German to Russian Translator
Free German to Russian translation, plus the Russian grammar that trips up English speakers.
What changes when you translate German to Russian
Translating German into Russian changes more than the words. Russian declines nouns and adjectives across six cases, has no articles, and pairs most verbs into perfective and imperfective aspects. Russian has no articles and free word order driven by emphasis, so translations need case endings and aspect choices that plain word-for-word substitution gets wrong. 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 Russian: key differences
German and Russian diverge on the writing system, word order, subject pronouns, and articles. Each row below is a place where swapping words one for one produces the wrong Russian sentence.
| Feature | German | Russian |
|---|---|---|
| Writing system | the Latin alphabet | the Cyrillic alphabet |
| Typical word order | verb-second, with verb-final subordinate clauses | subject–verb–object, with flexible order |
| Subject pronouns | required | dropped when context is clear |
| Articles | definite and indefinite, marked for gender, number, and case | no articles |
Common German to Russian phrases
Everyday expressions translated from German to Russian:
| German (Deutsch) | Russian (Русский) |
|---|---|
| Hallo | Здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte) |
| Gute Nacht | Спокойной ночи (spokoynoy nochi) |
| Danke | Спасибо (spasibo) |
| Bitte | Пожалуйста (pozhaluysta) |
| Wie geht es dir? | Как дела? (kak dela?) |
| Wie heißt du? | Как вас зовут? (kak vas zovut?) |
| Ich liebe dich | Я тебя люблю (ya tebya lyublyu) |
| Entschuldigung | Извините (izvinite) |
| Wo ist die Toilette? | Где туалет? (gde tualet?) |
| Auf Wiedersehen | До свидания (do svidaniya) |
About the Russian language
Russian (Русский) is spoken by about 255 million people across Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It belongs to the Slavic (Indo-European) language family and is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
- Native name
- Русский
- Speakers
- 255 million
- Language family
- Slavic (Indo-European)
- Writing system
- the Cyrillic alphabet
- Word order
- subject–verb–object, with flexible order
German to Russian translation tips
- German uses verb-second, with verb-final subordinate clauses word order, while Russian is subject–verb–object, with flexible order, so the AI restructures whole sentences instead of substituting words one by one.
- German is written in the Latin alphabet, and Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet, so the translator converts between writing systems for you.
German to Russian translation FAQ
How accurate is AI German to Russian translation?
The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so German to Russian 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 Russian?
Hello in Russian is Здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte). The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Russian expressions, such as Спасибо (spasibo) (thank you) and До свидания (do svidaniya) (goodbye).