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 man)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上帝保佑你 (shàngdì bǎoyòu nǐ)

• Czech: Bůh ti žehnej
• Dutch: God zegene u, God zegene jou
• Esperanto: Dio benu vin
• 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)
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• Latin: Deus te benedicat
• Macedonian: Го́спод да ве благо́слови pl (Góspod da ve blagóslovi)
• Malayalam: ദൈവം നിന്നെ അനുഗ്രഹിക്കട്ടെ (daivaṁ ninne anugrahikkaṭṭe)
• Navajo: nikʼeh hojidlį́į doo
• Ngazidja Comorian: Mngu nahudjaze kheri, Mngu nahuɓariki
• Polish: niech cię Bóg błogosławi
• Portuguese: Deus te abençoe
• 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:

  Roman: Bog te blagoslovio

• Spanish: ¡que Dios te bendiga!
• Swedish: Gud välsigne dig
• 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) (aṙoġǰutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一百歲／一百岁 (yībǎisuì), 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
• 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
• Hungarian: egészségére (hu) (formal), egészségedre (hu) (informal)
• Icelandic: Guð blessi þig
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• Irish: Dia linn
• Italian: salute! (it)
• Japanese: お大事に (ja) (おだいじに, o-daiji ni, literally “take care”)
• Macedonian: на здра́вје (na zdrávje)
• Ngazidja Comorian: rahmakAllah
• Norwegian: prosit
• 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