What are 5 greetings in German?
German greetings
- Hallo! Hello!
- Guten Morgen! Good morning!
- Guten Tag! Good day!
- Grüß Gott! Good day! (Used mostly in southern Germany and Austria)
- Guten Abend! Good evening!
- Auf Wiedersehen! Goodbye! ( formal)
- Tschüss! Goodbye! ( informal)
- Ciao! Goodbye! ( borrowed from Italian; popular with younger Germans)
How do you say hello in Bayern?
Gruß Gott – ‘hello’. Bavaria is culturally Catholic, so casual references to God and the church appear regularly in conversation.
Is Servus formal or informal?
Servus is the ‘moin of the South’. It is a common, polite way of greeting people in the South of Germany and Austria, and the way you will often be greeted if you walk into a shop.
How do you greet in German?
Greetings – Sei(d) Gegrüßt! – The Words
- Grüß dich! casual.
- Grüß Gott! In southern Germany and Austria.
- Guten Tag. Hello/Good Day.
- Guten Morgen/Guten Abend. Good morning/evening.
How do you respond to Grüß Gott?
Grüß Gott is not an imperative, but is shortened from grüße Sie Gott (greet you God), so that not you should greet God, but God should greet you (and — I guess — bless you). The wisenheimers answering with wenn ich ihn seh’! show that they don’t know this.
What is the meaning of Servus?
servant or slave
These words originate from servus, the Latin word for servant or slave. (Servus is also the origin of the word “serf”.) The phrase is an ellipsis of a Latin expression servus humillimus, domine spectabilis, meaning “[your] most humble servant, [my] noble lord”.
What does servos mean in German?
It means service/servant and is used in southern Germany (Bavaria) which is predominantly Catholic. It is intended as meaning “service to God” similar to another greeting, “Grüß Gott” which means “Greetings to God.”
How do you greet someone informally in German?
In German, there are two ways to say hi, either in a formal or informal greeting….Greetings in relation to the time of day are very common:
- Guten Tag = Good day.
- Guten Morgen = Good morning.
- Guten Mittag = Good afternoon.
- Guten Abend = Good evening.
Why do Austrians say Grüß Gott?
Grüß Gott is shortened from “Grüß dich Gott,” an old way of saying “God bless you” in German. The phrase is more religious than “Guten Tag” so it’s a phrase befitting Germany’s most religious and most Roman Catholic region.