{"id":10164,"date":"2018-09-18T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=10164"},"modified":"2018-08-31T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T20:03:15","slug":"celebrating-birthdays-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/celebrating-birthdays-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Birthdays in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, my birthday was a couple of weeks ago which inspired me to write this post. I love birthdays – there is nothing better than a day of giving or recieving presents, eating cake and just generally being happy!<\/p>\n

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My birthday in 2016! Holding a big cake and I couldn’t be happier. Own photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

Germany celebrates birthdays pretty much the same way as in the UK or USA, there is cake, singing and a party. Here is a vocabulary list for you and two songs that you can sing. One is the usual “happy birthday to you” song and the second one is different which I find\u00a0 has a nicer ring to it.<\/p>\n

Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

der Geburtstag\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the birthday (Geburt = birth, Tag = day)
\ndas Geburtstagskind\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the birthday child
\nAlles Gute zum Geburtstag!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0happy birthday!
\nGeburtstagsw\u00fcnsch\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 birthday wish
\ndie Familie\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the family
\ndie Freunde\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the friends
\ndie \u00dcberraschung\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the surprise
\ndie Einladungen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the invitations
\ndie Ballons\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the balloons
\ndas Kuchen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the cake
\ndie Kerzen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the candles
\ndie Geburtstagsfeier\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the birthday party
\ndie Geschenke\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the presents
\ndas Geschenkpapier\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the wrapping paper<\/p>\n

Here is the first German birthday song:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zum Geburtstag viel Gl\u00fcck!
\nZum Geburtstag viel Gl\u00fcck!
\nZum Geburtstag liebe …….
\nZum Geburtstag viel Gl\u00fcck!<\/p>\n

English translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy birthday to you!
\nHappy birthday to you!
\nHappy birthday dear ……
\nHappy birthday to you!<\/p>\n

The next song we always used to sing when someone had their birthday when I was studying in Munich. You can also sing it in canon, which means one group starts singing and once they reach the second line the second group starts singing the first line.<\/p>\n

Viel Gl\u00fcck und viel Segen
\nauf all deinen Wegen,
\nGesundheit und Frohsinn
\nsei auch mit dabei.<\/p>\n

English translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good luck and many blessings
\non all of your ways
\nHealth and happiness
\nwill also be with you<\/p>\n

The song is called “Viel Gl\u00fcck und viel Segen” incase you want to youtube it to hear what it sounds like.<\/p>\n

Do you enjoy celebrating birthdays?<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading,<\/p>\n

Larissa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hello, my birthday was a couple of weeks ago which inspired me to write this post. I love birthdays – there is nothing better than a day of giving or recieving presents, eating cake and just generally being happy! Germany celebrates birthdays pretty much the same way as in the UK or USA, there is…<\/p>\n

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