English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English gud mornynge goode morne gode morne Old English *gōdne morgen ( “ good morning ” ) , an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good morning West Frisian goeie moarn Dutch goedemorgen German guten Morgen Danish god morgen Swedish god morgon Icelandic góðan morgunn
Pronunciation [ edit ] Interjection [ edit ] good morning
Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning . "Good morning , Joan," said Judy at 9:00 AM.
The host began with "Good morning , your majesties, presidents, prime ministers and other dear guests."
"Good morning , Joey. Want to play on the slide at recess?" asked the five-year-old.
2019 December 15, Hugh Graham and Alice Hutton, “Milk or tea first? Charles's butlers have the answer”, in The Sunday Times , number 10,188, page 5:Other rules learnt by butlers include lighting candles 15 minutes before guests enter a room, and not saying "good morning " to guests until you are 5ft away.
( less common, more formal ) A parting in the morning. Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning .
( by extension, humorous ) Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day). Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning !
( by extension, informal ) Said to someone who has come to a belated realization . You're just realizing that now? Good morning !
Usage notes [ edit ] May be shortened in casual speech to morning
As a greeting, may be used by anyone in almost any setting from the most casual to the most formal, close friend or stranger, regardless of age, social group, etc. Coordinate terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] when seeing someone for the first time in the morning
Abkhaz: уа, шьыжьы бзиа ( wa, šəžə bzja )
Afrikaans: goeie môre (af)
Agutaynen: mo-yang damaldamal
Albanian: mirëmëngjes
Aleut: qilachxizax
Ambonese Malay: pagi
American Sign Language: GOOD MORNING
Amharic: እንደምን አደርክ ( ʾəndämn ʾädärk ) ( to a male ) , እንደምን አደርሽ ( ʾəndämn ʾädärš ) ( to a female )
Apache:
Western Apache: hon dah ( men )
Arabic: صَبَاح الْخَيْر (ar) ( ṣabāḥ al-ḵayr ) , صَبَاح النُّور ( ṣabāḥ an-nūr ) ( in reply )
Egyptian Arabic: صباح الخير ( ṣabāḥ il-ḵēr )
Moroccan Arabic: صباح الخير ( ṣbāḥ el-ḵīr, ṣbāḥ el-ḵayr )
Aramaic: צַפְרָא טָבָא ( ṣap̄rā ṭāḇā )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ ( qaydāmtā ṭāḇtā ) , ܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ ( ṣaprā ṭāḇā ) , ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ ( qaydāmtuḵ briḵtā ) ( formal; to a male ) , ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ ( qaydāmtāḵ briḵtā ) ( formal; to a female ) , ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ ( qaydāmtāwḵon briḵtā ) ( formal; to a group )
Classical Syriac: ܒܪܝܺܟ ܨܰܦܪܳܐ ( brikh safro )
Armenian: բարի լույս (hy) ( bari luys )
Asturian: bonos díes (ast)
Avar: радал лъикӏ ( radal lˢikʼ )
Azerbaijani: sabahın xeyir sabahınız xeyir pl
Basque: egun on (eu)
Belarusian: до́брай ра́ніцы ( dóbraj ránicy )
Bengali: শুভ সকাল ( śubho śokal ) , সুপ্রভাত ( śuprobhat ) ( formal )
Bikol Central: marhay na aga
Breton: demat (br)
Bulgarian: добро́ у́тро ( dobró útro )
Burmese: ကောင်းသောနံနက်ခင်း ( kaung:sau:namnakhkang: )
Catalan: bon dia (ca)
Cebuano: maayong buntag
Chechen: ӏуьйре дика йойла ( ˀüjre dika jojla )
Chichewa: ( greeting ) mwadzuka bwanji? ( response ) ndadzuka bwino
Chinese:
Cantonese: 早晨 (yue) ( zou2 san4 )
Hakka: 恁早 ( án-chó ) , 奧嗨喲 ／ 奥嗨哟 ( ò-hai-yo )
Mandarin: 早 (zh) ( zǎo ) , 早上好 (zh) ( zǎoshanghǎo ) , 早安 (zh) ( zǎo'ān ) , 你早 ( nǐzǎo )
Min Dong: 早頭好 ／ 早头好 ( cā-tàu hō̤ )
Min Nan: 𠢕早 ( gâu-chá )
Wu: 儂早 ／ 侬早 ( 3 non 2 tsau)
Coeur d'Alene: qhest twe skwitstm
Cornish:
Common Cornish, Standard Written Form: myttin da
Standard Cornish: myttyn dâ
Czech: dobré ráno (cs)
Danish: godmorgen
Dutch: goedemorgen (nl) , goeiemorgen (nl)
Dzongkha: དྲོ་པ་བདེ་ལེགས། ( Dro pa bde legs. )
Elfdalian: gumåron
Esperanto: bonan matenon bonan tagon
Estonian: tere hommikust (et)
Ewe: ŋdi
Faroese: góðan morgun
Finnish: hyvää huomenta (fi) , huomenta (fi)
French: bonjour (fr) , ( only Canada ) bon matin (fr)
Galician: bo día bos días
Garifuna: buiti bináfi
Garo: pringnam
Georgian: დილა მშვიდობისა ( dila mšvidobisa )
German: guten Morgen (de)
Greek: καλημέρα (el) ( kaliméra )
Greenlandic: kumoorn
Hausa: ina kwana
Hawaiian: aloha kakahiaka
Hebrew: בֹּקֶר טוֹב ( bóker tov ) , בֹּקֶר אוֹר ( bóqer or ) ( in reply )
Hiligaynon: maayong aga
Hindi: सुप्रभात (hi) ( suprabhāt ) , नमस्ते (hi) ( namaste ) , नमस्कार (hi) ( namaskār )
Hungarian: jó reggelt (hu) , jó reggelt kívánok (hu)
Iban: selamat pagi
Icelandic: góðan daginn (is) , daginn góðan dag (is)
Ido: bona matino
Igbo: ụ̀tụtụ̀ ọma (ig) ( sometimes nonstandard )
Ilocano: naimbag a bigat
Indonesian: selamat pagi (id)
Inuktitut: ublaahatsiatkut
Irish: maidin mhaith
Italian: buon giorno buongiorno (it)
Japanese: おはようございます (ja) ( ohayō gozaimasu ) ( polite ) , おはよう (ja) ( ohayō ) ( informal ) , おはようさん ( ohayō san ) ( Kansai )
Javanese: sugeng enjing
K'iche': saqarik
Kapampangan: mayap a abak
Karelian: hyviä huondestu
Kazakh: қайырлы таң ( qaiyrly tañ )
Khmer: សុប្រាត (km) ( sopraat ) , អរុណសួស្តី ( ʼaʼrun suəsdəy ) , អរុណសុវត្ថិ ( ʼaʼrun sovattheʼ )
Korean: 안녕하세요 (ko) ( annyeonghaseyo )
Kumyk: танг яхшы болсун ( tañ yaxşı bolsun )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەیانیت باش ( beyanît baş )
Northern Kurdish: beyanî baş (ku)
Kyrgyz: кутмандуу таң ( kutmanduu taŋ )
Lao: ສະບາຍດີ ( sa bāi dī )
Latin: salvē (la)
Latvian: labrīt (lv) , labs rīts
Lithuanian: lãbas rýtas
Luganda: wasuze otyanno?
Luo: oyawore
Luxembourgish: Moien (lb) , gudde Moien
Macedonian: до́бро у́тро ( dóbro útro )
Malay: selamat pagi (ms)
Malayalam: സുപ്രഭാതം (ml) ( suprabhātaṃ )
Maltese: l-għodwa t-tajba bonġu (mt) , bonġornu
Manx: moghrey mie
Maori: ata mārie
Mongolian: өглөөний мэнд ( öglöönii mend )
Mòcheno: guat morng
Navajo: yáʼátʼééh abíní
Nepali: भीं सुथ ( bhī̃ suth )
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓari za husha?
Norman: bouônjour à matîn ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: god morgen (no) , morn (no)
Nynorsk: god morgon morn
Okinawan: 起きみそーちー ( うきみそーちー, ukimisōchī ) , 起きてぃ ( うきてぃ, ukiti ) ( informal ) , 起きみしぇーびてぃ ( うきみしぇーびてぃ, ukimishēbiti ) ( formal )
Old English: gōdne morgen
Old Prussian: kaīls ankstāinai
Palauan: ungil tutau
Pangasinan: masantos ya kabwasan
Persian: صبح بخیر (fa) ( sobh be-xeyr )
Polish: dzień dobry (pl)
Portuguese: bom dia (pt)
Potawatomi: mno waben
Romani: laćhi texarin
Romanian: bună dimineața (ro)
Romansch: bun di
Russian: до́брое у́тро (ru) ( dóbroje útro )
Sami:
Inari: pyeri iiđeed
Northern: buorrẹ iđit
Skolt: tue´lääst
Southern: buerie aerede
Samoan: manuia le taeao
Santali: ᱥᱟ.ᱜᱩᱱ ᱥᱮᱛᱟᱜ ( sa.gun setak’ )
Scottish Gaelic: madainn mhath
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: добро јутро
Roman: dobro jutro
Sicilian: bon giornu
Slovak: dobré ráno
Slovene: dobro jutro
Somali: subax-wanaagsan
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dobre zajtšo
Upper Sorbian: dobre ranje ( answer ) dobre spodobanje
Spanish: buenos días (es) , buen día ( informal ) buenas (es)
Swahili: habari ya asubuhi subulkheri ( used by Muslims )
Swedish: god morgon (sv) , goder morgon ( dated, poetic )
Tagalog: magandang umaga (tl)
Tajik: субҳ ба хайр ( subh ba xayr ) , субҳатон ба хайр ( subhaton ba xayr )
Tamil: காலை வணக்கம் ( kālai vaṇakkam )
Tatar: хәерле иртә ( xäyerle irtä )
Telugu: శుభోదయం (te) ( śubhōdayaṁ )
Tetum: bon dia
Thai: อรุณสวัสดิ์ ( à-run-sà-wàt ) , สวัสดี (th) ( sà-wàt-dii )
Tibetan: སྔ་དྲོ་བདེ་ལེགས ( snga dro bde legs )
Tongan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: günaydın (tr) , iyi sabahlar (tr) , hayırlı sabahlar (tr)
Turkmen: ertiriňiz haýyrly bolsun
Tz'utujil: sakari
Udmurt: ӟечбуресь ( dźećbureś )
Ukrainian: до́брого ра́нку ( dóbroho ránku ) , до́брий ра́нок ( dóbryj ránok )
Urdu: صبح بخیر ( subh baxair )
Uzbek: xayrli tong
Veps: hüväd homendest
Vietnamese: chào buổi sáng
Welsh: bore da
West Frisian: goemoarn moarn (fy)
Winnebago: hainį pįį
Yiddish: גוט־מאָרגן (yi) ( gut-morgn )
Yoruba: ẹ káàárọ̀ ( polite ) , káàárọ̀ ( non-polite )
Yucatec Maya: ma'alob k'iin
Zulu: sawubona (zu) ( familiar ) , sanibonani ( plural, respectful )
good morning plural good mornings
An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders.
A greeting consisting of the interjection. Quotations [ edit ] 