In BW, i.e. the South-West of Germany?? Strange.

"Moin" or "Moin, moin" is actually a greeting used in Northern Germany, has nothing to do with "(Guten) Morgen", and can be used at more or less any time of the day ...

I spent some time working in Rheinland-Pfalz a few years ago and was often greeted in the morning with a "Moin" or "Moin moin" - I think it's just a dialect/accent thing, swallowing the consonants in the middle of "Morgen" as in "Good morning".

This is how the 'Maus' says good morning.

When used to complain about something, it reminds me kinda like a column from the Detroit Free Press (Bob somebody I think) that was titled Moday Moanin'

Das gute alte Moin scheint ja nun wirklich Landesgrenzen zu sprengen...

Als Nordlicht kommt mir das sehr entgegen ;)

It is a greeting from Northern Germany, meaning "Guten Tag".

If I remember correctly, "moin" means "good" - so it does not have anything to do with "Morgen" (it is, however, often misinterpreted this way by non-Northerners).


If I'm wrong, "Nordlichter" correct me!

There are loads of threads on this in the forum already. In short, it's a North German greeting, and has nothing to do with "Morning" as many have postulated. It's kind of just "hello" and can be used at any time of day. I don't think there are any connotations of lamenting. Ususlly, person A says "Moin", and person B replies "Moin moin", though this may differ depending on whereabouts in the north you are… I lived in Hamburg and it was common there.




related discussion: Good Morning - Moin

It's also been discussed here:

https://dict.leo.org/forum/alphabeticIndex.ph...

Me, waht are you talking about? The "Maus"?? "Moin" used for complaining about something????

Doppel-Huch?

Sehr unterhaltsam: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moin

(c;

Bacon - vielleicht die Maus aus der "Sendung mit der Maus"? Aber ich dachte, die ist aus Köln?

Eine kleiner Zusatz:
Zumindest für Ostfriesland stimmt es nicht, dass "Moin moin" die Antwort auf ein einfaches "Moin" ist.Der Unterschied ist eher regional bedingt. In und um Hamburg ist "Moin moin" ist eher typisch, wohingegen in Ostfriesland ein einfaches "Moin" gebräuchlicher ist. So hat mir das zumindest mein Opa (gebürtiger Leeraner) erklärt.

Genau so isses, DeepThought!
Die Ostfriesen sind viel zu wortkarg für ein zweites Moin. ;)

No, Bacon, the 'Maus' team don't complain, do they?

But funny how I never realized that Armin's 'moin, moin' (since it's always at 11:30) could also be used for other times of the day.

I've never really heard anyone ever use 'moin, moin' for something they are trying to lament (as Carmos has the impression), but it reminded me of the play on words, that's all.


But maybe you have an idea for Sammelabruf?
P.S. What's wrong with the forum, I can't see a lot of entries unless I click on answer

Im prinzip ist alles gesagte richtige, jedoch hat 'Moin' eine doppelte bedeutung. Zum einen lässt es sich als 'Guten' verstehen, zum anderen bedeutet es auch 'Tach' (Tag).
Ein einfachs Moin meint also das im Norden auch gebräuchlich 'Tach!', oder 'einen Guten!'.
'Moin Moin' steigert dies noch und meint 'Guten Tag!'.

May you can say it like "hi". Hi you also can say at every day time.

In Berlin, "Guten Morgen" is mangled to "Morjen", with the r almost inaudible, so it does indeed sound more like "Moin" than anything else.