40 most common phrases in german language

Question 1

Guten Tag!

Answer 1

The way you greet people. “Hey! / Hello!”

Question 2

Wie geht’s?

Answer 2

How’s it going? How are you?

Question 3

Was geht ab?

Answer 3

More informal than Wie geht’s. “What’s going on?”

Question 4

Hallo! Was geht ab?

Answer 4

Hello! What’s going on? (more informal than wie geht’s)

Question 5

Es geht

Answer 5

I’m fine / It’s going well

Question 6

Mir geht’s gut

Answer 6

i’m doing well / i’m doing fine

Question 7

Na, alles klar?

Answer 7

So, did you get it?

Question 8

Na

Answer 8

a little filler Germans add to mostly everything, usualy to make sure someone understood what you said

Question 9

ich verstehe nur Bahnhof

Answer 9

this is an idiom
Meaning (You don’t understand a thing,”It’s all greek to me”)
word to word (I only understand the train station)

Question 10

idiom

Answer 10

is a phrase you don’t translate word to word, you have to know the meaning

Question 11

Aller Anfang ist schwer

Answer 11

Every begining is tough

Question 12

Prost!

Answer 12

Cheers!

Question 13

neee

Answer 13

no (more informal than nein)(really informal)

Question 14

Auf jeden Fall

Answer 14

In any case

In any case we’re gonna go to Los Angeles in a week

Question 15

Na ja…

Answer 15

you’re kind of agreeing with the person but you still have some doubts. “WELL, yeah, this sounds good but I don’t want to do that”

Question 16

Jein

Answer 16

Ja and nein togheter. If you’re in doubt, you don’t want to agree but you don’t want to disagree, you say Jein

Question 17

chillen

Answer 17

the same as to chill