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Question by Michael: How do German people address their friends?
Both genders if you will. Like we say “dude” “Buddy” “Friend” “Tiger woods” all that slangy goodness
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Answer by Richard B
Hallo or Hello, Hi or Hey, plus this in German: Wie geht’s? (how’s it going or how are you).
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i think its buddy
It is common that people who are informally addressed with du (friends, relatives, children) are also called by their first name, while people who are formally addressed with Sie are called by their last name, with Herr or Frau (“Mr.” and “Mrs.”) put in front. When addressing nobility, these ‘bourgeois’ addresses are dropped and the title (such as Graf or Freifrau) is used instead of Herr or Frau.
It depends on the social background and where in Germany you are from. In Berlin you sometimes will hear ‘Atze’ which originally meant big brother while little brother was ‘Keule’, nowadays ‘Atze’ is used universally whether you are related or not but has a somewhat lowerclass feeling to it.
Another one to be found typically in North Germany is ‘Dicker’. A universal term would be ‘Kumpel’ or ‘Alter’. All of them are typically male terms. Females sometimes address each other as ‘Suesse’ or similar words along these lines.
Vas ist das. I wrote is phonetically. Means whats up. Vei Getes. Means: Hows it going. When you are more friendly you would say chuse, again I wrote it phonetically. It means Hi.
Hope this helps.
The address their friends with: Hallo, and mostly with their first name or nickname
Okay..it really depends on the context and the way you treat each others.
You, no matter what sex gender you are….have a friend, who’s male.
We say “Kumpel”
It’s something like my “buddy”
“Alter” can be used as well..
More uneducated teenagers use it. Me, for example, ises it too. When I’m a bit mad or…I don’t know…
Just upset.
It should be something like: “Man, Alter…was zur Hälle machst du da?”
Means. “Dude…what the hell are you doing there????”
Or:
A: “Last night I dreamt about somebody eating cr*p”
B (who is surprised and kinda shocked. Right now he’s thinking “Person A is so weird…he scares me)
…he says to A: “Alter……”
Here where I live aren’t any people I know using the term “Atze”. But I know that it is used….
I hate that word anyway.