Ever since I joined GC, I noticed how a few members were using the word "über" - or a bit more Americanized: "uber". Did you know that this is a German word? Translated it would be "above" or "about". Though, the way you use it, it would rather be "above".
Anyway, would you have thought that you're speaking German by saying this word? No? Well, but you do! And you know what? I even have a few more German words and sentences for you!
~bring dat german words in da society~
The words/sentences I italicized are those who are more common in the spoken languageHello! -
Hallo! // Guten Tag! (more formal) // Tag (auch)! (informal)//
Hi na! (informal)
Good morning! - (Guten) Morgen!
Good afternoon! - Guten Nachmittag! (no one says that actually xD)
Good evening! - Guten Abend! // shortened (and informal): N'abend!
Good night! - Gute Nacht!
See you! - Auf Wiedersehen! //
Tschüß! //
Ciao! // Bis dann!
How are you? - Wie geht es dir? // shortened:
Wie geht's (dir)?
I'm good! - Mir geht es gut! // shortened:
Mir geht's gut! I'm not so good! - Mir geht es nicht so gut! //
Mir geht's nicht so (gut)!
Happy Birthday! - Happy Birthday! //
Alles Gute (zum Geburtstag)!
I speak a little bit of German. - Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch. // shortened:
Ich sprech' 'n bisschen Deutsch. I'm from [country name]. - Ich komme aus [country name]. // shortened:
Ich komm' aus [country name].My name is [your name]. - Mein Name ist [your name]. //
Ich bin [your name].Where's the bathroom? - Wo ist das Badezimmer? // shortened:
Wo ist das Bad?I don't know. - Ich weiß es nicht // Weiß ich nicht. (if you need the first or second form depends on the question) //
Keine Ahnung. (this is more like "No idea")
In the name of the moon, I'll punish you! - Im Namen des Mondes werde ich dich bestrafen!
Want to know a word/sentence in German I didn't give in the list? Well then - just reply below and I'll give you the answer! For this week I'll be your living dictionary!