God bless you

English

Interjection

God bless you!

Short for May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient.
Synonym: God bless
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 185–186:
  “But she will be gained by some one else. And if that some one should be the very he whom, of all others, I could least bear—But I will not stay to rob myself of all your compassionate good-will, by shewing that where I have most injured I can least forgive. Good bye,—God bless you!” And with these words, he almost ran out of the room.
Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; alternative form of bless you

Related terms

God love someone

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 woman)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 上帝保佑你 (shàngdì bǎoyòu nǐ)
Czech: Bůh ti žehnej
Danish: Gud velsigne dig
Dutch: God zegene u, God zegene jou
Esperanto: Dio benu vin
Estonian: Jumal õnnistagu sind
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)
Kapampangan: pakaluwiran na kang Diyos
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
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Gud velsigne deg
Polish: niech cię Bóg błogosławi, szczęść Boże (pl)
Portuguese: Deus te abençoe (pt)
Romanian: Dumnezeu să te binecuvânteze!
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:
Cyrillic: Бог те благословио

Roman: Bog te blagoslovio
Sicilian: Dìu t'a-binidica, s'a-binidica, salutamu
Spanish: ¡que Dios te bendiga!
Swahili: Mungu akubariki
Swedish: Gud välsigne dig
Tagalog: pagpalain ka ng Diyos
Tibetan: དཀོན་མཆོག་མཁྱེན (dkon mchog mkhyen)
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) (aṙoġǰutʿyun)
Catalan: Jesús! (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一百歲／一百岁 (yībǎi suì)
Czech: na zdraví (cs)
Danish: prosit (da)
Dutch: (formal form) gezondheid! (nl), (informal form) proost! (nl)
Esperanto: sanon (eo)
Finnish: terveydeksi (fi)
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 (he)
Hungarian: egészségére (hu) (formal), egészségedre (hu) (informal)
Icelandic: Guð blessi þig
Irish: Dia linn
Italian: salute! (it)
Japanese: 徳万歳 (ja) (とこまんざい, to ko man zai, literally “A common Japanese expression generally used to wish a person blessings as a response to a sneeze.”)
Macedonian: на здра́вје (na zdrávje)
Ngazidja Comorian: rahmakAllah
Norwegian: prosit
Ottoman Turkish: تسمیت (tesmit)
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)
Sicilian: Gisuzzu/gisuzzu, saluti
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
Urdu: یرحمکم اللہ (yarhamakum allāh)
Welsh: rhad arnat ti (informal), rhad arnoch chi (formal), bendith y Tad
Yiddish: צו געזונט (tsu gezunt), אַסותא (asuse)

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