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Etymology
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium . Particularly: “In particular, why not "thanks god"? Is it subjunctive? Did it come from "Thank (you) God" or "(I) thank God"? etc. -- Presumably it's imperative like "praise the Lord".”
Interjection
thank God !
Used to express gratitude or relief .
Synonyms
Translations
exclamation of gratitude or relief
Arabic: الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ ( al-ḥamdu lillāhi ) , الشُّكْرُ لِلّٰهِ ( aš-šukru lillāhi )
Bashkir: Аллаға шөкөр ( Allağa şökör ) , әлхәмделлила ( əlxəmdellila )
Belarusian: сла́ва бо́гу ( sláva bóhu ) , дзя́куй бо́гу ( dzjákuj bóhu )
Bulgarian: сла́ва Бо́гу ( sláva Bógu )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 謝天謝地 / 谢天谢地 (zh) ( xiètiānxièdì ) , 谢天谢地 (zh) ( xiètiānxièdì )
Czech: bohudíky (cs) , díky bohu , chvála Bohu
Danish: gudskelov
Estonian: tänu Jumalale
Finnish: Jumalan kiitos
French: Dieu merci (fr) , Dieu soit loué (fr)
Galician: Deus o pague
German: Gott sei Dank (de) , gottseidank
Greek: δόξα τω Θεώ (el) ( dóxa to Theó )
Hungarian: hála istennek (hu) , hála Istennek
Hunsrik: Gott sei Dank
Irish: buíochas le Dia
Japanese: 良かった ( よかった, yokatta )
Kazakh: құдайға шүкір ( qūdaiğa şükır )
Korean: 다행히 (ko) ( dahaenghi )
Latin: Deo gratias
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Lithuanian: ačiū Dievui
Macedonian: фала Богу ( fala Bogu )
Ngazidja Comorian: alhamdu lillahi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gudskjelov
Nynorsk: gudskjelov
Persian: خدا را شکر ( xodâ râ šokr )
Polish: chwała Bogu , dzięki Bogu (pl)
Portuguese: graças a Deus
Romanian: slava Domnului
Russian: сла́ва бо́гу (ru) ( sláva bógu )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хвала Богу
Roman: hvala Bogu
Slovak: chvalabohu , vďakabohu , vďaka Bohu
Slovene: hvala Bogu
Spanish: gracias a Dios
Swedish: tack gode Gud , gudskelov (sv)
Tajik: худоро шукр ( xudoro šukr )
Ukrainian: сла́ва бо́гу (uk) ( sláva bóhu )
Yiddish: גאָט צו דאַנקן ( got tsu dankn )