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How to Say Thank You in 50 Different Languages
Tell people how grateful you are in languages from all over the globe.
Nov 04, 2024
Thanksgiving is amazing! Despite it being America's favorite holiday (including mine), the fourth Thursday in November has been relegated to being that holiday that's sometime between Halloween and Christmas and the kickoff to excessive shopping.
Come on, folks!
We need this holiday! Thanksgiving is a time when we gather with friends and family and give, well, thanks for all we have been given over the past year. (Let's not forget about all the sides and pies...and football!)
This year, I thought it would be fun to turn the holiday into an international affair by teaching you how to say “thank you” in different languages. Here are 50 ways to leave your lover, 50 ways to say thank you. As a fun Thanksgiving activity, whether in between courses, games, or even naps (stop blaming the turkey), try out the different ways to say “thanks” or have folks guess which country the word comes from. It's a rip-roaring time. You can thank me later.
Thank you in 50 international dialects
- Afrikaans: dankie
- Arabic: shoukran
- Armenian: shnorhakalutiun
- Bengali: dhannyabad
- Bulgarian: blagodariya
- Cambodian: orkun
- Chinese, Cantonese: do jeh
- Chinese, Mandarin: xie xie
- Croatian: hvala
- Czech: dekuju
- Danish: tak
- Fijian: vinaka
- Finnish: kiitos
- French: merci
- Gaelic: go raibh maith agat
- German: danke
- Greek: efharisto
- Haitian: mèsi
- Hebrew: toda
- Hindi: shoukriah [or] dhanya wad
- Icelandic: takk
- Indonesian: terima kasih
- Irish (Northern): Nice one bro'r OR Cheers mucker
- Italian: grazie
- Japanese: arigato
- Korean: kamsa hamnida
- Latin: gratias ago
- Latvian: paldies
- Lithuanian: attyu
- Laotian: kob chie
- Malay: terima kasih
- Maltese: grazzi
- Maori: kiaora koe
- Norwegian: takk
- Persian: mamnun
- Polish: dziekuje
- Portuguese: obrigado
- Romanian: multsumesc
- Russian: spasibo
- Slovakian: dakujem
- Somali: mahadsanid
- Spanish: gracias
- Swahili: ahsante
- Swedish: tack
- Thai: kabkoon krup (if you are a male), kabkoon ka (if you are a female)
- Turkish: teshekur ederim
- zbek: rahmat
- Vietnamese: cam on
- Welsh: diolch yn fawr
- Zulu: ngiyabonga
AUTHOR
Jason Stahl is an Emmy Award winner who has reported on just about everything from North Korean tourism to why Las Vegas is great for kids. He’s interviewed countless personalities, including Gene Simmons, Common, and Sir Richard Branson. He’s held editorships at WONDERLUST, SPIN, Google, Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, MSN News, NBC Sports, and Centennial Media. Stahl’s the co-author of 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Everything: Duct Tape, Airport Security, Your Body, Sex in Space… And More. The aspiring deli man lives with his wife and son in Jersey City Heights where he operates Hank Schwartz’s Delicatessen & Appetizing.
