How to Say “How Are You Today?” in Dutch

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hoe gaat het vandaag met je?
The Dutch phrase for "how are you today?" is hoe gaat het vandaag met je?
hoe gaat het vandaag met je? is a friendly greeting used to ask someone about their current well-being or mood. You may also encounter shorter or alternative ways to ask how someone is, such as Alles goed? (Is everything good?) or the more casual hoe is het vandaag? (how is it today?).

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase hoe gaat het vandaag met je? literally translates to "how goes it today with you?"

Which one should you use?

The phrase hoe gaat het vandaag met je? is the informal version. For a more formal approach, you can use hoe gaat het met u? which translates to "How is it going with you?" The formal variation hoe gaat het vandaag met u? can also be used to ask "how are you today?" in a polite manner.

How does it change in a sentence?

In this phrase, replacing the informal pronoun je with the polite pronoun u changes the question from an informal one to a polite or formal one.

When do people say it?

A common way to respond to this question is goed, dank je! (good, thank you!). When greeting someone depending on the time of day, you might use Goedemorgen (Good morning) until around 11 a.m., or Goedemiddag (Good afternoon) until around 5 p.m.

Did you know?

  • In the Netherlands, asking hoe gaat het? can often be a literal question about your well-being rather than just a polite greeting. If you answer goed, the other person may genuinely expect a brief update on your life.
  • If you look at the word met, its distant Proto-Germanic ancestors are related to the English word 'meat'.
  • Dutch culture values directness, so if someone is truly doing poorly, they may answer hoe gaat het? with a blunt description of their problems instead of the polite goed.

Examples in context

  • Goedemiddag! Hoe gaat het met u vandaag?
    Good afternoon! How are you today?
  • Hoi! Hoe gaat het met je vandaag?
    Hi! How are you today?
  • Hey! Alles goed vandaag?
    Hey! Everything good today?
  • Ik wilde even vragen: hoe gaat het vandaag met je?
    I wanted to ask: how are you today?
  • Zeg, hoe gaat het vandaag met je?
    Say, how are you today?

Example conversation

Noah and Lisa meet at a local cafe.

  1. Noah

    Hoi Lisa, hoe gaat het vandaag met je?
    Hi Lisa, how are you today?
  2. Lisa

    Met mij gaat het goed, dank je.
    I am doing well, thank you.
  3. Noah

    Dat is fijn om te horen.
    That is good to hear.
  4. Lisa

    En hoe gaat het met jou?
    And how are you?

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