Introduction and Greeting Phrases

Introductions

In this lesson you'll learn how to greet people and introduce yourself in German. Learning these phrases is a very good start to being able to communicate in German.

This lesson includes online flashcards to help you learn these useful German phrases. Take the online quiz at the end of the lesson to see how well you know these phrases.

German Phrases

Listen to the following German phrases and practice speaking them.

Sound Hallo. Hello.
Sound Auf Wiedersehen. Goodbye.
Sound Tschüss! Bye!
Sound Guten Morgen. Good morning.
Sound Guten Abend. Good evening.
Sound Gute Nacht. Good night.
Sound Wie heißen Sie? What is your name?
Sound Ich heiße ___. My name is ___.
Sound Freut mich Sie kennen zu lernen. Nice to meet you.
Sound Wie geht's? How are you?
Sound Wie geht es Ihnen? (formal) How are you?
Sound Mir geht es gut, danke. (I'm) good, thanks.
Sound Was geht ab? What's up?
Sound Sprechen Sie Englisch? Do you speak English?
Sound Ich spreche kein Deutsch. I can't speak German.
Sound Wo wohnen Sie? Where do you live?
Sound Ich wohne in ___. I live in ___.
Sound Bis später. See you later.
Sound Bis bald! See you soon!
Sound Bis morgen. See you tomorrow.

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Flashcards

This section contains flashcards to help you learn the German phrases for greeting people and introducing yourself.

Practice

The best way to learn a language is to practice speaking, writing, and thinking in the language you want to learn. In the practice sections of the lessons, you'll have the opportunity to practice writing in German.

Phrases

Here are some practice questions to help you learn German greeting and introduction phrases.

Drag the German word on the right to the matching phrase on the left.

1)
Nacht.
Sie
2) Mir
es gut.
Freut mich
3) Sprechen
Englisch?
heiße
4)
später.
Gute
5) Wie
?
Guten
6) Ich
Marie.
geht
7)
Sie kennen zu lernen.
spreche
8) Wie
Sie?
geht's
9) Ich
kein Deutsch.
heißen
10)
Morgen.
Bis

Writing

Practice writing short conversations based on the phrases included in this lesson. Keep the conversations simple at first. When you come back to this lesson for review, try and expand the conversations you write. If you speak the conversations you write out loud, it will help you memorize these phrases. If you have friends who know German, or are also trying to learn it, practices speaking these phrases with them.

Here is a text area where you can practice writing German.

writing

Quiz

Take the online quiz to see how well you know the German phrases for greetings and introductions. Select the Start button to begin.