Holidays & Good wishes in German

Now you know how to talk about date and time in German, let’s continue with some more special occasions, holidays and how to wish people well in German.

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Good wishes
Holidays & festive occasions
Verbs
Vocabulary & Phrases
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Good wishes

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
All the best!	Alles Gute!
Congratulations!	Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
Good luck!	Viel Glück!
Happy birthday!	Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Merry Christmas!	Frohe Weihnachten!
Happy Easter!	Frohe Ostern!
Happy New Year!	Frohes neues Jahr!
with all my heart / wholehearted	aus ganzem Herzen

Holidays & festive occasions

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
birthday [Sg]	(der) Geburtstag
birthdays [Pl]	(die) Geburtstage
Christmas	Weihnachten
Yule	Weihnachtsfest
Christmas Eve	Heiligabend
Easter	Ostern
Easter holidays	Osterfeiertage
Pentecost / Whitsun	Pfingsten
New Year’s Eve	Silvester
New Year	Neujahr
wedding [Sg]	(die) Hochzeit
weddings [Pl]	(die) Hochzeiten
name day [Sg]	(der) Namenstag
name days [Pl]	(die) Namenstage
Valentine’s Day	Valentinstag
anniversary [Sg]	(das) Jubiläum
anniversaries [Pl]	(die) Jubiläen

Verbs

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) invite	einladen
(to) wish	wünschen
(to) make a gift	schenken
(to) get	bekommen

Vocabulary & Phrases

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
party [Sg]	(die) Party Feier
parties [Pl]	(die) Partys Feiern
birthday party [Sg]	Geburtstagsparty Geburtstagsfeier
birthday parties [Pl]	(die) Geburtstagspartys Geburtstagsfeiern
invitation [Sg]	Einladung
invitations [Pl]	(die) Einladungen
I invite you to the party!	Ich lade dich zur Party ein!
wish [Sg]	wünschen
wishes [Pl]	(die) Wünsche
What would you like? / What do you want?	Was wünschst du dir?
surprise [Sg]	(die) Überraschung
surprises [Pl]	(die) Überraschungen
present / gift [Sg]	(das) Geschenk
presents / gifts [Pl]	(die) Geschenke

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