20 Expressions to Wish Good Luck in German

German is the official language of both Germany and Austria and one of the official languages of Switzerland. German belongs to the West Germanic group of the Indo-European language family, along with English, Frisian, and Dutch. It is the key language in the European Union and the new economies of Central and Eastern Europe. The German language even seems to be in great demand abroad also. Also, German belongs to the ten most popular languages in the world. The language is, written in the Latin script and is one of the major languages of the world. It is estimated to have approximately 90–95 million people speaking German as a first language, 10–25 million speaking it as a second language, and 75–100 million speaking it as a foreign language. This would imply approximately 175–220 million German speakers worldwide.

Viel Glück – Good Luck 

Alles Gute! – All the best!

Viel Erfolg! – Wish you success!

Viel Glück für die Zukunft! – Good luck for the future!

Or

Alles Gute für die Zukunft – All the best for the future!

Viel Glück! Ich drücke dir die Daumen! – Good luck! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you!

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Ich halte/drücke (dir) die Daumen. – I’ll cross my fingers (for you).

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Jemandem die Daumen drücken – I’ll cross my fingers (for you).

Hals- und Beinbruch! – Good luck! Break a leg!

Viel Glück für morgen – Good luck tomorrow

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Viel Glück morgen! – Good luck tomorrow

Viel Glück beim Wettkampf morgen! – Good luck at the competition tomorrow!

Viel Glück heute beim Wettkampf! – Good luck at today’s competition!

Viel Glück, mein Freund! – Good luck, my friend!

Viel Glück bei der morgigen Autoprüfung! – Good luck at tomorrow’s car test

Viel Glück für die Prüfung! – Good luck for the upcoming exam.

Viel Glück bei der Prüfung! – Good luck at the exam.

Viel Glück für dein interview – Good luck for your interview.

Viel Glück für dein projekt – Good luck for your project

Viel Glück für deine OP – Good luck for your surgery

The language is known today as German is believed to have originated from Proto-Germanic, which began to develop around 2000 B.C., as people began to settle in western areas of the Baltic Sea. The first-ever record of the German language dates back to a time when the Romans came into contact with inhabitants of the Rhine-Danube area during their occupation in the first century BC. Since then German has gone through many changes, from Old High German (from about 700 AD to the eleventh century); Middle High German (from about 1050 to 1350); Early New High German (1350 to 1600) to New High German (from about 1600 to the present). Modern-day German often referred to as “High German”, or Hochdeutsch, used as the language of administration, higher education, literature, and the mass media, is likely to be unrecognisable from the language that the Romans first observed.

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