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How to Say ‘I'm doing well.’ in German

Mir geht es gut.

meer geht es goot

[meer geht es goot]

💬 Usage Tip: The sentence starts with mir "to me", not ich: literally "to me it goes well". Swap the last word for other answers: Mir geht es schlecht "I'm not doing well".

Phrase Breakdown

Mir geht

meer geht

(it) goes for me

'Mir' means 'to me' or 'for me'. German expresses how you're doing with 'Mir geht es...' (literally 'it goes for me...'). 'Mir' sounds like 'meer'.

Example

Mir geht es super.

I'm doing great.

Words in this phrase

Mir

[meer]

to me

Dative pronoun used to show that something matters or happens to the speaker.

Example

Mir ist eine offene Kommunikation besonders wichtig.

Open communication is especially important to me.

geht

[geht]

goes

Used inquiring about condition.

Example

Wie geht dein Tag bisher?

How is your day going so far?

es gut.

es goot

it well

'es' means 'it' and 'gut' means 'good' or 'well'. Together they finish the phrase 'I'm fine'. 'gut' has a long 'oo'.

Example

Hoffentlich geht es gut.

Hopefully it goes well.

Words in this phrase

[es]

A neutral pronoun used to refer to a thing previously mentioned.

Example

Es ist ein schöner Tag.

It is a beautiful day.

gut

[goot]

well

Adverb used to say something works nicely or suitably.

Example

Mittwoch passt gut für mich.

Wednesday works well for me.

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