Guten Tag

English translation: good morning / hello

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German term or phrase:Guten Tag
English translation:good morning / hello
Entered by: Hazel Whiteley

15:11 Dec 12, 2001
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
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German term or phrase: Guten Tag
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David W. Schultze
good morning / hello
Explanation:
Literally good day, but generally said early on in the day. IT is just a very normal way of saying hello/acknowledging someone.
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Hazel Whiteley
Local time: 15:35
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4 +2good morning / hello
Hazel Whiteley
5Good morning/Good afternoon
Kemal Mustajbegovic
4Good Morning
marcuccia


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
good morning / hello


Explanation:
Literally good day, but generally said early on in the day. IT is just a very normal way of saying hello/acknowledging someone.

Hazel Whiteley
Local time: 15:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 50

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thomas Bollmann: what a difficult question
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agree  Patricia Myers
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Good Morning


Explanation:
Hope it helps

marcuccia
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Good morning/Good afternoon


Explanation:
"Good morning" is used until noon and after that until sunset it's "Good afternoon".

"Good day" is very rarely used and only in England and in Australia ("G'day").

Regards!


    I live in ESC (Australia).
Kemal Mustajbegovic
Local time: 22:35
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in pair: 4
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