German to Japanese Translator
Translate German to Japanese for free, with the context a word-for-word tool drops.
What changes when you translate German to Japanese
Translating German into Japanese changes more than the words. Japanese places the verb at the end of the sentence, marks grammar with particles rather than word order, and encodes politeness levels (keigo) directly in the grammar. Japanese routinely omits subjects and encodes politeness in verb forms, so the translator must infer who is speaking to whom and choose an appropriate register. 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 Japanese: key differences
German and Japanese diverge on the writing system, word order, grammatical gender, formality, subject pronouns, and articles. Each row below is a place where swapping words one for one produces the wrong Japanese sentence.
| Feature | German | Japanese |
|---|---|---|
| Writing system | the Latin alphabet | a mix of kanji with hiragana and katakana |
| Typical word order | verb-second, with verb-final subordinate clauses | subject–object–verb |
| Grammatical gender | three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) | no grammatical gender |
| Formality | informal and formal second person | multiple speech levels (だ / です・ます / 尊敬語) |
| Subject pronouns | required | usually dropped |
| Articles | definite and indefinite, marked for gender, number, and case | no articles |
Common German to Japanese phrases
Everyday expressions translated from German to Japanese:
| German (Deutsch) | Japanese (日本語) |
|---|---|
| Hallo | こんにちは (konnichiwa) |
| Gute Nacht | おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) |
| Danke | ありがとう (arigatō) |
| Bitte | お願いします (onegai shimasu) |
| Wie geht es dir? | お元気ですか？(o-genki desu ka?) |
| Wie heißt du? | お名前は何ですか？(o-namae wa nan desu ka?) |
| Ich liebe dich | 愛してる (aishiteru) |
| Entschuldigung | すみません (sumimasen) |
| Wo ist die Toilette? | トイレはどこですか？(toire wa doko desu ka?) |
| Auf Wiedersehen | さようなら (sayōnara) |
About the Japanese language
Japanese (日本語) is spoken by about 125 million people across Japan. It belongs to the Japonic language family and is written in a mix of kanji with hiragana and katakana.
- Native name
- 日本語
- Speakers
- 125 million
- Language family
- Japonic
- Writing system
- a mix of kanji with hiragana and katakana
- Word order
- subject–object–verb
German to Japanese translation tips
- German uses verb-second, with verb-final subordinate clauses word order, while Japanese is subject–object–verb, so the AI restructures whole sentences instead of substituting words one by one.
- German is written in the Latin alphabet, and Japanese uses a mix of kanji with hiragana and katakana, so the translator converts between writing systems for you.
German to Japanese translation FAQ
How accurate is AI German to Japanese translation?
The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so German to Japanese 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 Japanese?
Hello in Japanese is こんにちは (konnichiwa). The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Japanese expressions, such as ありがとう (arigatō) (thank you) and さようなら (sayōnara) (goodbye).