How to Say ‘Good day.’ in German
Guten Tag.
GOO-ten tahk
[GOO-ten tahk]
🇩🇪 In Germany: [Guten Tag] is polite and neutral, but at a doctor's office [Hallo] is also very common. You can safely use [Guten Tag] with reception staff or the doctor.
Phrase Breakdown
Guten
[GOO-ten]
good
Form of 'gut' used in the polite greeting 'Guten Tag'.
Am Empfang sage ich Guten zu Herrn Doktor.
At reception I say 'good' to the doctor.
Tag
[tahk]
day; hello
In 'Guten Tag', this word helps form a polite way to say hello.
Im Satz Guten Tag bedeutet Tag wörtlich 'day'.
In the sentence 'Guten Tag,' Tag literally means 'day'.
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