oh my God

English

Interjection

oh my God! or oh, my God!

1. (offensive to some) Said in excitement, shock, awe, dismay, or supplication.

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:wow

Translations

excitement or shock

Arabic: والله (ar) (wa-llaah(i)), يا إلهي (ar) (yaa 'ilaahiy) Armenian: Աստվա՛ծ իմ (hy) (Astvaç im!) Catalan: Déu meu Chinese: Mandarin: 天啊 (cmn) (tiān a), 天哪 (cmn) (tiān na), 我的天啊 (cmn) (wǒ de tiān a) Croatian: O moj bože Czech: Ó, můj bože 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) 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)

Jingpho: Oh! Wa, Karai Kasang! Limburgish: noondezju (li)! Lithuanian: O, Dieve! (lt), Dieve mano! (lt) Maltese: Alla miegħi (mt), Il-Alla (mt) Norwegian: Herregud (no), herre gud (no) Persian: وای خدای من (fa) Polish: (o) mój Boże (pl) Portuguese: meu Deus (pt) Russian: боже мой (ru) (bóže moj), господи (ru) (góspodi), о боже (ru) (o bóže) Serbian: Cyrillic: Господе Боже (sr) Roman: Gospode Bože 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)

See also

• OMG