How to Say ‘Good day.’ in German
Guten Tag.
GOO-ten tahk
[GOO-ten tahk]
💬 Usage Tip: A very standard formal greeting. Great opening line before saying why you are calling.
🇩🇪 In Germany: German phone calls often start a bit more formally than in English, especially with medical staff.
Phrase Breakdown
Guten
[GOO-ten]
good
Form of gut used in the greeting Guten Tag.
In Guten Tag. steht Guten vor Tag.
In Guten Tag., Guten comes before Tag.
Tag
[tahk]
day
Used in the expression Guten Tag to mean good day or hello.
In Guten Tag. bedeutet Tag wörtlich day.
In Guten Tag., Tag literally means day.
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