“Saying ‘bless you’ after someone sneezes is a common courtesy practiced around the world, rooted in various cultural and religious traditions. The phrase is used to wish someone well, often conveying a wish for good health. While the practice and the phrase used can differ significantly across cultures, the underlying intention of wishing someone well remains the same. In this article, we’ll explore how to say ‘bless you’ in different languages, from the most widely spoken to some lesser-known ones. This not only provides a glimpse into the linguistic diversity of our world but also highlights the shared human instinct to offer comfort and well wishes to others.
Here is a list of how to say ‘bless you’ in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Shëndet | Pronunciation: Shen-det
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – يرحمك الله (Yarhamuk Allah) | Pronunciation: Yar-ham-uk Allah
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Աստված օգնի (Astvats ogne) | Pronunciation: As-tvats og-nee
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Allah sağlıq versin | Pronunciation: Al-lah sagh-ligh ver-sin
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Jesusen izenean | Pronunciation: He-sus-en ee-ze-nean
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Будзь здароў (Budz’ zdaroŭ) | Pronunciation: Budz zda-rov
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – আল্লাহ তোমায় বরকত দান করুক (Allah tomay barakat dan koruk) | Pronunciation: Al-lah to-may barakat dan ko-ruk
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Nazdravlje | Pronunciation: Naz-dra-vlye
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Наздраве (Nazdrave) | Pronunciation: Naz-dra-ve
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Salut | Pronunciation: Sa-lut
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Na zdraví | Pronunciation: Na zdra-vee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Prosit | Pronunciation: Pro-sit
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Gezondheid | Pronunciation: Geh-zond-hate
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Bless you | Pronunciation: Bless you
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Terviseks | Pronunciation: Ter-vi-seks
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – عافیت باشه (Aafiyat bashe) | Pronunciation: Aa-fi-yat ba-she
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Terveydeksi | Pronunciation: Ter-vey-dek-si
- French (🇫🇷) – À vos souhaits | Pronunciation: A voh swet
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – გაუმარჯოს (Gaumarjos) | Pronunciation: Gau-mar-jos
- German (🇩🇪) – Gesundheit | Pronunciation: Geh-zoont-hite
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Γείτσες (Yítses) | Pronunciation: Yee-tses
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לבריאות (Labriut) | Pronunciation: La-bree-oot
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – खुदा आपको बरकत दे (Khuda aapko barkat de) | Pronunciation: Khu-da aap-ko bar-kat de
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Egészségedre | Pronunciation: E-gés-shé-ged-re
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Guð blessi þig | Pronunciation: Gooth bless-ee thig
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Sehat selalu | Pronunciation: Se-hat se-la-lu
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Dia leat | Pronunciation: Dee-a lat
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Salute | Pronunciation: Sa-loo-te
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – お大事に (Odaijini) | Pronunciation: O-dai-ji-ni
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Денсаулығыңызға (Densaulığyńıza) | Pronunciation: Den-sau-lygh-yń-ı-za
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – សុខភាពល្អ (Sokhapheap laor) | Pronunciation: Sok-hap-heap la-or
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 건강을 빕니다 (Geongangeul bimnida) | Pronunciation: Gun-gang-eul bim-ni-da
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Xweşbînî | Pronunciation: Khwesh-bee-nee
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Ден соолугуна (Den sooluguna) | Pronunciation: Den soo-lu-gu-na
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ສຸຂະພາບ (Sukhaphab) | Pronunciation: Su-kha-phab
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Uz veselību | Pronunciation: Uz ve-se-li-bu
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Į sveikatą | Pronunciation: Ee svei-ka-ta
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gesondheet | Pronunciation: Ge-zon-dheet
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – На здравје (Na zdravje) | Pronunciation: Na zdra-vye
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Semoga sihat selalu | Pronunciation: Se-mo-ga si-hat se-la-lu
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Saħħa | Pronunciation: Sah-ha
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 祝你健康 (Zhù nǐ jiànkāng) | Pronunciation: Joo nee jyen-kahng
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – तुम्हाला आरोग्य लाभो (Tumhālā ārogya lābho) | Pronunciation: Tu-mha-la a-ro-gya la-bho
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө (Eryuul mendiĭn tölöö) | Pronunciation: Er-yuul mend-iin to-loo
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – स्वास्थ्य भए (Swasthya bhaye) | Pronunciation: Swa-sthya bha-ye
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Prosit | Pronunciation: Pro-sit
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – صحت ورکړه (Sehat warkra) | Pronunciation: Se-hat war-kra
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – عافیت باشه (Aafiyat bashe) | Pronunciation: Aa-fi-yat ba-she
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Na zdrowie | Pronunciation: Na zdro-vye
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Saúde | Pronunciation: Saw-oo-de
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Sănătate | Pronunciation: Sa-nah-tah-te
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Будь здоров (Bud’ zdorov) | Pronunciation: Bood zdo-rov
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Наздравље (Nazdravlje) | Pronunciation: Naz-dra-vlye
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සුව වේවා (Suwa wewa) | Pronunciation: Su-wa we-va
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Na zdravie | Pronunciation: Na zdra-vye
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Na zdravje | Pronunciation: Na zdra-vje
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Caafimaad | Pronunciation: Ca-ah-fi-maad
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Salud | Pronunciation: Sa-lud
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Afya | Pronunciation: A-fya
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Prosit | Pronunciation: Pro-sit
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Саломат бошед (Salomat boshed) | Pronunciation: Sa-lo-mat bo-shed
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ஆரோக்கியம் (Aarokkiyam) | Pronunciation: Aa-rok-ki-yam
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఆరోగ్యం (Aarogyam) | Pronunciation: Aa-ro-gyam
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สุขภาพดี (Sukhaphap dee) | Pronunciation: Su-kha-phap dee
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Çok yaşa | Pronunciation: Chok ya-sha
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Будь здоровий (Bud’ zdorovyi) | Pronunciation: Bud zdo-ro-vyi
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – اللہ آپ کو صحت دے (Allah aap ko sehat de) | Pronunciation: Al-lah aap ko seh-at de
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Sog’liq uchun | Pronunciation: Sog’-liq u-chun
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Sức khỏe (Sook kho-eh) | Pronunciation: Sook kho-eh
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Iechyd da | Pronunciation: Yech-yd dah