How do you say "Thank you" in every language?
The word "thank you" crosses borders and cultures, and is one of the most universal words we can say. But did you know that there are a multitude of ways of saying "thank you" around the world, each with its own history, tradition and meaning? From Africa to Asia, Europe to the Americas, each language reflects the importance of gratitude in its own terms.
On this page, we invite you to discover these simple but powerful words, to explore the diversity of expressions of gratitude and to celebrate the beauty of cultural differences. Each "thank you" carries an emotion, a connection and reminds us of the importance of appreciation in our daily lives.
Afrikaans : Dankie
Albanian : Faleminderit
German : Danke
Alsatian : Thank you
English : Thank you or Thanks
Arabic : Chokrane
Algerian Arabic : Saha
Tunisian Arabic : Barak allahu fiik
Armenian : Chnorakaloutioun
Azeri : Çok sag olun or Tesekkur edirem
Bambara : A ni kié
Lower Saxon : Bedankt or Dank ju wel
Basque : Eskerrik asko (Southern Basque), and Milesker (Northern Basque)
Bengali : Dhanyabaad
Belarus : Dziakuju
Burmese : Thint ko or Kyay tzu tin pa te
Bishlamar : Tangio tumas
Bobo : A ni kié
Bosnian : Hvala
Breton : Trugéré or Trugaré or Trugarez
Bulgarian : Thank you (мерси) or Blagodaria (благодаря)
Catalan : Gràcies
Cebuano : Salamat
Cherokee : Wado
Chichewa : Zikomo
Chinese : 10th century
Korean : Kam sah hamnida
Corsica : Grazie
Guadeloupe Creole : Mèsi
Guyanese Creole : Grémési
Haitian Creole : Mèsi
Martinique Creole : Mèsi
Mauritian Creole : Thank you
Croatian : Hvala or Hvala ti (I thank you) or Hhvala vam (thank you)
Danish : Tak
Dari : Tashakor
Dogon : Gha-ana or Birepo
Douala : Na som
Spanish : Gracias
Esperanto : Dankon
Estonian : Tänan
Ewé : Akpé
Fang : Akiba
Faroese : Takk fyri
Fijian : Vinaka
Finnish : Kiitos
French : Thank you
Lorraine Francique : Märsi
Frisian : Dankewol
Frioulan : Gracie
Scottish Gaelic : Tapadh leat (singular, familiar) or Tapadh leibh (plural, respectful)
Irish Gaelic : Go raibh maith agat (sing.) or Go raibh maith agaibh (plural)
Galician : Gracias or Graciñas
Gallo : Merkzi
Welsh : Diolch
Georgian : Didi madloba
Greek : Efharisto
Guarani : Aguyjé
Gujarati : Aabhar
Hawaiian : Mahalo
Hebrew : Toda
Hindi : Dhanyavad
Hungarian : Köszönöm
Indonesian : Terima kasih
Inupiat : Taiku
Icelandic : Takk
Italian : Grazie
Japanese : Arigatô
Kabyle : Tanemirt
Kannada : Dhanyavadagalu
Kazakh : Rahmet
Khmer : Akun
Kikongo : Matondo
Kinyarwanda : Murakoze
Kirghiz : Rahmat
Kirundi : Murakoze
Kotokoli : Sobodi
Krio : Tenki
Kurdish : Spas
Lao : Khob chai or Deu
Lari : Matondo
Latin : Gratias ago (singular) or Gratias agimus (plural)
Latvian : Paldies
Ligure : Gràçie
Lingala : Matondi
Lithuanian : Ačiū
Luxembourgish : Thank you
Macedonian : Blagodaram
Malay : Terima kasih
Malayalam : Nanni
Malagasy : Misaotra
Maltese : Niżżik ħajr or Grazzi or Nirringrazzjak
Maori : Kia ora
Marathi : Aabhari aahe or Aabhar or Dhanyavaad
Micmac : Welalin
Mongolian : Bayarlalaa
Moré : Barka
Dutch : Dank u wel (polished) or Dank je (current)
Norwegian : Takk
Occitan : Mercé
Ojibwe : Miigwetch
Ossetian : Buznyg
Ourdou : Shukriya
Uzbek : Rahmat
Pachto : Manana
Papiamento : Danki
Pascuan : Mauruuru
Persian : Motashakkeram or Mochchakkeram or Mamnun or Mersi
Polish : Dziękuję
Portuguese : Obrigado (male speaker) or Obrigada (female speaker)
Provençal : Mercé or Grandmercé
Punjabi : Sukriya
Quechua : Sulpáy
Romani : Najis tuke
Romanian : Mulțumesc
Russian : Spasibo
Serer : Si bui
Sesotho : Ke a leboha
Shona: Ndokutenda
Siamese : Khop khun
Slovak : Ďakujem
Slovenian : Hvala
Somali : Mahadsanid
Sudanese : Shukran
Swedish : Tack
Sundi : Assante
Tahitian : Maoru
Tajik : Rakhmat
Tamil : Nanri
Czech : Ďakujem
Tigrigna : Yekenyeley
Tok Pisin : Tenkiu
Turkish : Teşekkür ederim
Ukrainian : Dyakuyu
Urdu : Shukriya
Venetian : Grasie
Vietnamese : Cảm ơn
Wolof : Jërëjëf
Xhosa : Enkosi
Yiddish : As a gedank
Yoruba : E dupe
Zulu : Ngiyabonga
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