happy new year

German translation: frohes neues Jahr

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English term or phrase:	happy new year
German translation:	frohes neues Jahr
Entered by:	dieter haake

08:23 Jan 1, 2002

English to German translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: happy new year

daily

mehdi

frohes neues Jahr

Explanation:
german mothet tongue

didi

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dieter haake
Austria
Local time: 00:46

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Summary of answers provided

5 +7

frohes neues Jahr

dieter haake

4 +4

Ein glückliches Neues Jahr!

Vesna Zivcic

4 +1

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Maya Jurt

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Ein glückliches Neues Jahr!

Explanation:
Ein glückliches Neues Jahr!
Viel Glück im Neuen Jahr! Einen guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr! Guten Rutsch ...

Reference: http://www.kokomo.k12.in.us/khssc/depts/forlang/german/vocab...

Vesna Zivcic
Local time: 00:46
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in pair: 395

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

frohes neues Jahr

Explanation:
german mothet tongue

didi

dieter haake
Austria
Local time: 00:46
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in pair: 94

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Hazel Whiteley

10 mins

-> thanks

agree

Elvira Stoianov: it's the one I would use

1 hr

-> thanks

agree

Maya Jurt: See glossary

2 hrs

-> es freut mich, dass das frohe neue Jahr wieder ans Tageslicht gekommen ist - ein ebensolches wuensche ich Dir - voller Gesundheit und Arbeit. didi

agree

Thomas Bollmann

1 day 13 mins

-> dank - und ein frohes neues -didi

agree

JuttaDD (X): I think "ein frohes neues Jahr" is more idiomatic than "glückliches neues Jahr"... which appears more as the translated version of "happy new year"

1 day 7 hrs

agree

italia: Frohes neues Didi aus Mannheim :)

1 day 10 hrs

-> sei ancora viva - mi fa piacere - ti auguro un anno pläng di successo (tanto, tanto, tanto ....) lavoro, ciao e stammi bene - didi

agree

Michaela Müller: I would use/prefer this one. Frohes Neues Jahr!

2 days 9 hrs

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

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Explanation:
have a merry christmas and a happy new year
Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches neues Jahr
Thomas Bollmann

Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 00:46
Native speaker of:

German,

French
PRO pts in pair: 343

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