Last Updated on 22 July 2026
What do you say when someone sneezes? Different languages have different responses.
- Afrikaans - Gesondheid (health)
- Albanian - Shëndet (health or cheers)
- Arabic - Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah have mercy on you)
- Basque - Bedeinkatu zaitut (bless you)
- Belarusian - Budz zdarovy (be healthy)
- Bosnian - Nazdravlje (to your good health)
- Chechen - Dukha vekhil/yekhil (live for a long time)
- Danish - Prosit (may it be good)
- English - Bless You
- Estonian - Terviseks (for health)
- French - À tes souhaits (to your wishes)
- Galician - Saúde (health)
- Georgian - Janmrteloba (health)
- German - Gesundheit (health)
- German (children) - Großwachsen (you shall grow tall)
- Greek - Gítses (healths)
- Hawaiian - Ola (live)
- Hebrew - Livri'oot (to health)
- Hindi - Aapki zindagi mein khushiyan ho (may there be happiness in your life)
- Hungarian - Egészségedre (to your health)
- Icelandic - Guð blessi þig (God bless you)
- Indonesian - Tuhan berkati (God bless)
- Irish - Dia leat (God be with you)
- Italian - Salute (health)
- Khmer - S'baoi (fast recovery)
- Latin - Salve (be healthy)
- Latvian - Uz veselību (to your health)
- Macedonian - Na zdravye (to your health)
- Maltese - Evviva (may they live)
- Mandarin Chinese - Yi bai sui (may you live to be 100 years old)
- Maori - Manaakitia koe (bless you)
- Mongolian - Burkhan örshöö (may God forgive you)
- Navajo - T'áá bí ání (that one said it)
- Nepali - Chiranjeevi bhawa (may you live long)
- Norwegian - Prosit (may it be good)
- Persian - Afiat basheh (be healthy)
- Polish - Na zdrowie (to your health)
- Polish (alt) - Sto lat (Live a hundred years)
- Portuguese - Santinho (bless you)
- Portuguese (alt) - Viva (live!)
- Punjabi - Waheguru (wonderful God)
- Romanian - Sănătate (health)
- Russian - Bud’te zdorovy (be healthy)
- Scottish Gaelic - Dia leat (God with you)
- Serbian - Nazdravlje (to your health)
- Silesian - Pyrsk (cheers)
- Slovak - Na zdravie (to your health)
- Slovenian - Na zdravje (to your health)
- Spanish - Salud (health)
- Spanish (alt) - 1: Salud (health), 2: Dinero (money), 3: Amor (love)
- Swahili - Afya (health)
- Swedish - Prosit (may it be good)
- Tamil - aa-yul noo-ru (live long)
- Turkish - Cok yaşa (live long)
- Ukrainian - Bud zdorovy (be healthy)
- Vietnamese - Cơm muối (salt & cooked rice)
- Welsh - Bendith (blessing)
- Yoruba - Pẹ̀lẹ́ (sorry)
