wie geht es dir
[ˌviː ˈɡeːt əs ˌdiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“wie geht es dir” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frage nach dem Wohlbefinden oder dem Gesundheitszustand einer befreundeten oder gut bekannten Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-wie-geht-es-dir · wie geht es dir · German
wie geht es dir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wie geht es dir |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌviː ˈɡeːt əs ˌdiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wie geht es dir“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wie geht es dir is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌviː ˈɡeːt əs ˌdiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frage nach dem Wohlbefinden oder dem Gesundheitszustand einer befreundeten oder gut bekannten Person".
wie geht es dir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wie geht es dir, spelled W-I-E- -G-E-H-T- -E-S- -D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Frage nach dem Wohlbefinden oder dem Gesundheitszustand einer befreundeten oder gut bekannten Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wie geht es dir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ach, hallo! Wie geht es dir? – Gut. Und dir?
„Katrin, wie geht es dir jetzt, da du geschieden bist?“ – „Könnte nicht besser sein.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.