Your mission
Meeting someone for the first time
Greet someone, introduce yourself, and judge when du becomes Sie.
You should be able to do this with the phrase off the screen. A hint is fine.
- A1
- About 12 minutes
- 01Learn
Activity 01 · Orientation
Build the idea
Start with the essential idea and connect it to language you can use.
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German greetings are straightforward, and the formal/informal split is clearer than in most languages — Sie is capitalised wherever it appears, which makes it easy to spot in writing.
Regional greetings vary a lot: Moin in the north, Servus in Bavaria and Austria, Grüezi in Switzerland. Hallo works everywhere.