Here are 20 common german phrases that you must know, and that you should learn very early in your german learning stage. Enjoy our "free german phrase translator".
• Good morning!.--- Guten Morgen!
• Good evening! --- Guten Abend
• Good night! --- Gute Nacht!
• Good afternoon! --- Guten Tag!
Note that good morning, good afternoon and good night use "guten" yet good night use the word "gute".
Why?
Because Morgen,Tag, Abend is masculine and Nacht is feminine, so the adjective (gut has to adapt to the correct form with the noun).
• see you soon! --– the german expression for this is: Bis bald!
• pleased to meet you --- angenehm! which literally means "comfortable…".
Another expression used on being introduced to someone is "es freut mich, Sie kennenzulernen"
• come in! in german is --- herein!
• OK! in german is --- in Ordnung!
• How good! , great! --- the german phrase equivalent is --- wie gut, klasse!
• good luck! in german is --- Viel Glück!
• bring me! in german is --- Bring mir/Bringen Sie mir!
for example – "bringen Sie mir die Rechnung, bitte!" is a useful german phrase to know.
It means "Bring the bill please".
• careful! watch out! take care!, caution! in german is . --- . Achtung!
• congratulations! in german is --- Glückwunsch!
• many thanks!, thank you very much!. . .vielen Dank!
• don’t mention it!, you’re welcome! - the german phrase is ---bitte!
"Keine Ursache" is also a very common expression used after someone says danke!. It literally translates as "no cause".
• help! (emergency) - the german phrase is --- Hilfe!
• how are you? --- Wie geht es Dir/Ihnen?
• how do you say …? --- Wie sagt man zu
This is a helpful common german phrase for someone who is learning german and needs to know a phrase or a word. A very important phrase if you wish to build up your german vocabulary.
• I’m sorry! - the german phrase is --- Es tut mir leid!
This one literally means, "I regret it." Also useable is: ---Entschuldigung! which is more like "Excuse me" or "I beg your pardon".
• What a shame! what a pity! in german is --- Wie schade!
Some of these expressions you will find in the video below.
