
Ich hoffe, das ist dein bester Geburtstag bisher Ich hoffe, du hast einen schönen Geburtstag Happy birthday (All the lovely things for your birthday) Happy birthday (All the good things for your birthday) The most common way to wish someone a Happy Birthday in German is by saying “ Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!” (Literally: All the good things for your birthday). Luckily, we’ve listed all the different ways to wish someone a Happy Birthday - from “Happy birthday, grandma” to “Happy birthday, my love” in German. This will come in handy because when learning German and being surrounded by German-speakers, it’s inevitable that you’ll eventually run into someone who is celebrating their birthday.

Learn all about German birthday-related milestones, while we teach you how to say happy birthday in German in all possible situations. Did you know that Germans are allowed to drink before they’re allowed to drive and if you’re single when you turn 30, your German friends might force you to sweep the stairs of your local town hall or to publicly clean some door handles?īirthdays can mean something very different in Germany than they do in the US.
