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How to Say ‘Hi Sophie, nice to meet you!’ in German

Hallo Sophie, freut mich!

HAH-loh zo-FEE froyt mikh

[HAH-loh zo-FEE froyt mikh]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Among friends of your date, a first-name greeting and du is normal right away. A handshake or a quick hug is typical, depending on the group.

Phrase Breakdown

Hallo Sophie,

HAH-loh zo-FEE

Hello Sophie,

This is a friendly greeting. In German, Sophie is said zo-FEE.

Example

Hallo Tom, wie geht's?

Hello Tom, how are you?

Words in this phrase

Hallo

[HAH-loh]

hello

A common informal or neutral greeting used when starting a conversation or message.

Example

Hallo, vielen Dank für das nette Gespräch gestern.

Hello, thank you very much for the nice conversation yesterday.

Sophie

[zo-FEE]

Sophie

A common female first name.

Example

Sophie kommt aus Berlin.

Sophie comes from Berlin.

freut mich!

froyt mikh

nice to meet you!

Short for 'Es freut mich'. 'eu' sounds like 'oy'.

Example

Freut mich sehr!

Very nice to meet you!

Words in this phrase

freut

[froyt]

pleases; makes glad

From 'freuen' and often used in expressions like 'Das freut mich' meaning 'That makes me happy.'

Example

Die positive Rückmeldung freut mich sehr, und Freut zeigt ein Gefühl der Freude.

The positive feedback makes me very happy, and 'Freut' shows a feeling of joy.

mich

[mikh]

The pronoun 'mich' in accusative form.

Example

Hast du etwas für mich?

Do you have something for me?

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