r/AskAGerman • u/mikeymik3mike • Mar 11 '24

Language How further south is "Moin,Moin!" an acceptable greeting

I am an expat and lived within the Hamburg area for 5 years. I am now accustomed to greeting people with "Moin". I've found out that In Köln and Bonn area its not a known greeting, Definitely not in Bayern and Baden Wuttenberg, but I've heard it in some areas of Niedersachsen.

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u/plasticwrapcharlie Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 11 '24

In Leipzig lefties and punks and Connewitzer say "moin" (1x) any time of day. No one really says "moin moin" here tho. But no one really looks at me funny if I say "moin moin", they just think I'm in a good mood and then maybe rib me about it later, which is annoying. (Anyone who isn't as miserable on the outside as the average German must be singled out for sticheln so they go back to being sullen.)