German to Italian Translator
Free German to Italian translation, plus the Italian grammar that trips up English speakers.
What changes when you translate German to Italian
Translating German into Italian changes more than the words. Italian marks gender and number on nouns and adjectives, usually drops subject pronouns, and uses the formal Lei alongside the informal tu. Italian drops subject pronouns and inflects endings for gender and number, so translations must recover who is doing what from context and keep agreements consistent. A word-for-word tool gets the vocabulary right and these things wrong, which is why the translator above reads the whole sentence before it writes anything.
German and Italian: key differences
German and Italian diverge on word order, grammatical gender, subject pronouns, and articles. Each row below is a place where swapping words one for one produces the wrong Italian sentence.
| Feature | German | Italian |
|---|---|---|
| Typical word order | verb-second, with verb-final subordinate clauses | subject–verb–object |
| Grammatical gender | three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) | two genders (masculine, feminine) |
| Subject pronouns | required | usually dropped |
| Articles | definite and indefinite, marked for gender, number, and case | definite and indefinite, marked for gender and number |
Common German to Italian phrases
Everyday expressions translated from German to Italian:
| German (Deutsch) | Italian (Italiano) |
|---|---|
| Hallo | Ciao |
| Gute Nacht | Buonanotte |
| Danke | Grazie |
| Bitte | Per favore |
| Wie geht es dir? | Come stai? |
| Wie heißt du? | Come ti chiami? |
| Ich liebe dich | Ti amo |
| Entschuldigung | Scusi |
| Wo ist die Toilette? | Dov'è il bagno? |
| Auf Wiedersehen | Arrivederci |
About the Italian language
Italian (Italiano) is spoken by about 85 million people across Italy, Switzerland, and San Marino. It belongs to the Romance (Indo-European) language family and is written in the Latin alphabet.
- Native name
- Italiano
- Speakers
- 85 million
- Language family
- Romance (Indo-European)
- Writing system
- the Latin alphabet
- Word order
- subject–verb–object
German to Italian translation tips
- German uses verb-second, with verb-final subordinate clauses word order, while Italian is subject–verb–object, so the AI restructures whole sentences instead of substituting words one by one.
German to Italian translation FAQ
How accurate is AI German to Italian translation?
The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so German to Italian results read more naturally than word-for-word tools. For legal, medical, or other high-stakes text, have a fluent speaker review the output.
How do you say hello in Italian?
Hello in Italian is Ciao. The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Italian expressions, such as Grazie (thank you) and Arrivederci (goodbye).