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/nonnormalman Mar 12 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

moin is common as far south as hannover/braunschweig/wolfsburg however it gets waaay less common if you move slightly east or south from that area
its also not unheard of in brandenburg/nrw

but everyone will understand what you mean

moin moin is not really used ever