Languages › German German SMS Share Flipboard Email Print Hero Images / Getty Images German Vocabulary History & Culture Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar By Ingrid Bauer Ingrid Bauer German Language Expert M.A., German Studies, McGill University B.A., German and French Ingrid Bauer, who is fluent in German, has been teaching and tutoring the German language since 1996. She has a teaching degree and an M.A. in German studies. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on January 22, 2018 We used to be the kinds of people who vowed to never “butcher” the written language, be it German or English when it came to e-mailing and texting. That was a few years ago. Now, we must admit, having seen so many abbreviations, we have joined countless others, in typing at least the more common abbreviations. Germans, as you may have guessed, use some English SMS, but fortunately, German SMS abounds as well. Why not try to impress a German friend with some SMS German texting? Just be sure of thing - please don’t forget how the words really are spelled… 8tung Achtung – watch outads alles deine Schuld – all your faultakla? alles klar? – everything o.k?aws auf Wiedersehen – good byebb bis bald – see you soonbda bis dann – till thenbidunowa? Bist du noch wach? – Are you still awake?braduhi? brauchst du Hilfe? – Do you need help?bs bis später – till laterdad denke an dich – thinking of youdiv danke im Voraus – thank you in advancedubido du bist doof – you are dumbff Fortsetzung folgt – to be continuedg grinsen - smirkg&k Gruß und Kuss – hug and kissgn8 gute Nacht – good nighthdl hab dich Lieb – love youhegl herzlichen Glückwunsch - congratulationsild ich liebe dich – I love youjon jetzt oder nie – now or neverlg liebe Grüße – heartfelt regardsmamim a mail mir mal – e-mail memumidire muss mit dir reden – have to talk with youn8 Nacht - nightnfd nur für dich - only for youpg Pech gehabt – bad luckrumian ruf mich an - call mesfh Schluss für heute- enough for todaysiw soweit ich weiß- as far as I knowsz schreib zurück – write backvlg viele Grüßevv viel Vergnügen – lots of funwamaduheu? was machst du heute? – What are you doing today?Waudi warte auf dich – wait for youWe Wochenende - weekend Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Bauer, Ingrid. "German SMS." ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/about-german-sms-1444307. Bauer, Ingrid. (2020, August 27). German SMS. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/about-german-sms-1444307 Bauer, Ingrid. "German SMS." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/about-german-sms-1444307 (accessed March 28, 2023). copy citation Featured Video