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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

wie geht's dir?

English translation:

How are you?

Jul 26, 2005 00:02
21 yrs ago
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German term

wie geht's dir?

it was at the bottom of an email an exboyfriend sent me and I couldn't figure it out. The tone of the email was pleasant enough. just wanted to know what it meant.Please?
Wie gets dir?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +7 How are you?
3 +6 How are you?/ How are you doing?
5 How's it going?
Change log

Jul 26, 2005 09:36: Marcus Malabad changed "Term asked" from "Wie gets dir?" to "wie geht\'s dir"

Jul 26, 2005 09:36: Marcus Malabad changed "Term asked" from "wie geht\'s dir" to "wie geht\'s dir?" , "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"

Proposed translations

+7
1 min
Selected

How are you?

:-)

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Note added at 2005-07-26 00:05:42 (GMT)
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Anyway, it should be: wie geht\'s dir?

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Note added at 2005-07-26 00:07:08 (GMT)
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Anyway, it should be: wie geht\'s dir?
Peer comment(s):

agree Agnieszka Hayward (X) : LOL, what a synchronised action, both the answers and the additional notes :o)
2 mins
agree Yvonne Becker : "Dir" in capital letters
3 mins
given the informal tone and misspelling, I think it would too much ;-)
agree milinad
5 hrs
agree writeaway
6 hrs
agree Jan Vano : he is probably not German
6 hrs
agree MMUlr : today "dir" without the capital letter "D" (Rechtschreibreform)
7 hrs
agree Maria Ferstl
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks for your help!"
+6
1 min
German term (edited): Wie gets dir?

How are you?/ How are you doing?

HTH

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-07-26 00:05:53 GMT)
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and the original should read \"wie geht\'s dir?\"
Peer comment(s):

agree Yvonne Becker
3 mins
agree Giusi Pasi : LOL!!! :-)
3 mins
agree Anne McLaren
1 hr
agree Sabine Tietge
2 hrs
agree writeaway
6 hrs
agree Maria Ferstl
10 hrs
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1 hr
German term (edited): Wie gets dir?

How's it going?

depends on register but just another option for you :)
Peer comment(s):

neutral writeaway : exboyfriend wants to know how she is, not how things are-wie geht's, without the Dir, would be how's it going, no?
5 hrs
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