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Thank you in 36 languages
Thank you is usually the most useful phrase after hello. It also shows how languages mark politeness, gender and levels of formality.
| Language | In its own writing | Romanisation |
|---|---|---|
| SpanishLatin | Gracias | |
| FrenchLatin | Merci | |
| ItalianLatin | Grazie | |
| PortugueseLatin | Obrigado | |
| RomanianLatin | Mulțumesc | |
| GermanLatin | Danke | |
| DutchLatin | Bedankt | |
| SwedishLatin | Tack | |
| Norwegian (Bokmål)Latin | Takk | |
| DanishLatin | Tak | |
| WelshLatin | Diolch | |
| PolishLatin | Dziękuję | |
| CzechLatin | Děkuji | |
| HungarianLatin | Köszönöm | |
| FinnishLatin | Kiitos | |
| GreekGreek | Ευχαριστώ | Efcharisto |
| TurkishLatin | Teşekkür ederim | |
| RussianCyrillic | Спасибо | Spasibo |
| UkrainianCyrillic | Дякую | Dyakuyu |
| Arabic (Modern Standard)Arabic script | شكرا | shukran |
| HebrewHebrew | תודה | toda |
| Persian (Farsi)Arabic script | ممنون | mamnun |
| HindiDevanagari | धन्यवाद | dhanyavaad |
| BengaliBengali | ধন্যবাদ | dhonnobad |
| UrduArabic script | شکریہ | shukriya |
| TamilTamil | நன்றி | nandri |
| Mandarin Chinese (Simplified)Chinese characters (Simplified) | 谢谢 | xiè xiè |
| JapaneseJapanese (kanji and kana) | ありがとうございます | arigatō gozaimasu |
| KoreanHangul | 감사합니다 | gamsahamnida |
| ThaiThai | ขอบคุณ | khop khun |
| VietnameseLatin | Cảm ơn | |
| IndonesianLatin | Terima kasih | |
| Tagalog (Filipino)Latin | Salamat | |
| SwahiliLatin | Asante | |
| ZuluLatin | Ngiyabonga | |
| AfrikaansLatin | Dankie |
Romanisation is a guide to the sounds. The speaker button appears only when your device has a voice for that language; computer voices may not sound like a native speaker. Phrases are cross-checked against independent sources but still await a native-speaker review.
About "Thank you"
The Spanish gracias, Italian grazie and French merci all trace to Latin words for grace and mercy. In Portuguese, obrigado literally means "obliged" and changes by speaker gender. In Japanese, the longer ありがとうございます is the polite form.
Using it
Pair thank you with a smile and a slight nod or bow where it is customary. In some cultures it is also polite to thank repeatedly.
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How do you say "Thank you" in different languages?
There are 36 languages on this page. For example: Gracias (Spanish), Merci (French), Grazie (Italian), Obrigado (Portuguese), Mulțumesc (Romanian).
Are these translations checked?
Each phrase is written by us and published only when at least two independent sources agree. Native-speaker review is still to come; phrases that could not be confirmed twice are left out.