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European Greetings Quiz

Translate these greetings into various European languages.
Translations are not word-for-word
Not all translations are exact, because that wouldn't be possible
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Last updated: February 10, 2017
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First submittedMarch 21, 2012
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Hello
Spanish
Hola
French
Bonjour / salut
Italian
Ciao / salve
German
Hallo
 
 
Goodbye
Spanish
Adiós
French
Au revoir
Italian
Ciao
German
Auf Wiedersehen
 
 
Please
Spanish
Por favor
French
S'il vous plaît
Italian
Per favore
German
Bitte
 
 
Thank you
Spanish
Gracias
French
Merci
Italian
Grazie
German
Danke
You're welcome
Spanish
De nada
French
Je vous en prie / de rien
Italian
Prego / di niente
German
Bitteschön
 
 
Welcome
Spanish
Bienvenido
French
Bienvenue
Italian
Benvenuto
German
Willkommen
 
 
Good day
Spanish
Buenos días
French
Bonjour
Italian
Buongiorno
German
Guten Tag
Good evening
Spanish
Buenas tardes
French
Bonsoir
Italian
Buonasera
German
Guten Abend
 
 
How are you? (formal)
Spanish
¿Cómo está?
French
Comment allez-vous ?
Italian
Come sta?
German
Wie geht es Ihnen?
 
 
See you later
Spanish
Hasta luego
French
À plus tard
Italian
Arrivederci
German
Bis später
kalbahamut
+20
Level 83
Mar 16, 2014
Knew many of the German ones, but how to spell them? That's a different story.

I should have remembered "A plus tard." I'd never heard the expression before until watching The Lego Movie with Arabic and French subtitles. "See you later, alligator" was translated as "A plus tard, leopard."

My deepest, sircerest, and most heartfelt apologies to anyone whose lives were significantly impacted by being forced against their will to read this comment which is of course onerously and inconsiderately long and contains grossly offensive fragments of personal anecdote. I realize it's a horrible thing I've done and hope you will find it in your hearts to forgive me for this.

cdguy24
+5
Level 52
Mar 16, 2014
Maybe one day I will be able to forgive you
Jacko77
+5
Level 32
Mar 16, 2014
I won't
kalbahamut
+4
Level 83
Apr 1, 2014
thanks cdguy. Jacko, I'm sorry to hear that. I will blog extensively about the suffering that this causes me and the personal journey I will have to go through to find acceptance of your disapproval, and in the future post a link.
Quizzer6794
+2
Level 64
May 29, 2016
Red-handed! Caught you here, Kal: you don't blog!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Jun 3, 2018
this is true.
SilverFlute
+1
Level 22
Jul 8, 2016
Define 'impacted'. My dinner went a little cold...does that qualify? :/
ander217
+2
Level 75
Feb 10, 2017
I'm one who enjoys personal anecdotes related by others, and I had no idea there were people out there who weren't tirelessly waiting in hopes I would relate a new one. From this point on I hope everyone will accept that all of my posts also contain Kal's last paragraph, in spirit if not in written word. "A plus tard, leopard," - love it. :)
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Feb 10, 2017
I think when I originally made this comment it was when, on the same day but a separate quiz, some people had complained at length about me posting an anecdote in the comments section. I really don't get why people get so put out by people making comments. To share stories. To make an observation. To share their results. To comment on the quiz's difficulty. To make a political statement. Or for any other reason. If you don't like reading comments.... don't read the comments.
Yamaneko
+2
Level 73
Feb 12, 2017
I never, ever heard someone tell me "À plus tard, léopard" but I think it's so awesome that I'll begin to use it routinely, to everyone's great dismay.
abbm613
+1
Level 20
Feb 13, 2017
I love how you casually watch The Lego Movie with Arabic and French subtitles
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Jun 3, 2018
it's not like I put on strange subtitles at home to learn odd expressions in foreign languages... I forget where I was watching it but maybe in Bahrain. They usually subtitle all the films there in Arabic, sometimes in French, and sometimes in Hindi or Marathi or Bengali. There are a lot of foreigners living in Bahrain.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 78
Jun 8, 2019
Your apology contains more words than the rest of your comment :)
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Jan 28, 2020
TL;DR
Mogysht
+1
Level 50
Mar 16, 2014
Only missed 2 of the German ones (1 of which I knew very well, but blanked).

Great quiz! Multilevel, I mean multilingual thinking :P

Dax
+1
Level 63
Mar 16, 2014
bis spater? new to me that one (despite studying german for 7 years!). Benvenuto was a banana skin as I couldn't spell it. Anyone know why its 'ben' and not 'buon'?
dodi
+1
Level 57
Mar 18, 2014
ben is the adverbial form, buon(a) the adjective form
Vollkorntoast
+7
Level 34
Nov 10, 2017
Well, ''bis später'' is totally common in Germany... We use it every day. I can't believe you could have studied German for 7 years without knowing bis später...
postwaste
+1
Level 84
Mar 16, 2014
It's like these French have a different word for everything.
Bonzo007
+3
Level 66
Jan 13, 2017
...except a word for 'entrepreneur'.
erikvanlaere
+3
Level 65
Feb 10, 2017
'entrepreneur' is a french word :-)
Djilas
+3
Level 82
Feb 10, 2017
I suspect Bonzo007 knows that.
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 64
Feb 10, 2017
How about a six page papier?
courthousedoc
+2
Level 77
Mar 16, 2014
Although auf wiedersehen is used for goodbye, its literal translation is "to again see you" so it would fit the "See you later" category too.
kitshef
+2
Level 83
Apr 9, 2014
basically this is true for au revoir as well.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 23, 2016
True. Of course "goodbye" doesn't mean "goodbye forever" in 99% of cases. Au revoir is the correct translation. Adieu has other connotations.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Apr 9, 2018
Totally agree with both comments concerning "auf wiedersehen" and "au revoir" .
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Jun 3, 2018
I was going to comment on this. Learned this from watching another movie. In this case, Inglorious Basterds.
Carry
+7
Level 63
Mar 17, 2014
"Tschüss" would be a better fit for "Goodbye" in German. "Auf Wiedersehen" isn't wrong though. "Gern geschehen" would be better for "You're welcome".
plattitude
+1
Level 91
Mar 17, 2014
Agree with tschüß for goodbye, but bitte is the best fit for 'you're welcome.'
ruudsje
+2
Level 70
Mar 22, 2014
I thought just 'gerne' for you're welcome
Yanni47
+2
Level 76
Feb 24, 2020
"Gerne" is just short for "gern(e) geschehen". A little like the French "A+ (a plus)" for "a plus tard".
Aegidrom
+2
Level 40
May 3, 2015
I agree with you. "Tschüss" was the first word I tried, having studied German for four years. It is one of the first things you learn.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 23, 2016
Tschüß will work now. Thanks.
Yanni47
+1
Level 76
Feb 24, 2020
Or "nichts zu danken" (for "you're welcome"), which would be closer in translation to the other languages.
TheRealXboxNerd
+1
Level 66
Jul 7, 2014
Can you not have 'ca va' for 'how are you' in french?
anavil1234
+1
Level 46
Apr 15, 2016
Yes and for the formal, can't you put COMMENT ca va?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 23, 2016
I don't think it's formal, but okay.
Arp2600
+1
Level 85
Feb 10, 2017
Comment ça va is rather informal.
cariad
+1
Level 42
Apr 25, 2015
Again, too slow typing.
USAsoccer9876
+1
Level 68
Apr 27, 2015
thanks for being so lenient with the spelling
tets
+1
Level 45
Dec 7, 2015
Good quiz :). I know it's incorrect, but can you accept 'bienvenu' for 'bienvenue'? It's what I tried and how I missed this one. And I agree with some people here on 'tschüss' instead of (or at least as another option of) 'auf wiedersehen'.
torny81
+2
Level 71
Dec 26, 2015
In Italian, "See you later" would be more properly translated into "a dopo", after all similarly to Spanish, French and German. When studying English we learn that arrivederci translates into goodbye, or more properly and similar to the other languages into "addio" (even though it means something like "bye for good", I'll never see you again)
Olinguito
+2
Level 46
Mar 22, 2016
A più tardi and ci vediamo should also be acceptable for "see you later" in Italian.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Feb 16, 2021
Completely agree. Ci vediamo especially is very common.
redsplat
+1
Level 74
Apr 19, 2016
Me too. How odd! Quizmaster, perhaps this is a mistake. Ca va is French, not Spanish. Perhaps they meant to add it as an alt spelling for comment allez-vous (which would be correct, though not so formal). They could also add "comment ça va" as well.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 20, 2016
This has been fixed
macie22austria
+2
Level 43
Jun 9, 2016
Tschüss is german for goodbye. Auf Wiedersehen means something like See you again.
Greenland
+1
Level 48
Jan 13, 2017
I agree - I tried Tschuess (e instead of Umlaut) but it didn't accept it
Findlay
+1
Level 83
Aug 11, 2016
Well I got all the Spanish ones, no trouble. The rest... more of a mixed bag.
morequizzes4u
+1
Level 33
Sep 13, 2016
Here is the quote from Django Unchained:

Dr. King Schultz: Mister Candie, normally I would say "Auf wiedersehen," but since what "auf wiedersehen" actually means is "'till I see you again", and since I never wish to see you again, to you, sir, I say goodbye!

Jacktheguy
+1
Level 89
Feb 10, 2017
Which is why I thank Quentin Tarantino for helping me out on this quiz.
joez
+2
Level 72
Jan 13, 2017
Il n'y a pas de quoi is what I remember from high school French for You're welcome. But that was a long time ago.
Arp2600
+2
Level 85
Feb 10, 2017
Absolutely. Please accept "Il n'y a pas de quoi". On the other hand, "Je vous en prie" is quite rare.
Almariel
+1
Level 60
Feb 10, 2017
Native French speaker here. Both are correct, however "Je vous en prie" is more formal. Most people simply say "De rien".
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 10, 2017
«Il n'y a pas de quoi» will work now, although I also feel like the vast majority say «de rieni»
Arp2600
+1
Level 85
Feb 11, 2017
"De rien" is a bit informal, but is the most common expression, yes. By the way, both that and "Il n'y a pas de quoi" mean that one has done nothing that deserves a thank.
erikvanlaere
+2
Level 65
Feb 10, 2017
Good evening can be translated 'bonsoir', but also 'bonne soirée' which is not accepted… Too bad!
WanderingWalrus
+1
Level 78
Feb 10, 2017
Whats wrong with gruss Gott for hello in German?
Carry
+2
Level 63
Feb 10, 2017
I think that's rather regional. And most foreigners have probably never heard of it.
Djilas
+2
Level 82
Feb 10, 2017
Grüß Gott is used in Austria, Bavaria and a few other places. A significant enough portion of germanophones to accept it as a valid answer. However, it's very unlikely that someone would know this and not Hallo / Guten Tag, so if it Grüß Gott doesn't work, just try something else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BC%C3%9F_Gott

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 10, 2017
Grüß Gott will work now
scambigol
+1
Level 75
Feb 10, 2017
Not sure 'good day' is the best English translation. Nice quiz!
Vollkorntoast
+1
Level 34
Jan 5, 2018
But... it's the literal Translation. I guess English People are the only ones thad don't say Good day...
jajaco2017
+1
Level 57
Feb 10, 2017
in german you also say "schüss!
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 84
Feb 10, 2017
Auf wiedersehen = "Upon seeing you again", which is pretty darn close to "see you later". At least as close as "bis spater"="till later" is.
Arp2600
+1
Level 85
Feb 10, 2017
Semantically yes, but it's a question of context, of usage. When you say "See you later" in English, a German will say "Bis später/Bis Bald" and a French will say "A plus (tard)". On the other hand "Auf wiedersehen" and "Au revoir" clearly correspond to "Goodbye".
Arp2600
+1
Level 85
Feb 10, 2017
Very small detail : In French, we put a space before double punctuation symbols (so : ; ! and ?), thus it should be "Comment allez-vous ?"
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 10, 2017
Weird. Changed it to that.
Arp2600
+1
Level 85
Feb 11, 2017
Haha, I always find it weird that there is no space in English ;).
PTYOLO
+1
Level 32
May 18, 2017
In spanish sometimes we say "te veo despues"
Vollkorntoast
+2
Level 34
Nov 10, 2017
So, I've got one Thing bothering me: ''Tschüss'' would be a better fit for ''goodbye'' since we don't really say ''Auf Wiedersehen'' that often in Germany. We always say tschüss actually. And ''Bitteschön'' for ''You're welcome'' isn't wrong, but ''Gern geschehen'' would be better. Great quiz tho! :)
Tonikk
+2
Level 62
Oct 24, 2018
"Au revoir" and "arrivederci" are exactly the same verbs used in the same ways. Both mean literally "see you later", but are used as greetings when you're leaving the other person.

I think it's wrong that here are translated differently.

As an Italian I suggest to use "arrivederci" for "goodbye" and translating "see you later" with "a dopo" (or "a più tardi" or "ci vediamo dopo").

DieHardFoodie
+1
Level 32
Jan 25, 2019
poor quiz, see you later section especially, most are goodbye transalations.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 78
Jul 27, 2020
translations*
melbas
+1
Level 20
Mar 2, 2019
my grandfather always said zum spater for see you later not bis spater....

and he was german

overtired
+1
Level 84
May 13, 2019
How did I forget prego? Used so much in Italy, for a lot more than you're welcome.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Jan 28, 2020
A word for word back translation of "Wie geht es Ihnen" always struck me funny as being formal: "How goes it you?"
NauruPalau
+1
Level 50
Feb 24, 2020
Why no Czech ):
JackintheBox
+3
Level 78
Jul 27, 2020
Because it's not as commonly spoken in Europe.
lvtharrison
+1
Level 81
May 14, 2020
Can you accept 'pas de quoi' for you're welcome in French. It must be a hundred times more common than je t'en prie - that's way more formal - more like 'You're very/most welcome'. I'd never say that unless I didn't know the person.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 78
Jul 27, 2020
I got all German (since I study it), 7/10 French, and 3/10 for both Spanish and Italian.
Watto
+1
Level 51
Sep 5, 2020
You should also add 'Gern geschehen' for you're welcome for German :)
GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 81
Jun 3, 2021
how the frick did I forget Hallo. it's only one letter off from English! My german grandmother is rolling in her grave
Alouka
+2
Level 62
Aug 2, 2021
Got all French and all German, nearly all Spanish (missed see you later) but I suck at Italian. I got only 4 of them. (never took a lesson, went to Italy, ... Maybe that explains.)
RedStar12345
+1
Level 48
Apr 5, 2022
I tried "Guten tag" a few times, without success. Is there something incorrect with the way I wrote?
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Dec 19, 2022
In my experience 'ciao' should work for 'goodbye' in French and German...
babie90s
+1
Level 53
Mar 15, 2023
Please accept "ci vediamo" that literally means "see you later"
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