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9/14/2020 Learn to speak a language in 10 minutes a day - Busuu

Moin, Alina! - Moin, Alina!


Vocabulary
Guten Morgen! Good morning!
Moin (moin)! Hello! (northern German)
Servus! Hello! (Austrian)
Hoi! Hello! (Swiss German)
Here's a tip
"Hallo" is a good all-round greeting, but it can be a li le bit boring. Here you'll learn some
more greetings for di erent times and places!
In casual German, we can just say "Morgen"!
German is not only spoken in Germany but also in Austria , Switzerland ,
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Liechtenstein , and in parts of Italy , Belgium , and Poland .
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Let's take a look at three local variants of "Hallo"!


If you're happy and cha y, say "Moin moin". Otherwise, "Moin" is enough. 😉

"Servus" is Latin and means "at your service". It is used for both "hi" and "bye" in southern
Germany and Austria.
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Revise these greetings so you can use them with a German-speaking friend!
Guten Morgen! (Good morning)
Moin (moin)! ("Hello" in northern Germany ) 🇩🇪
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9/14/2020 Learn to speak a language in 10 minutes a day - Busuu

Servus! ("Hello" in southern Germany and Austria ) 🇩🇪 🇦🇹

Hoi! ("Hello" in Switzerland ) 🇨🇭

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