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How to Say ‘How are you?’ in German

Wie geht's dir?

vee gayts deer

[vee gayts deer]

💬 Usage Tip: geht's is short for geht es, and in texts people usually write it this way. For someone you'd call Sie, it becomes Wie geht es Ihnen?.

Phrase Breakdown

Wie

[vee]

how

Question word asking about manner or state.

Example

Wie geht es dir?

How are you?

geht's

[gayts]

is it going

Short for 'geht es'; used in asking how someone is doing.

Example

Wie geht's Ihnen heute?

How are you today?

dir

[deer]

you (dative, informal)

Dative form of 'du', used after prepositions like 'von' and 'mit'.

Example

Ich komme mit dir.

I'm coming with you.

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