When you see a friend who is going to travel, you'd say:
Gute Reise.
What would you say to someone who has arrived from a quite long and exhausting trip?
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Sign up to join this communityWhen you see a friend who is going to travel, you'd say:
Gute Reise.
What would you say to someone who has arrived from a quite long and exhausting trip?
This answer is based on the assumption that Gigili looks for something to say to someone who has had a long rather exhausting voyage. Having completed such voyage would merit the person something like this:
Alles gut überstanden?
Wie war die Reise/der Flug/die Fahrt?
Ich hoffe, Sie/du hatten/hattest eine angenehme Reise/Fahrt/Flug.
Of course there is more to say... things like:
Du musst mir alles bis ins kleinste Detail erzählen.
or
Man, du siehst echt richtig erschöpft aus.
But this is but stuff to say in situations. Nothing particularly German about it. Let your fantasy soar to get more ;)
There are lots of possibilities and they depend on how good you know that person (using "Du" or "Sie" for example). Some examples:
Wie war die Reise?
Hattest Du/Hatten Sie eine angenehme Reise?
Willkommen zurück/daheim!
Schön Dich/Sie wiederzusehen!
Da bist Du ja wieder. Wir hatten Dich vermisst. (That's "We missed you". I added no "Sie"-version, because I wouldn't say that to someone I address with "Sie")
Das ist aber schön, dass Du/Sie wieder da bist/sind!
You also can combine them:
Willkommen daheim! So schön, dass Du wieder da bist. Wie war die Reise?
Greeting:
Herzlich willkommen in [Stadt]!
Personally, I would not ask immediately about the trip, but ask about whether the visitor wants to sit down/drink/maybe even use the shower.
Setz dich mal nieder. Darf ich dir was zu trinken anbieten?
While the visitor rests and drinks, I will then ask about the trip.
Ist die Reise glatt gelaufen? / Alles gut überstanden?
Wenn ich jemanden begrüßen kann, klappt's mit dem "Willkommen" fast immer. Wenn's das Ende einer Reise ist, sollte man wieder zu Hause sein:
Willkommen zu Hause!
Dann würde ich mal an das Dringenste denken:
Ruh dich erstmal aus.
oder
Erhol dich erstmal.
Edit: Der Imparativ kann mit oder ohne -e geschrieben werden. Ein Auslassungszeichen (Apostroph) ist nicht erforderlich.