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)
