How to Say ‘Good day’ in German
Guten Tag
GOO-ten TAHK
[GOO-ten TAHK]
🇩🇪 In Germany: Guten Tag is polite and neutral, but in a café Hallo is also very common. It can sound a bit formal for a quick coffee order, not wrong.
Phrase Breakdown
Guten
[GOO-ten]
Good
A word often used in greetings when combined with 'Tag' to say 'Good day'.
Guten Abend!
Good evening!
Tag
[TAHK]
Day
Used in greetings to refer to the daylight period.
Ich hoffe, Ihr Tag war gut.
I hope your day was good.
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