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"Have a good weekend" in German: schönes Wochenende

schönes Wochenende

Say it: SHURN-es VOKH-en-en-duhphrase/ˈʃøːnəs ˈvɔxn̩ˌɛndə/

Have a good weekend in German is schönes Wochenende. Fuller: Schönes Wochenende! or Dir ein schönes Wochenende. Monday return: Schönen Start!

Friday office

Ciaoschönes Wochenende!
Bye — have a good weekend!
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How to pronounce schönes Wochenende

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SHURN-es VOKH-en-en-duh

/ˈʃøːnəs ˈvɔxn̩ˌɛndə/

SHURN-es VOKH-en-en-duh. Wochenende stress WO.

"Have a good weekend" in German: quick reference

GermanEnglish
schönes Wochenendehave a good weekend

Core farewell.

Schönes Wochenende!have a nice weekend!

With capital as opener.

Angenehmes Wochenendepleasant weekend

More formal.

Bis Montagsee you Monday

Work closing.

How to use schönes Wochenende in real life

  1. 1Friday office

    Ciaoschönes Wochenende!

    Bye — have a good weekend!

    Work.

  2. 2School gate

    Macht's gut, schönes Wochenende allen.

    Take care, have a good weekend everyone.

    Group.

  3. 3Shop closing

    Danke und schönes Wochenende!

    Thanks and have a good weekend!

    Customer.

Mistakes English speakers make with schönes Wochenende

Incorrect: guten Wochenende

Correct: schönes Wochenende

Wochenende is neuter: schönes, not guten.

Incorrect: gutes Weekend

Correct: schönes Wochenende

Use Wochenende, not Weekend.

Good to know

Friday afternoons fill with schönes Wochenende across offices. A smile plus Bis Montag is enough; long plans talk is optional.

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Leaving the office

  1. ChatPal

    Feierabend!

    Quitting time!

  2. You

    Schönes Wochenende!

    Have a good weekend!

  3. ChatPal

    Dir auchwandern?

    You too — hiking?

  4. You

    Vielleicht. Jedenfalls: schönes Wochenende!

    Maybe. Anyway: have a good weekend!

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Common questions about "Have a good weekend" in German

How do you say have a good weekend?

Schönes Wochenende.

Why schönes not guten?

Wochenende is neuter.

Formal version?

Angenehmes Wochenende or Ich wünsche Ihnen ein schönes Wochenende.

Reply?

Gleichfalls! or Dir auch!

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