German words for kids · Greetings & manners
How to say “good morning” in German
A morning greeting is easy to make a daily habit, because the moment it belongs to happens every single day.
Good morning in German
Guten Morgen
Sounds like ≈ GOO-ten MOR-gen
Good to know: Morgen is capitalised because it's a noun here. Families often shorten it to just Morgen!
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our German songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
Guten Morgen, Klasse!
Good morning, class!
from Steh auf, setz dich! (Hands Up, Sit Down)
Guten Morgen, Mama!
Good morning, Mama!
from Mama und Papa (Mom and Dad)
Guten Morgen, Sonnenschein!
Good morning, little sunshine!
from Die Sonne scheint (It's Sunny)
3 songs that teach it
“Good morning” is one of the key words in these songs. Every line is shown in German with its English meaning.
Guten Morgen
Good Morning · Greetings · Free
- Guten Morgen · good morning
- Wie geht's dir? · how are you?
- sehr gut · very well
- danke · thank you
Steh auf, setz dich!
Hands Up, Sit Down · At School · Premium
- guten Morgen · good morning
- die Lehrerin · the teacher
- setz dich · sit down
- steh auf · stand up
Auf dem Markt
At the Market · In the Town · Premium
- der Markt · the market
- guten Morgen · good morning
- ich hätte gern · I'd like
- bitte · please
Also sung in: Zähl mit mir, Auf dem Bauernhof, Mama und Papa, Die Sonne scheint, Heute ist Montag, Hallo, Natur, Hallo, mein Freund, Das ABC and 2 more.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Say Guten Morgen at the bedroom door every morning before anything else, and wait for your child to answer it back.
- 2Open the curtains together and greet the sun, the sky and the street with Guten Morgen.
- 3Play the greeting song while getting dressed; within a week most kids start singing the first line on their own.
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Sing it in German, free
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About the pronunciation: the “sounds like” spellings are rough English approximations for parents (capital letters show the stressed syllable). Germanhas sounds English doesn't, so treat them as a starting point and let the songs be the model. Songs are original and produced with AI music tools. Ideas for using German songs with your family.