German Greetings and Goodbyes
If you're looking to learn some German greetings and goodbyes, then you'll hopefully find this page useful.
Below, you will find our main list of greetings and goodbyes in German, all translated to English. There are also the translations for time sensitive sayings like, 'Good morning', 'Good day', 'Good evening', and 'Good night'.
German Greetings and Goodbyes:
Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of greetings and goodbyes from English to German.
Hellos in German
Hallo ➔ Hello
Willkommen ➔ Welcome
Timely Greetings in German
Guten Morgen ➔ Good morning
Guten Tag alle miteinander ➔ Good morning everyone
Guten Tag ➔ Good day
Guten Abend ➔ Good evening
Gute Nacht ➔ Good night
German Goodbyes
Auf Wiedersehen ➔ Good bye
Tschüss / Tschüß / Tschau ➔ Bye (Friendly)
Bis bald ➔ See you soon
Bis dann ➔ See you later
Wir sehen uns dann ➔ See you then
Bis zum nächsten Mal ➔ See you next time
Other Greeting-Related Words in German
Gruß ➔ Greeting
Gruße ➔ Greetings
*List of German hellos and goodbyes last updated: March 21, 2018.
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