God bless you

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From Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you. A clause in the present subjunctive inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of it. Diachronically it is not a shortening; synchronically it is often surface-analyzed as such; present-day English has a heavy need for the modal auxiliary (may) to ensure syntactic clarity, whereas earlier English could more easily drop it.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akan: Awurade nhyira wo — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Arabic: حَيَّاك اللّٰه (ḥayyāk allāh) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Arabic: بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكَ (bāraka llāh fīka) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Arabic: بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكِ (bāraka llāh fīki) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Chinese Mandarin: 上帝保佑你 (shàngdì bǎoyòu nǐ) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Ngazidja Comorian: Mngu nahudjaze kheri — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Ngazidja Comorian: Mngu nahuɓariki — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Czech: Bůh ti žehnej — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Danish: Gud velsigne dig — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Dutch: God zegene u — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Dutch: God zegene jou — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Esperanto: Dio benu vin — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Estonian: Jumal õnnistagu sind — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Finnish: Jumala siunatkoon sinua — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• French: que Dieu te bénisse — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• German: Gott segne dich — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• German: Gottes Segen — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Greek: ευλογημένος να ’σαι (evlogiménos na ’sai) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Greek: να ’σαι καλά (na ’sai kalá) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Hindi: ईश्वर आपका भला करे (īśvar āpkā bhalā kare) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Hungarian: áldja meg az Isten — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Hungarian: áldjon meg az Isten — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Icelandic: Guð blessi þig — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Irish: bail ó Dhia ort — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Irish: go mbeannaí Dia duit — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Italian: Dio ti benedica — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Japanese: 神様の祝福 (kamisama no shukufuku) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Kapampangan: pakaluwiran na kang Diyos — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Latin: Deus tē benedīcat — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Lower Tanana: bet'oxwdiɬt'a neghw nighwniyh — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Macedonian: Го́спод да ве благо́слови (Góspod da ve blagóslovi) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Malayalam: ദൈവം നിന്നെ അനുഗ്രഹിക്കട്ടെ (daivaṁ ninne anugrahikkaṭṭe) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Navajo: nikʼeh hojidlį́į doo — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Norwegian Bokmål: Gud velsigne deg — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Polish: niech cię Bóg błogosławi — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Polish: szczęść Boże — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Portuguese: Deus te abençoe — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Romanian: Dumnezeu să te binecuvânteze! — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Russian: да благослови́т тебя́ госпо́дь (da blagoslovít tebjá gospódʹ) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Russian: да благослови́т тебя́ бог (da blagoslovít tebjá box) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Sanskrit: मङ्गलं भूयात् (maṅgalaṃ bhūyāt) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Serbo-Croatian: Бог те благословио — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Serbo-Croatian: Bog te blagoslovio — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Sicilian: Dìu t'a-binidica — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Sicilian: s'a-binidica — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Sicilian: salutamu — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Spanish: ¡que Dios te bendiga! — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Swahili: Mungu akubariki — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Swedish: Gud välsigne dig — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Tagalog: pagpalain ka ng Diyos — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Tibetan: དཀོན་མཆོག་མཁྱེན (dkon mchog mkhyen) — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Turkish: Allah senden razı olsun — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Turkish: tanrı seni kutsasın — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Welsh: Duw a fenditho di — said as a short prayer for the recipient
• Armenian: առողջություն (aṙoġǰutʻyun) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Bulgarian: наздраве (nazdrave) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Catalan: Jesús! — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Chinese Mandarin: 一百歲 /一百岁 (yībǎi suì) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Ngazidja Comorian: rahmakAllah — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Czech: na zdraví — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Danish: prosit — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Dutch: gezondheid! — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Dutch: proost! — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Esperanto: sanon — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Finnish: terveydeksi — said to somebody who has sneezed
• French: à vos souhaits — said to somebody who has sneezed
• French: à tes souhaits — said to somebody who has sneezed
• German: Gesundheit! — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Greek: γείτσες (geítses) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Hebrew: לִבְרִיאוּת (livri'út) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Hungarian: egészségére — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Hungarian: egészségedre — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Icelandic: Guð blessi þig — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Irish: Dia linn — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Italian: salute! — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Macedonian: на здра́вје (na zdrávje) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Norwegian Bokmål: prosit — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Polish: na zdrowie — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Portuguese: saúde — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Romanian: sănătate! — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Russian: будь здоро́в (budʹ zdoróv) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Russian: будь здоро́ва (budʹ zdoróva) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Russian: бу́дьте здоро́вы (búdʹte zdoróvy) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Sicilian: Gisuzzu — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Sicilian: gisuzzu — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Sicilian: saluti — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Slovak: na zdravie — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Slovene: na zdravje — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Spanish: ¡Jesús! — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Spanish: ¡salud! — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Spanish: ¡santinos! — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Spanish: gesúndeit — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Swedish: prosit — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Turkish: çok yaşa — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Turkish: çok yaşayın — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Ottoman Turkish: تسمیت (tesmit) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Turkmen: sabyr et — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Urdu: یَرْحَمَکُم اَللّٰہ (yarhamakum allāh) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Welsh: rhad arnat ti — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Welsh: rhad arnoch chi — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Welsh: bendith y Tad — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Yiddish: צו געזונט (tsu gezunt) — said to somebody who has sneezed
• Yiddish: אַסותא (asuse) — said to somebody who has sneezed