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    This document provides guidelines for writing formal and informal letters in German, including: 1) Examples of formal greetings like "Guten Tag Herr Mustermann" and ways to conclude formally with phrases like "Mit freundlichen Grüßen". 2) Suggestions for informal greetings like "Lieber Andreas" and intimate sign-offs like "Viele liebe Grüße". 3) Notes on addressing the recipient properly based on their gender and relationship, and conventions like not capitalizing the first line of the greeting.

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    This document provides guidelines for writing formal and informal letters in German, including: 1) Examples of formal greetings like "Guten Tag Herr Mustermann" and ways to conclude formally with phrases like "Mit freundlichen Grüßen". 2) Suggestions for informal greetings like "Lieber Andreas" and intimate sign-offs like "Viele liebe Grüße". 3) Notes on addressing the recipient properly based on their gender and relationship, and conventions like not capitalizing the first line of the greeting.

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    This document provides guidelines for writing formal and informal letters in German, including: 1) Examples of formal greetings like "Guten Tag Herr Mustermann" and ways to conclude formally with phrases like "Mit freundlichen Grüßen". 2) Suggestions for informal greetings like "Lieber Andreas" and intimate sign-offs like "Viele liebe Grüße". 3) Notes on addressing the recipient properly based on their gender and relationship, and conventions like not capitalizing the first line of the greeting.

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    Sample of how to begin a formal letter in German.

    Rules for writing a formal German letter


    The following are examples for formal greeting lines when composing a letter in
    German:

    • Guten Tag Herr Mustermann, – Good day Mr. Mustermann

    • Sehr geehrter Herr Professor Doktor Brecht, – Dear Professor Doctor

    Brecht – note that the title comes after gender-specific noun and before

    the actual name

    • Sehr geehrter Herr Präsident, – Dear Mister President

    • Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, – Dear Sir/Madam – note that the

    German is actually plural and is the equivalent of “To whom it may

    concern”
    • Liebe Frau Treibholz, – Dear Mrs. Treibholz – less formal but still very

    polite
    Depending on the subject of your letter, you might open with one of the
    following lines:

    • ich schreibe Ihnen weil… – I’m writing to you because…

    • ich nehme Bezug auf Ihr Schreiben vom… – I’m referring to your letter

    dated…

    • ich habe folgendes Anliegen: – I have the following request:


    To formally conclude a letter in German, you can use one of these salutations:

    • Mit freundlichen Grüßen – Sincerely yours – literally “with friendly

    salutations”
    • Ich freue mich auf Ihre Antwort – I look forward to your reply

    • Ich danke Ihnen für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit und verbleibe mit

    freundlichen Grüßen – I thank you for your attention and remain

    with kind regards

    Rules for writing an informal German letter


    Depending on how informal your relationship to the recipient actually is, there
    are hardly any rules you need to follow when composing a letter to a German
    friend. You can include the entire letterhead as you would for a formal letter,
    though you’d probably leave out a subject line.
    Yet it’s more common to just include the place and date to let the addressee
    know when and whence you’re writing. After that, you can launch right into any
    type of informal greeting you prefer:

    • Liebe Frau Müller, – Dear Ms. Müller

    • Lieber Andreas, – Dear Andreas

    • Hallo, – Hello

    • Hallo Martin, – Hello Martin

    • Hallo mein Lieber, / Hallo meine Liebe, – Hello my love


    Don’t forget that adjectives or nouns need to correspond properly to the gender
    of the recipient. Same as with a formal letter, the first line is not capitalised.
    To close your letter informally in German, you can sign off any way you like. Final
    salutations are often warm and intimate in German and express best wishes:

    • Herzlichst – Cordially

    • Viele Grüße – Best regards

    • Liebe Grüße / Viele liebe Grüße – Lots of love

    • Alles Liebe – Lots of love

    • Beste Wünsche – Best wishes

    • Dein – Yours, male version

    • Deine – Yours, female version


    • In Liebe – With love–reserve that one for your significant other!

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