Does anyone know how to sing “Happy Birthday To You” in German? Please write how it sounds, using English alphabet. thanx
Of course that is if Germans have such a gesture.
2007-08-09 00:41:03 · 6 answers · asked by IB 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hoppy bussday tooo yooo
hoppy bussday tooo yooo
hoppy bussday deeyuh [name of the person]
hoppy bussday tooo yooo.
2007-08-13 10:27:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It may be a great surprise, but Germans use the same alphabet as English speaking people. It's called the Latin alphabet! I don't know the full version, but somehow the song has spread over many countries. I've even heard it in Turkish - same tune, same sentiment, different words.
In Germany it starts with 'Zum Geburtstag viel Gluck' which means, ' Good luck on your birthday.' This is repeated until you say the name of the birthday child.
2007-08-09 02:56:56 · answer #2 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We have the song "Happy Birthday to you" in German, same melody. I don't really know how to write the pronounciation for an english speaker but I try:
Zum Geburtstag viel Glück (tsoom gay-boorts-tug feel glick (don't know how to write ü in English letters))
zum Geburtstag viel Glück
zum Geburtstag, liebe(r)....., (...lee-ba and then the name for a woman, lee-bear for a man)
zum Geburtstag viel Glück
But you can also sing it in English, everyone knows it.
2007-08-09 01:22:39 · answer #3 · answered by The baby penguin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Zum Geburtstag viel Glueck. Zum Geburtstag viel Glueck. Zum Geburtstag lieb/lieber....... Zum Geburtstag viel Glueck!
But everything has become so Americanized that we too sing the English version.
German native
2007-08-09 07:01:05 · answer #4 · answered by angelikabertrand64 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glücklicher Geburtstag zu Ihnen glücklicher Geburtstag zu Ihnen
2007-08-16 07:25:12 · answer #5 · answered by kristy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sherna gabotstag fear do, Sherna gabotstag fear do, Sherna gabotstag leber (enter name), Sherna gabotstag fear do.
Hope this helps.
2007-08-09 00:54:12 · answer #6 · answered by GIG 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋