{"id":4831,"date":"2021-10-11T19:21:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/?p=4831"},"modified":"2021-10-11T19:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T19:35:43","slug":"how-are-you-in-german","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/how-are-you-in-german\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Say \u201cHow Are You\u201d in German \u2013 And How to Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"wp-image-4832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obsah-obrazku-text-exterier-smer-mesto-popis-b-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Obsah obr\u00e1zku text, exteri\u00e9r, sm\u011br, m\u011bsto\n\nPopis byl vytvo\u0159en automaticky\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obsah-obrazku-text-exterier-smer-mesto-popis-b-scaled.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obsah-obrazku-text-exterier-smer-mesto-popis-b-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obsah-obrazku-text-exterier-smer-mesto-popis-b-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/obsah-obrazku-text-exterier-smer-mesto-popis-b-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow are you?\u201d is one of the phrases we use most often. Not a day goes by that we don\u2019t ask this question. It\u2019s polite. It\u2019s customary. It\u2019s what we do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you are someone who is learning German, you\u2019ve probably wondered how to say\u00a0<em>how are you<\/em>\u00a0in German. Like in English, there are a couple of ways you can ask this question. Some are formal, some informal, and some are a bit out there. In this article, I will take you through these, explain how best to use them, and give you some helpful tips. Soon, you\u2019ll be asking people\u00a0<em>how are you<\/em>\u00a0in German with the confidence of a native speaker.<\/p>\n<h2>Before you get started<\/h2>\n<p>Before you go out there and start asking people how they are, you need to know a couple of things about Germans and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The main one is that Germans ask others how they are way less often than we (English speakers) do. In the US and the UK, we often ask\u00a0<em>how are you<\/em>\u00a0as a way to start a conversation. It\u2019s almost a part of saying\u00a0<em>hello<\/em>. You greet someone; you ask them how they are; then you get on with the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s different in Germany. Over there, you mainly ask your friends how they are. Or people that you haven\u2019t seen in a while. Rather than it being a small-talk starter,\u00a0<em>how are you<\/em>\u00a0is considered a genuine question by Germans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The chances are that if you ask a German how they are, you will get a very honest answer. If you\u2019re expecting them to say,\u00a0<em>I\u2019m good, how are you?<\/em>\u00a0you\u2019re in for a surprise. What you might get is closer to a personal essay about their messed up sleeping schedule and the new gardening tool they just bought.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Check out this short video by Radical Living if you want to see what you might unleash when you ask a German how they are. It\u2019s both hilarious and 100% accurate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AqxnrF8Zk-c\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Formal version of <em>how are you<\/em> in German \u2013 <em>Wie geht es Ihnen?<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>This is the most common way to ask\u00a0<em>how are you<\/em>\u00a0in German. The sentence has both formal and informal versions \u2013 let\u2019s start with the formal.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wie geht es Ihnen?\u00a0<\/em>is a question you would ask in a formal setting. Think work, school, or bank. If you don\u2019t know a person very well, this is the sentence you should go with.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Guten Morgen, Frau M\u00fcller. Wie geht es Ihnen heute?\u00a0<\/strong>(Good morning, Mrs. M\u00fcller. How are you today?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Informal ways to say\u00a0<em>how are you\u00a0<\/em>in German<\/h2>\n<h3><em>Wie geht es dir?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>This is the informal version of\u00a0<em>Wie geht es Ihnen?<\/em>\u00a0It\u2019s your standard way to ask\u00a0<em>how are you<\/em>\u00a0in German when you\u2019re talking to your friends, classmates, co-workers, or family members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Dir\u00a0<\/em>is the Dative version of\u00a0<em>du\u00a0<\/em>which is the pronoun you use in informal settings. In the previous example, we used\u00a0<em>Ihnen\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 the Dative version of\u00a0<em>Sie<\/em>, used in formal situations. To learn more about German pronouns, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/german-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete Guide to Understanding German Pronouns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hallo, Elias! Wie geht es dir?<\/strong>\u00a0(Hello, Elias! How are you?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Wie geht\u2019s?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>If you think that saying all of\u00a0<em>Wie geht es dir?<\/em>\u00a0is a bit of a mouthful, I\u2019ve got good news! You can say\u00a0<em>Wie geht\u2019s?\u00a0<\/em>instead. It\u2019s a shorter, snappier, and slightly more informal way of asking your friend how they are.<\/p>\n<p>As you can tell, the sentence starts the same \u2013\u00a0<em>wie\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>geht<\/em>\u00a0are still used. Then, instead of saying all of\u00a0<em>es<\/em>, you can shorten it to\u00a0<em>\u2018s<\/em>. Last but not least, you leave out the\u00a0<em>dir<\/em>. Who needs it, right? I know you\u2019re talking to\u00a0<em>me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Na, wie geht\u2019s?\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Hi, how are you?<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Difference between\u00a0<em>Wie geht es dir?\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Wie geht\u2019s?<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>If you\u2019re wondering which one of the two you should be using, this section is for you.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s simple: You use\u00a0<em>Wie geht es dir?<\/em>\u00a0when talking to people that you are friendly with, but perhaps not the closest with. Think distant relatives or co-workers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wie geht\u2019s?<\/em>\u00a0is used with your closest friends or your siblings.<\/p>\n<p>There is not much difference between the two, but as a general rule, you can remember that the shorter the sentence, the less formal it is.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Wie l\u00e4uft\u2019s?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Wie geht\u2019s?<\/em>\u00a0uses the word\u00a0<em>gehen<\/em>, which means\u00a0<em>to go<\/em>. If you\u2019re looking for a fun alternative to that well-used phrase, you can use\u00a0<em>Wie l\u00e4uft\u2019s?\u00a0<\/em>instead.\u00a0<em>Laufen\u00a0<\/em>means\u00a0<em>to run<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 it\u2019s similar to\u00a0<em>gehen<\/em>\u00a0but perhaps a bit more casual and playful. You could translate it to English as H<em>ow you doing?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em>Wie ist die Lage?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>This phrase is used mainly by younger people and is super informal and colloquial. It literally means:\u00a0<em>How is the situation?<\/em>\u00a0but a more accurate translation would be\u00a0<em>What\u2019s up?\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0<em>How is it going?<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><em>Wie schaut\u2019s aus?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a way to ask\u00a0<em>how are you\u00a0<\/em>in German without implying that you want an hour-long monologue about the other person\u2019s life, this is the one for you. It literally means\u00a0<em>how is it looking<\/em>, and you can expect it to be answered with a simple\u00a0<em>ok<\/em>\u00a0or a quick fill-in on what\u2019s going on right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><em>Na?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Finally, if you truly want to sound like a native speaker, this is how you can ask\u00a0<em>how are you\u00a0<\/em>in German slang.\u00a0<em>Na\u00a0<\/em>is a confusing word that has many meanings while also having no meaning at all. It can be used in different ways, including asking someone how they are. Be careful to only use this one in the most informal situations. Your boss would not appreciate you saying\u00a0<em>Na?<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Ways to answer\u00a0<em>how are you\u00a0<\/em>in German<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you\u2019ve learned how to ask the question, you also need to know how to answer it. Otherwise, you might get into an awkward situation when someone asks\u00a0<em>Und du?<\/em>\u00a0(And you?) and you just stare at them.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Mir geht es gut.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The most direct way to answer\u00a0<em>Wie geht es dir\/Ihnen?<\/em>\u00a0What you\u2019re doing here is replicating the sentence structure of the question and turning it into an answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wie geht es dir\/Ihnen? \u2192 Mir geht es gut.<\/li>\n<li>How are you? \u2192 I\u2019m good.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Careful!<\/strong>\u00a0Do not say\u00a0<em>Ich bin gut<\/em>. Even though it is a direct translation of <em>I\u2019m good<\/em>, it has an entirely different meaning to\u00a0<em>Mir geht es gut<\/em>. <em>Ich bin gut<\/em> implies that you\u2019re good (at something) rather than that you\u2019re feeling good. This is a common mistake many English speakers make, and it\u2019s important that you avoid it. Always say <em>Mir geht es gut<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Gut<\/em>.\/<em>Schlecht<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p>Instead of using an entire sentence to express yourself, you can keep it short and just use the adjective. Use\u00a0<em>gut<\/em>\u00a0when you\u2019re feeling good, and\u00a0<em>schlecht\u00a0<\/em>when you\u2019re in a bad mood.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Nicht schlecht<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p>This one means\u00a0<em>not bad<\/em>. You can use it as a more neutral answer.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Es geht<\/em>.\/<em>Geht so<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re not doing great, but it could be worse, you can go with one of these. They mean\u00a0<em>so so<\/em>\u00a0and are a bit more non-committal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Other fun ways to ask\u00a0<em>how are you\u00a0<\/em>in German<\/h2>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve mastered all the common ways to ask and answer the question, you might want to look into some of the more colloquial phrases that Germans use. Be warned: some of these make absolutely no sense!<\/p>\n<h3><em>Wie geht\u2019s<\/em>, <em>wie steht\u2019s<\/em>?<\/h3>\n<p>When asking a German how they are, we use the word\u00a0<em>gehen\u00a0<\/em>(to go). So, why can\u2019t we use\u00a0<em>stehen\u00a0<\/em>(to stand) as well?<\/p>\n<p>This way of asking\u00a0<em>how are you<\/em>\u00a0in German is a lot of fun. First of all, it rhymes. Second of all, it\u2019s super cheesy. It feels like a dad joke that went viral and never left the German vocabulary. It\u2019s not the most common way to ask someone how they are, but if you\u2019re in a particularly jovial mood, this is the phrase you might go for.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Alles im gr\u00fcnen Bereich<\/em>?<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever driven a car in Germany, you might be aware of their Emissions Sticker system. The good, less polluting cars get a green sticker, and the most polluting vehicles get a red one. Cars that fall in between get a yellow one.<\/p>\n<p>This phrase references this system. There are low-emissions (or green) zones in Germany that only certain cars can enter. This way, those zones are kept healthier and less polluted. When you ask\u00a0<em>Alles im gr\u00fcnen Bereich?<\/em>\u00a0you\u2019re literally asking if everything is in the green zone. That\u2019s nice, isn\u2019t it? Like you\u2019re hoping that someone\u2019s life isn\u2019t too polluted. How very German!<\/p>\n<h3><em>Alles in Butter?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>This one is my all-time favourite. It means\u00a0<em>Everything in butter?<\/em>\u00a0And who doesn\u2019t love butter? Granted, this phrase makes a little less sense than all the other ones but at the same time\u2026 if you can ask someone how they are by referencing everyone\u2019s favourite spread, why not just go for it?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To learn even more ridiculous ways to ask\u00a0<em>how are you\u00a0<\/em>in German, watch this video by DontTrustTheRabbit. Some of the ones she mentions involve things like stocks, art, and even bras.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g0Prlr--EEg\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Learn more<\/h2>\n<p>Knowing how to say\u00a0<em>how are you\u00a0<\/em>in German is great, but it\u2019s also not enough to be fluent. Luckily, we have lots more posts to keep you occupied and help you learn some other common and useful German phrases. You can start with these:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/hello-in-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHello\u201d in German: \u201cHallo!\u201d and Other German Greetings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/sorry-in-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to Say Sorry in German \u2013 Apologies and Sympathies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/youre-welcome-in-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>10+ Ways to Say \u201cYou\u2019re Welcome\u201d in German<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/thank-you-in-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u201cThank You\u201d in German and Other Expressions of Gratitude<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"background: #000; border-radius: 10px; color: #fff; margin-bottom: 1.6em; padding: 20px 30px 30px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 2em; font-weight: bold;\">Learn German faster with Clozemaster \ud83d\ude80<\/div>\n<p><strong>Clozemaster\u00a0<\/strong>has been designed to help you learn the language in context by filling in the gaps in authentic sentences. With features such as Grammar Challenges, Cloze-Listening, and Cloze-Reading, the app will let you emphasize all the competencies necessary to become fluent in German.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/languages\/learn-german-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take your German to the next level. Click here to start practicing with real German sentences!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHow are you?\u201d is one of the phrases we use most often. Not a day goes by that we don\u2019t ask this question. It\u2019s polite. It\u2019s customary. It\u2019s what we do.\u00a0 If you are someone who is learning German, you\u2019ve probably wondered how to say\u00a0how are you\u00a0in German. 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