Do you work for a company that cooperates with German companies? Do you have friends from Germany, Austria or Switzerland? In the context of active globalization, such cases are hardly a rarity. However, even if you speak fluently in Schiller and Goethe, you may have trouble writing letters in German. So how to correctly issue a personal or official letter in German?
Instruction manual
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There are two types of correspondence - personal and official. Each letter category 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 is written the place and time of sending the letter, for example, Moskau, 11.Mai 2011. The next line is written an appeal to the addressee. 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 is the text of the letter, which is divided into thematic paragraphs. The letter ends with traditional wishes, for example, Viele Gru? E, Herzliche Gru? E and so on.
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German official correspondence is subject to more stringent rules. In the heading of the letter, it is necessary to provide information about the sender - name, surname, street, house number, apartment number, zip code, name of the city and country. Then you need to skip one line and specify the addressee's data: his name and surname, or company name, mailbox or address, zip code, city and country. The appeal to the addressee will depend on his gender. If you are writing a letter to a woman, then contact Sehr qeehrte Frau _______. If the letter is addressed to a man, then he should contact Sehr qeehrter Herr____. If you do not know exactly the gender of the addressee, then you can make an appeal like this: Sehr qeehrte Damen und Herren. After the appeal comes the text of the letter, which ends with the standard wish of Mit freundlichen Gru? En. After the wish, the sender's signature is put, as well as the surname with the initials.
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Remember that neither official letters nor personal letters allow spelling from the "red line". In addition, before sending a letter, be sure to check it for spelling errors and descriptions.
