New Year Greetings II

The standard way to state 'Happy New Year' to someone in German is Frohes Neues Jahr. But how does this expression vary from region to region in Germany? The Augsburg University conducted a study to find out which New Year greetings predominated certain regions in Germany. These are their results:

Frohes neues Jahr - Northern Hessen

Frohes neues - Mittelrhein and Hessen

Gesundes neues Jahr - Eastern Germany

Gesundes neues - Dresden and surrounding area

Gutes neues Jahr - Austria

Gutes neues - Baden-Württemberg, Switzerland and parts of Bavaria

Prosit Neujahr - eastern Austria, Vienna

Prost Neujahr - parts of western Germany


(See Neujahrswünsche - Augsburg University )