"Have a happy Easter"

[SOB 2]

how do you say 'have a happy easter::

 

Haben Sie ein fröhliche Ostern??? is that anywhere near right

 

my german sucks I know

[Eleanor Rigby 1,934]

Frohe Ostern.

[boomtown_rat 629]

Ich wünsche Ihnen/dir eine* Frohe Ostern

 

(or simply Frohe Ostern)

 

* this could probably be einen, ein, einem...I don't really know, just mumble that bit and they won't notice. You may even have to stick something on the end of Frohe. Probably best to go with Frohe Ostern plain and simple

[Topsy 35]

or just say "schöne Feiertage"

[SOB 2]

see that's the problem, its for a card

 

Frohe Ostern it is, thanks

[Jeeves 41]

no indefinite article required

 

Frohe Ostern wünsch' ich Ihnen.

 

Edit: ah well if it's for a card then just that, yep

[boomtown_rat 629]

 

no indefinite article required

 

Frohe Ostern wünsch' ich Ihnen.

sweet, I'll have to remember that construct

[Jeckel 15]

and there's me saying "fröhliche mein arsch" all day. Guess that's wrong then

[brokenm 37]

schnell

[eurovol 126]

 

Translation needed!, Quick

schnell

Someone beat me to it. :rolleyes:

[sarabyrd 18,767]

 

Ich wünsche Ihnen/dir eine* Frohe Ostern

 

(or simply Frohe Ostern)

 

* this could probably be einen, ein, einem...I don't really know, just mumble that bit and they won't notice. You may even have to stick something on the end of Frohe. Probably best to go with Frohe Ostern plain and simple

Strangely enough, Ostern does not have a definite article. It is plural, like Weihnachten and Pfingsten (Whitsuntide) but is never referred to as "die Ostern". You can get away with wishing "Frohes Osterfest" but "Frohe Ostern" is definitely most common.

[john g. 37,685]

No one has wished Happy Easter to anyone on this forum for 16 years!

So let's revive " frohe Ostern " to all and sundry  on here ( especially sundry!).

 

Happy Easter everyone!

[tor 16,877]

Thanks for the long weekend, Judas. Happy Easter. 

[snowingagain 5,189]

Very lapsed COE pedant here.  Surely not quite yet, chaps?  Today is all about sadness and mourning?  No choc quite yet, perhaps a little bit of fish?

 

But then again...

 

 

[snowingagain 5,189]

And in case any of you did not see this yet

 

 

 

[Metall 14,513]

...and happy Passover (starting tomorrow)!!