good morning
/ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/interjection, noun, verb
good morning is spelled G-O-O-D-M-O-R-N-I-N-G: 11 letters. People search “good-morning vs goodmorning” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As an interjection, good morning means “Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in good morning?
| Letters | 11: G-O-O-D-M-O-R-N-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce good morning?
- UK /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
- US /ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-good_morning.ogg, En-us-good_morning.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with good morning
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: goodmorning (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of good morning
- good mornings plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- good-morning
- goodmorning
- good morninging participle, present
- good morninged participle, past
- good-mornings plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- good-morninging participle, present
- good-morninged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does good morning mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.
The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls."
- 2
A parting in the morning.
Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning.
- 3
Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day).
Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning!
- 4
informalSaid to someone who has come to a belated realization.
You're just realizing that now? Good morning!
noun
- 1
A greeting consisting of the interjection.
- 2
An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:good morning.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of good morning.
verb
- 1
To say good morning (to someone).
verb
- 1
Alternative form of good-morning (“to say good morning (to someone)”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Good morning in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense when seeing someone for the first time in the morning:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bonjour, bon matin |
| German | guten Morgen |
| Portuguese | bom dia |
| Spanish | buenos días, buen día, buenas, buenas matinas (Americanism) |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does good morning come from?
From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).