hello everyone and welcome to our video series on learn german for beginners our series for avon or the beginner's level consists of 65 lessons and there are some additional videos on vocabulary and grammar that you should cover up under the syllabus in this lesson you will learn a few greetings in german you can visit our page on patreon.com to get free worksheets podcasts transcripts early access to our videos and more throughout the videos we will be working on this pattern the german word will appear in orange whereas the english translation will follow in white so let's begin lection eins once again lexion eins begrusungen or greetings once again begru sungen in this video we are gonna discuss different forms of greetings used in various german-speaking countries the greetings will give you a feeling of the german pronunciation and to have a good command of the language repeat what you listen a few times so here's the first one hello once again hello this is the most commonly used form of greeting in germany notice the difference in pronunciation it's hallo and not hello these days some people also greet with a simple hi the next one is guten tag once again guten tag yet another commonly used form of greeting but used mostly in formal situations this can be used any time of the day when you are greeting someone in germany it's very important to make an eye contact with the person also don't forget to offer a firm handshake and if you are offered one make sure the handshake is firm let's now learn some greetings that can be used only during a particular time of the day guten morgen once again guten morgen this is to wish a nice morning guten abend once again guten abend this is used to wish someone a nice evening please note that even during late evenings this greeting can be used guter nacht once again guter nacht this is generally used before going to the bed you must have noticed that in the last four greetings there is some similarity don't be afraid don't be confused and don't get into the details we shall be discussing the same in the next videos let's concentrate on only the pronunciation and the usage of these words and just learn them now let's learn some regional greetings gru scott once again gru scott this originates mostly from austria which is also a german-speaking country and is mostly spoken in germany in bayern or bavaria bavaria is the biggest state of germany you do see some new characters here don't be scared the beta sign here is the sound of a double s and the u with those two dots we will be discussing later what they are for right now just remember the pronunciation of this our casual greetings once again grizzy krustesh z and are two different pronouns z is used in formal situations whereas can be used amongst friends and known people please note that these two greetings are used in a singular form and cannot be used for a group of people in this case s takes the pronunciation z servos once again servus this greeting originates from switzerland and is mostly used in southern germany it could mean both hello and by this greeting can be used any time during the day choose once again choose this is spoken all over germany and mostly informally you will also find choose with a different spelling that means with a double s at the end some people also just say ciao the word ciao comes from the italian language but it's used in a lot of european countries auf wiedersehen once again auf wiedersehen this is also used all over germany but mostly in formal situations when talking on the phone you would say auf wiedersehen once again auf wiedergeorn this is not very different from auf wiedersehen the only difference is this is used on the phone since you cannot see the person once again biss bald this is commonly used amongst friends please remember here that bald has the sound of ah like hallo this shpeter once again bis schpeter this is an alternative form of bispold you might also hear bistan now we will be summarizing all the greetings and all the forms that we have learned in this video i will be reading out all the greetings we have done please repeat them after me so here we go hello guten tag guten morgen guten abend guternacht gru scott cruzy crustich servus bisbalt hope these 13 greetings have given you a feel of the german language feel free to watch this again another video that you could watch is 25 words for absolute beginners the link for this video can be found below in the description to practice what you have learned today you can download a free worksheet from our page on patreon.com you can also gain access to our transcripts by becoming a one dollar patron and access to our podcasts by becoming a five dollar patron danke thanks for watching this video if you liked this video do give it a thumbs up and share it with your friends don't forget to subscribe to the channel if you still haven't you can click on the bell to receive notifications whenever we upload a new video 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