Here are some basic words and phrases you should know when visiting Germany:
“Good Morning” – “Guten Morgen” (goot-en mor-gen)
“Hello/Good Day” – “Guten Tag” (goot-en tahk)
“Good Evening” – “Guten Abend” (goot-en ah-bent)
“Good Night“ – “Gute Nacht” (goot-eh nakht)
“Hi / Hello / Bye” – “Tag / Hallo / Tschüs / Tschau” (tahk / hah-loh / tchews / chow”
“Goodbye” – “Auf Wiedersehen” (owf vee-dair-zayn)
“See you later” – “Bis später” (biss shpay-ter)
“See you soon” – “Bis bald” (biss bahlt)
“See you tomorrow” – “Bis morgen” (biss mohr-gen)
“Please” – “Bitte” (bih-tuh)
“Thank you” – “Danke (schön)” (dahn-kuh shurn)
“You're welcome” – “Bitteschön” (bih-tuh shurn)
“I'm sorry” – “Es tut mir leid” (ehs toot meer lite)
“Excuse me” – “Entschuldigen Sie” (ehnt-shool-dih-gun zee)
“Let's go” – “Gehen wir!” (geh-en veer)
“How are you? (formal)” – “Wie geht es Ihnen?” (vee gayt es ee-nen)
“How are you? (informal)” – “Wie geht's?” (vee gayts)
“(Very) Good / OK” – “(Sehr) Gut / So lala” (zair goot / zo lahlah)
“Bad / Not good”– “Schlecht / Nicht Gut” (shlekht / nisht goot)
“I'm ok (informal)” – “Es geht” (ess gate)
“Yes / No – “Ja / Nein” (yah / nine)
“What's your name? (formal)” –“Wie heißen Sie?” (vee hie-ssen zee)
“What's your name? (informal)” – “Wie heißt du?” (vee hiesst doo)
“I am called...” – “Ich heiße...” (ikh hie-ssuh)
“Pleased to meet you – “Freut mich” (froyt mikh)
“Where are you from? (formal)” – “Woher kommen Sie?” (vo-hair koh-men zee)
“Do you speak German?” – “Sprechen Sie deutsch?” (shpreck-en zee doytch)
“Do you speak English?” – “Sprichst du englisch?” (shprikhst doo eng-lish)
“Verstehen Sie? / Verstehst du?” – “Do you understand?” (fehr-shtay-en zee / fehr-shtayst doo)
“I (don't) understand” – “Ich verstehe (nicht)” (ikh fehr-shtay-eh nikht)
“Can you help me?” (formal) – “Können Sie mir helfen?” (ker-nen zee meer hell-fen)
“Can you help me?” (informal) – “Kannst du mir helfen?” (kahnst doo meer hell-fen)
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