How to Say ‘Good morning.’ in German
Guten Morgen.
GOO-ten MOR-gen
[GOO-ten MOR-gen]
💬 Usage Tip: A standard polite greeting. Stress MOR-gen. Easy win: learn it as one chunk.
🇩🇪 In Germany: Very appropriate for pre-op conversations; polite formality is valued in German clinical settings.
Phrase Breakdown
Guten
[GOO-ten]
good
Form of 'gut' used before masculine nouns in standard greetings.
Die Pflegekraft sagt Guten Morgen. zur Begrüßung.
The nurse says good morning as a greeting.
Morgen
[MOR-gen]
morning
Refers to the morning and completes the greeting 'Guten Morgen'.
Am Morgen hören Sie oft Guten Morgen. auf der Station.
In the morning you often hear good morning on the ward.
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