The KING : 0. Hallo!

always works.

But there are many other ways to say hello in German. Most of them are predominantly used in a certain age group, at a certain time or in a certain region of Germany. If you’re learning German, it’s good to have already heard of them once to understand them when people are talking to you. But perhaps you will also like to adopt some examples that you fancy and make them part of your own active vocabulary.

We categorized the greetings into different groups and have prepared decodings [literal translations in square brackets] if helpful, and audio examples that show pronunciation and intonation, that correspond to the example situation in (brackets). These situations of course, are only examples, but nevertheless can give you a first idea about the use of the individual greetings.