Phrase guide

thank God

intj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθæŋk ˌɡɒd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈθæŋk ˌɡɑd/ without æ-raising
  • /ˈθeɪ̯ŋk ˌɡɑd/ æ-raising
  • /ˈθɛ̃ŋk ˌɡɑd/ æ-raising

1

intj

Meaning 1

Used to express gratitude or relief, either literally (religiously) or figuratively (nonreligiously).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: (synonymous in nonliteral usage) thank goodness, thank heavens; (similar intent) praise be, praise be to God, praise the Lord; (non-Abrahamic, including polytheistic, often facetiously/nonreligiously) thank gods, thank Goddess, thank goddesses; (irreverently, obscenely) thank fuck; (Judaism) baruch Hashem; (Islam) alhamdulillah

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thanks be, thank goodness, thank heavens, praise be, praise be to God, praise the Lord, thank gods, thank Goddess, thank goddesses, thank fuck, baruch Hashem, alhamdulillah

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Alternative form of thank God.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Of present subjunctive mood; semantically equivalent to God be thanked.

Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Arabic: الشُّكْرُ لِلّٰهِ (aš-šukru lillāhi) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Asturian: valga Dios — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Asturian: gracies a Dios — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Bashkir: Аллаға шөкөр (Allağa şökör) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Bashkir: әлхәмделлила (əlxəmdellila) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Belarusian: сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bóhu) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Belarusian: дзя́куй бо́гу (dzjákuj bóhu) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Bulgarian: сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bógu) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Catalan: gràcies a Déu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Chinese Mandarin: 謝天謝地 /谢天谢地 (xiètiānxièdì) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Ngazidja Comorian: alhamdu lillahi — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Corsican: grazia à Diu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Czech: bohudíky — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Czech: díky bohu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Czech: chvála Bohu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Danish: gudskelov — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Dutch: godzijdank — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Estonian: tänu Jumalale — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Estonian: jumal tänatud — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Finnish: Jumalan kiitos — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • French: Dieu merci — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • French: Dieu soit loué — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Galician: Deus o pague — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • German: Gott sei Dank — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • German: gottseidank — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Greek: δόξα τω Θεώ (dóxa to Theó) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Hebrew: תּוֹדָה לָאֵל (todá la'el) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Hebrew: ברוך השם (barúkh hashém) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Hebrew: השבח לאל (hashévakh la'el) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Hindi: शुक्र है (śukra hai) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Hungarian: hála istennek — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Hungarian: hála Istennek — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Hunsrik: Gott sei Dank — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Icelandic: Guði sé lof — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Irish: buíochas le Dia — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Italian: grazie a Dio — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Japanese: 良かった (yokatta) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Japanese: ありがたい (arigatai) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Kazakh: құдайға шүкір (qūdaiğa şükır) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Korean: 다행히 (dahaenghi) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Latin: Deo gratias — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Lithuanian: ačiū Dievui — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Macedonian: фала Богу (fala Bogu) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Maltese: għall-grazzja ta’ Alla — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gudskjelov — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gudskjelov — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Old English: Gode þanc — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Iranian Persian: خُدا را شُکْر (xodâ râ šokr) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Iranian Persian: خُدا رو شُکْر (xodâ ru šokr) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Iranian Persian: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه (alhamdo lellâh) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Polish: chwała Bogu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Polish: dzięki Bogu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Portuguese: graças a Deus — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Punjabi: اللہ دا شکر اے (allāh da shukar ae) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Punjabi: الحمد اللہ (alhamdulillāh) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Romanian: slavă Domnului — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Russian: сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bógu) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Scottish Gaelic: taing do Dhia — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Serbo-Croatian: хвала Богу — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Serbo-Croatian: hvala Bogu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Slovak: chvalabohu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Slovak: vďakabohu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Slovak: vďaka Bohu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Slovene: hvala Bogu — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Lower Sorbian: chwaliśboga — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Spanish: gracias a Dios — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Spanish: bendito sea Dios — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Swedish: tack gode Gud — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Swedish: gudskelov — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Tajik: худоро шукр (xudoro šukr) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Tamil: நல்லவேளை (nallavēḷai) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Thai: ขอบคุณพระเจ้า — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Turkish: Allah'a şükür — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Turkish: tanrıya şükür — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Turkish: şükürler olsun — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Turkish: şükür — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Turkish: elhamdülillah — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Ukrainian: сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bóhu) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Urdu: اَللّٰہ کا شُکْر ہَے (allāh kā śukr hai) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Urdu: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہ (alhamdu lillāh) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Uzbek: xudoga shukr — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Uzbek: худога шукр (xudoga shukr) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Welsh: diolch i Dduw — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Yiddish: גאָט צו דאַנקן (got tsu dankn) — exclamation of gratitude or relief
  • Yiddish: ברוך השם (borekh hashem) — exclamation of gratitude or relief