God bless you

God bless you

English

Interjection

God bless you!

1. Short for May God bless you; said as a short prayer for the recipient.
2. Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response. (see also bless you)

Translations

said as a short prayer for the recipient

Arabic: حَيَّاك اَللّٰه‎ (ḥayyāk allāh); بَارَكَ اَللّٰه فِيكَ‎ (bāraka llāh fīka) (to a man), بَارَكَ اَللّٰه فِيكِ‎ (bāraka llāh fīki) (to a woman) Chinese: Mandarin: 上帝保佑你 (shàngdì bǎoyòu nǐ) Czech: Bůh ti žehnej Danish: Gud velsigne dig Dutch: God zegene u, God zegene jou Esperanto: Dio benu vin Estonian: Jumal õnnistagu sind Finnish: Jumala siunatkoon sinua French: que Dieu te bénisse German: Gott segne dich Greek: ευλογημένος να 'σαι (evlogiménos na 'sai), να 'σαι καλά (na 'sai kalá) Hungarian: áldja meg az Isten (formal), áldjon meg az Isten (informal) Icelandic: Guð blessi þig Irish: bail ó Dhia ort, go mbeannaí Dia duit Italian: Dio ti benedica Japanese: 神様の祝福 (かみさまのしゅくふく, kamisama no shukufuku) Kapampangan: pakaluwiran na kang Diyos Latin: Deus te benedicat Macedonian: Го́спод да ве благо́слови pl (Góspod da ve blagóslovi) Malayalam: ദൈവം നിന്നെ അനുഗ്രഹിക്കട്ടെ (daivaṃ ninne anugrahikkaṭṭe) Navajo: nikʼeh hojidlį́į doo Ngazidja Comorian: Mngu nahudjaze kheri, Mngu nahuɓariki Norwegian: Bokmål: Gud velsigne deg Polish: niech cię Bóg błogosławi, szczęść Boże (pl) Portuguese: Deus te abençoe Romanian: Dumnezeu să te binecuvânteze! Russian: да благослови́т тебя́ госпо́дь (da blagoslovít tebjá gospódʹ), да благослови́т тебя́ бог (da blagoslovít tebjá box) (change тебя́ -> вас for formal) Sanskrit: मङ्गलं भूयात् (maṅgalaṃ bhūyāt) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Бог те благословио Roman: Bog te blagoslovio Spanish: ¡que Dios te bendiga! Swedish: Gud välsigne dig Tagalog: pagpalain ka ng Diyos Turkish: Allah senden razı olsun, tanrı seni kutsasın Welsh: Duw a fenditho di

said to somebody who has sneezed

Arabic: صِحَّة‎ (ar) (ṣiḥḥa, literally “health”), يَرْحَمْكُم اللّٰه‎ (yarḥamkum allāh, literally “Allah have mercy on you”), يَرْحَمْكُم‎ (yarḥamkum, literally “mercy on you”) Armenian: առողջություն (hy) (aṙołǰutʿyun) Catalan: Jesús! (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 一百歲, 一百岁 (yībǎi suì, literally “[live for] 100 years”) Czech: na zdraví (cs) Danish: prosit (da) Dutch: (formal form) gezondheid! (nl), (informal form) proost! (nl) Esperanto: sanon (eo) Finnish: terveydeksi (fi) French: à vos souhaits (fr) (formal form), à tes souhaits (fr) (informal form) German: Gesundheit! (de) Greek: (diminutive of plural form of υγεία (ygeía, “health”)) γείτσες (el) f pl (geítses) Hebrew: לבריאות‎ (he) Hungarian: egészségére (hu) (formal), egészségedre (hu) (informal) Icelandic: Guð blessi þig Irish: Dia linn Italian: salute! (it) Japanese: 徳万歳 (ja) (とこまんざい, to ko man zai, literally “A common Japanese expression generally used to wish a person blessings as a response to a sneeze.”) Macedonian: на здра́вје (na zdrávje) Ngazidja Comorian: rahmakAllah Norwegian: prosit Ottoman Turkish: تسمیت‎ (tesmit) Polish: na zdrowie (pl) Portuguese: saúde (pt) Romanian: sănătate! (ro) Russian: будь здоро́в (ru) (budʹ zdoróv) (to a man), будь здоро́ва (budʹ zdoróva) (to a woman), бу́дьте здоро́вы (ru) (búdʹte zdoróvy) (formal singular or plural) Slovak: na zdravie Slovene: na zdravje Spanish: (Spain) ¡Jesús! (es), (Latin America) ¡salud! (es), (Northern Spain, specifically Asturias) ¡santinos!, gesúndeit Swedish: prosit (sv) Turkish: (informal, singular) çok yaşa (tr), (formal, plural) çok yaşayın Urdu: یرحمکم اللہ‎ (yarhamakum allāh) Welsh: rhad arnat ti (informal), rhad arnoch chi (formal), bendith y Tad Yiddish: צו געזונט‎ (tsu gezunt), אַסותא‎ (asuse)