Good night – two words that are often the last piece of comfort we share before drifting into our dream worlds. Around the globe, these words are whispered, spoken, and thought in countless languages, each carrying the same wish for a peaceful rest. Today, we journey through the linguistic landscape to discover how to say “good night” in 70 different languages. From the widely spoken to the rare, each language offers a unique melody and insight into its culture’s nighttime traditions.
- Afrikaans (🇿🇦) – Goeie nag | Pronunciation: Khoo-ee nahh
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Natën e mirë | Pronunciation: Nah-ten eh mee-re
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – تصبح على خير (Tusbih ‘ala khair) | Pronunciation: Toos-beh ah-lah khy-er
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher) | Pronunciation: Bah-ree geesh-er
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Salam gecə | Pronunciation: Sah-lahm geh-je
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Gabon | Pronunciation: Gah-bon
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Дабранач (Dabranach) | Pronunciation: Dah-bra-nach
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – শুভ রাত্রি (Shubha ratri) | Pronunciation: Shoo-bho rah-tree
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Laku noć | Pronunciation: Lah-koo notch
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Лека нощ (Leka nosht) | Pronunciation: Leh-ka nosht
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Bona nit | Pronunciation: Boh-nah neet
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Dobrou noc | Pronunciation: Do-broh nots
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Godnat | Pronunciation: Gohd-naht
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Goede nacht | Pronunciation: Khoo-duh nahkht
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Good night | Pronunciation: Good night
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Head ööd | Pronunciation: Hed ert
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – شب بخیر (Shab bekheyr) | Pronunciation: Shab beh-khair
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Hyvää yötä | Pronunciation: Hoo-vaa yo-ta
- French (🇫🇷) – Bonne nuit | Pronunciation: Bone nwee
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ძალიან კარგი ღამე (Dzalian kargi game) | Pronunciation: Dzah-lee-an kahr-gee gah-meh
- German (🇩🇪) – Gute Nacht | Pronunciation: Goo-teh nahkht
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Καληνύχτα (Kalinychta) | Pronunciation: Kah-lee-neehk-tah
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לילה טוב (Laila tov) | Pronunciation: Lah-ee-lah tov
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – शुभ रात्रि (Shubh ratri) | Pronunciation: Shoobh rah-tree
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Jó éjszakát | Pronunciation: Yo ey-szah-kat
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Góða nótt | Pronunciation: Go-tha noht
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Selamat malam | Pronunciation: Seh-lah-maht mah-lahm
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Oíche mhaith | Pronunciation: Ee-ha wah
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Buona notte | Pronunciation: Bwoh-nah noh-tte
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai) | Pronunciation: Oh-yah-soo-mee nah-sigh
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Қайырлы түн (Qayırlı tün) | Pronunciation: Qai-yr-li toon
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – រាត្រីសួស្តី (Ratrei suesdei) | Pronunciation: Rah-trey soo-sdai
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 안녕히 주무세요 (Annyeonghi jumuseyo) | Pronunciation: Ahn-nyong-hee joo-moo-seh-yo
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Şev baş | Pronunciation: Shev bahsh
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жакшы уйку (Jaqşı uyqu) | Pronunciation: Dzhahk-shee oo-ykoo
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ບໍຣິສັດຕະການ (Borikhan tkhan) | Pronunciation: Bo-ree-sut tgahn
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Labu nakti | Pronunciation: Lah-boo nahk-tee
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Labanakt | Pronunciation: Lah-bah-nahkt
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gutt Nuecht | Pronunciation: Goot nookht
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Добра ноќ (Dobra noḱ) | Pronunciation: Doh-brah noh-k
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Selamat malam | Pronunciation: Seh-lah-maht mah-lahm
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Il-lejl it-tajjeb | Pronunciation: Il layl it taj-yeb
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 晚安 (Wǎn’ān) | Pronunciation: Wan an
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – शुभ रात्री (Shubh ratri) | Pronunciation: Shoobh rah-tree
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Сайн шөнө (Sain shөnө) | Pronunciation: Sine shuh-nuh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – शुभ रात्रि (Shubha ratri) | Pronunciation: Shoo-bha rah-tree
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – God natt | Pronunciation: Goo natt
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – شپه خیر (Shpa khair) | Pronunciation: Shpah khair
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – شب بخیر (Shab bekheyr) | Pronunciation: Shab beh-khayr
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Dobranoc | Pronunciation: Doh-brah-nots
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Boa noite | Pronunciation: Bo-ah noy-che
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Noapte bună | Pronunciation: Nwahp-teh boo-nah
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Спокойной ночи (Spokoynoy nochi) | Pronunciation: Spoh-koy-noy noh-chee
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Лаку ноћ (Laku noć) | Pronunciation: Lah-koo notch
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සුභ රාත්රියක් (Subha rātriyak) | Pronunciation: Soo-bha rah-tree-yak
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Dobrú noc | Pronunciation: Doh-broo nots
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Lahko noč | Pronunciation: Lah-ko notch
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Habeen wanaagsan | Pronunciation: Hah-bayn wa-nahg-san
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Buenas noches | Pronunciation: Bwe-nas noh-ches
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Usiku mwema | Pronunciation: Oo-see-koo mweh-mah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – God natt | Pronunciation: Good naht
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Шаби хуш (Shabi khush) | Pronunciation: Shah-bee khoosh
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – இனிய இரவு (Iniya iravu) | Pronunciation: Ee-nee-ya ee-rah-voo
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – శుభ రాత్రి (Shubha rātri) | Pronunciation: Shoo-bha rah-tree
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ราตรีสวัสดิ์ (Ratri sawas) | Pronunciation: Rah-tree sa-was
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – İyi geceler | Pronunciation: Ee-yee geh-je-ler
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Добраніч (Dobranich) | Pronunciation: Doh-brah-neech
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – شب بخیر (Shab bakhair) | Pronunciation: Shab bakh-air
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Yaxshi tun | Pronunciation: Yahk-shee toon
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Chúc ngủ ngon | Pronunciation: Chook ngoo ngon