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Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Apr 06, 2015

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Page 1: Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Greetings and goodbyesDeutschland v. USA

Page 2: Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Formal or Informal?

• In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

• If you do not know them, or for adults or people of authority, you should be formal.

• If the other person is a friend, family member or peer, you can be informal.

• This is different than in the US, where we are always informal.

Page 3: Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Formal

• Guten Tag!

Page 4: Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Informal

• Tag! Hallo! Grüβ dich!

Page 5: Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Formal

• Guten Morgen!

Page 6: Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Informal

• Morgen!

Page 7: Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Formal

• Auf Wiedersehen!

Page 8: Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Informal

• Wiedersehen!

Page 9: Greetings and goodbyes Deutschland v. USA. Formal or Informal? In Deutschland, the greeting we use depends on how familiar you are with the other person.

Informal

• Tschau! Tschüβ!