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Alternative forms [edit]
Interjection [edit]
oh my God!
- Said in excitement, shock, awe, dismay, or supplication
Usage notes [edit]
In different contexts the offensiveness of this phrase can vary from blasphemous to mild, with a greater degree of variety than comparable phrases due to its invocation of deity. Common euphemisms are oh my gosh, omigosh, and oh my goodness.
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Translations [edit]
excitement or shock
- Arabic: والله (ar) (wa-llāh(i)), يا إلهي (ar) (yā ʾilāhī)
- Armenian: Աստվա՛ծ իմ (hy) (Astvaç im!)
- Belarusian: божа мой (be) (bóža moj)
- Catalan: Déu meu
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 天啊 (cmn) (tiān a), 天哪 (cmn) (tiān na), 我的天啊 (cmn) (wǒ de tiān a)
- Czech: ó můj bože (cs)
- Danish: åh min gud
- Dutch: oh, mijn God, lieve hemel, goeie genade
- Esperanto: Dio mia
- Finnish: herranjestas, Herran pieksut, Luojan tähden, herranjumala
- French: mon Dieu (fr), nom de Dieu (fr), nom de nom (fr)
- German: mein Gott (de)
- Greek: Θεέ μου (el) (Theé mou)
- Hebrew: אוי אלוהים (he) (oy elohím)
- Hindi: हे भगवान (hi) (he bhagvān)
- Hungarian: ó Istenem (hu), te jó ég (hu)
- Italian: Dio mio, mio Dio, oh mio Dio (it), oddio (it)
- Japanese: 南無三宝 (ja) (なむさんぼう, namusanbō), おやまあ (ja) (oyamā), あれまあ (ja) (aremā), ああ神様 (ja) (ā kamisama), おーまいがー (ja)
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- Jingpho: Oh! Wa, Karai Kasang!
- Limburgish: noondezju (li)!
- Lithuanian: o, Dieve! (lt), Dieve mano! (lt)
- Maltese: Alla miegħi (mt), Il-Alla (mt)
- Navajo: yáadilá óolyé
- Norwegian: Herregud (no), herre gud (no)
- Persian: وای خدای من (fa), ای خدا (fa)
- Polish: (o) mój Boże (pl)
- Portuguese: meu Deus (pt), nossa (pt)
- Russian: боже мой (ru) (bóže moj) , господи (ru) (góspodi) , о боже (ru) (o bóže)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о мој Боже (sh), Господе Боже (sh)
- Roman: o moj Bože (sh), Gospode Bože (sh)
- Spanish: Dios mío (es), oh, Dios mío (es)
- Swedish: herre gud, å, herre gud
- Tagalog: ay, Diyos ko (tl)
- Turkish: aman tanrım (tr)
- Ukrainian: о боже мій (uk) (o bóže mij) , боже мій (uk) (bóže mij) , о боже (uk) (o bóže)
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