Russian to German Translator
Free Russian to German translation, plus the German grammar that trips up English speakers.
What changes when you translate Russian to German
Translating Russian into German changes more than the words. German has three grammatical genders and four cases, builds long compound nouns, and pushes the verb to the end of subordinate clauses. German sentences often keep the main verb until the very end and stack cases and compounds, so sentence structure has to be rebuilt rather than translated word by word. 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.
Russian and German: key differences
Russian and German 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 German sentence.
| Feature | Russian | German |
|---|---|---|
| Writing system | the Cyrillic alphabet | the Latin alphabet |
| Typical word order | subject–verb–object, with flexible order | verb-second, with verb-final subordinate clauses |
| Subject pronouns | dropped when context is clear | required |
| Articles | no articles | definite and indefinite, marked for gender, number, and case |
Common Russian to German phrases
Everyday expressions translated from Russian to German:
| Russian (Русский) | German (Deutsch) |
|---|---|
| Здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte) | Hallo |
| Спокойной ночи (spokoynoy nochi) | Gute Nacht |
| Спасибо (spasibo) | Danke |
| Пожалуйста (pozhaluysta) | Bitte |
| Как дела? (kak dela?) | Wie geht es dir? |
| Как вас зовут? (kak vas zovut?) | Wie heißt du? |
| Я тебя люблю (ya tebya lyublyu) | Ich liebe dich |
| Извините (izvinite) | Entschuldigung |
| Где туалет? (gde tualet?) | Wo ist die Toilette? |
| До свидания (do svidaniya) | Auf Wiedersehen |
About the German language
German (Deutsch) is spoken by about 135 million people across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It belongs to the Germanic (Indo-European) language family and is written in the Latin alphabet.
- Native name
- Deutsch
- Speakers
- 135 million
- Language family
- Germanic (Indo-European)
- Writing system
- the Latin alphabet
- Word order
- verb-second, with verb-final subordinate clauses
Russian to German translation tips
- Russian uses subject–verb–object, with flexible order word order, while German is verb-second, with verb-final subordinate clauses, so the AI restructures whole sentences instead of substituting words one by one.
- Russian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, and German uses the Latin alphabet, so the translator converts between writing systems for you.
Russian to German translation FAQ
How accurate is AI Russian to German translation?
The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so Russian to German 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 German?
Hello in German is Hallo. The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday German expressions, such as Danke (thank you) and Auf Wiedersehen (goodbye).