Basic greetings: Greeting your neighbor

💬 [dir] is the informal word for "to you" after phrases like [Wie geht es ...?]. With someone you don't know well, this changes to [Ihnen]: [Wie geht es Ihnen?].

🇩🇪 Don't use [Wie geht es dir?] with a new neighbour unless they've clearly moved to [du]. Start more neutral, or use [Wie geht es Ihnen?] if you want to be polite.

💬 [heute] often sits at the end very naturally: [Wie geht es dir heute?], [Schönes Wetter heute.]. German is quite flexible with time words like this.

💬 German often says [Mir geht es gut] — literally "To me, it goes well" — where English uses "I'm doing well." You can reuse the pattern with other adverbs: [Mir geht es super.] [Mir geht es schlecht.].

🇩🇪 [danke] alone when something is offered reads as declining. Say [ja, bitte] if you want it.

💬 [dir] here is short for "to you," so [Und dir?] means "And how are things for you?" With formal [Sie], this becomes [Und Ihnen?].