

Hello? ➔ Haloo? (when answering the phone)

Hi ➔ Moi


Timely Greetings from English to Finnish

Good morning ➔ Hyvää huomenta

Good afternoon ➔ Hyvää päivää

Good evening ➔ Hyvää iltaa


English to Finnish Goodbyes

Bye! ➔ Hei, hei! (informal)

Goodbye ➔ Moikka

Goodbye ➔ Näkemiin (formal)


*English to Finnish greetings last updated: March 29, 2018.



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Perhaps you want to learn greetings and goodbyes in these other languages?

Afrikaans, Arabic, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Mandarin, Maori, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Swedish, Urdu, and Vietnamese.


The Fine Print

I don't speak Finnish myself, so there could be mistakes in the translations. Most of what is here is user-submitted, but I do try to check for accuracy and make corrections as I can. Thanks for your understanding. Best of luck on your Finnish language learning journey!



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