English to German Greetings and Goodbyes
It's always a good idea to learn a few greetings if you'll be meeting up with speakers of a different language. Fortunately, this page contains several German greetings and goodbyes to help you out, all translated from the English meanings.
Translations found below include words like hello and goodbye, plus more timely greeting phrases like good morning, good evening, good afternoon, and good night. Scroll down to learn all these translations and more.
Greetings from English to German:
Words in bold added/corrected during the last update. You can also view this list of greetings from German to English.
English to German Hellos
Hello ➔ Hallo
Hello! ➔ Grüß Gott! (Gruss Gott!) (used in Southern Germany, like hello or God bless you)
Hello! ➔ Moin! / Moin Moin! / Moinsen! (used in Northern Germany, like good day or have a good one)
Welcome ➔ Willkommen
Timely Greetings from English to German
Good morning. ➔ Guten Morgen.
Good day everyone! ➔ Guten Tag alle miteinander!
Good day. ➔ Guten Tag.
Good evening. ➔ Guten Abend.
Good night. ➔ Gute Nacht.
English to German Goodbyes
Goodbye ➔ Auf Wiedersehen
Bye ➔ Tschüß (Tschüss) / Tschau (Friendly)
Have fun! ➔ Viel Spaß! (Viel Spass!)
See you soon. ➔ Bis bald.
See you later. ➔ Bis dann.
See you then. ➔ Wir sehen uns dann.
See you next time. ➔ Bis zum nächsten Mal.
Other English to German Greeting-Related Words
Greeting ➔ Gruß (Gruss)
Greetings ➔ Gruße (Grusse)
This list of English to German greetings was last updated on April 29, 2025.
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