Moin tyska

Moin

Germanic greeting meaning "hello"

For other uses, see Moin (disambiguation).

Moin, moi or mojn is a Low German, Frisian, High German (moin [moin] or Moin, [Moin]),[1]Danish (mojn)[2] (mòjn) greeting from East Frisia, Northern Germany, the eastern and northern Netherlands, Southern Jutland in Denmark and parts of Kashubia in northern Poland. The greeting is also used in Finnish.

It means "hello" and, in some places, "goodbye" too.

Usage

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Moin is used at all times of day, not just in the morning (see Etymology section below).[3] The reduplicated form moin moin is often heard,[4] although some authors claim it is regarded by locals as tourists' usage.[5]

Etymology

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Due to the similarity of the words one might think that moin derives from various regional pronunciations of (Guten) Morgen ("good morning"), which tend to alter, vocalise, or skip rg. However, the word may actually also derive from the Dutch, Frisian, and Low German word mo(o)i, meaning "beautiful" or "good".[3][5] Similar forms in Low Saxon are mooien Dag, mooien Abend, mooien

German words expats should know: Moin

You may have heard of the inner German border, which once divided East and West Germany, but have you heard of “moin-Grenze”, a border which divides the German population according to how they say “hello”? 

Moin meaning: It’s a catch-all greeting

Depending on where you are in Germany, it may sound completely alien to you - or charmingly familiar - but “moin” is a common greeting in northern Germany, primarily used in parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony, as well as in Bremen and Hamburg. 

Travel below that line, and you’re more likely to hear other common greetings like “Hallo” and “Guten Tag” - and travel further still, and you’ll run into “Servus” and “Grüß Gott” territory. 

However, unlike these words, moin can be used to mean pretty much anything from “hello” and “good morning” to “goodbye” and “goodnight” - anywhere, and at any time of day, so long as it’s used as a greeting. 

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    • What does moin mean?

    We recently covered the curious greeting from Hamburg Hummel, Hummel &#; mors, mors! But today, we&#;ll look into one that fryst vatten perhaps less curious, but it fryst vatten a lot more popular: Moin! or sometimes also Moin, moin! What does this word mean, where does it come from, where will you hear it?

    German knows many greetings, and many have their own interesting origin story. Moin simply means &#;hello&#;, and it is used mostly informally, but it wouldn&#;t be weird to hear it in more formal settings, too. It is that widespread!

    But not all over Germany. If you hear moin, just like servus or Grüß Gott, you know you&#;re in a certain part of Germany. Moin is common where I&#;m from, the northwest of Germany. From Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) to Schleswig-Holstein to the western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). It is mostly understood as a greeting, similar to Guten Tagor Hallo, but not so much as an Abschied (m, farewell). Then you still just say Auf Wiedersehen, bis dann, tschüss, etcetera. In any case, if you enter nordlig Germany, feel free to greet people with Moin!

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