Do you work for a company that works with German companies? Do you have friends from Germany, Austria or Switzerland? In the context of active globalization, such cases can hardly be called a rarity. However, even if you are fluent in the language of Schiller and Goethe, you may have problems writing letters in German. So how do you correctly design a personal or official letter in German?
Instructions
Step 1
There are two types of correspondence - personal and official. Each category of letters has its own rules and expressions. So, if you are writing a personal letter to your friends or German-speaking relatives, then you need to consider the following points. In the upper right corner, the place and time of sending the letter is written, for example, Moskau, 11. Mai 2011. On the next line, an appeal to the addressee is written. If your addressee is female, then you should contact her Liebe (for example, Liebe Claudia). If you are writing a letter to a man, then you should use the adjective Lieber (for example, Lieber Tomas). After the appeal, the text of the letter is located, which is divided into thematic paragraphs. The letter ends with traditional wishes, for example, Viele Gru? E, Herzliche Gru? E and so on.
Step 2
Official correspondence in German is subject to stricter rules. In the header of the letter, you must provide information about the sender - name, surname, street, house number, apartment number, postal code, city and country name. Then you need to skip one line and indicate the addressee's data: his name and surname, or company name, post office box or address, zip code, city and country. The address to the addressee will depend on his gender. If you are writing a letter to a woman, then contact her Sehr qeehrte Frau _. If the letter is addressed to a man, then you should contact him Sehr qeehrter Herr_. If you do not know for sure the gender of the addressee, then you can issue an appeal as follows: Sehr qeehrte Damen und Herren. After the appeal comes the text of the letter, which ends with a standard wish from Mit freundlichen Gru? En. After the wish is signed by the sender, as well as the surname with initials.
Step 3
Remember that neither official nor personal letters are allowed to write from the "red line". Also, be sure to check your email for spelling errors and clerical errors before sending it.
