Sometimes people say they can hardly express their gratitude in words – well with this list of ways to say “Thank you!” in 50 languages, you need never be stuck for for what to say again!
Remember, saying “thank you” is largely a cultural thing – so some cultures use it a lot less than others and maybe not for everything as English speakers often do!
- Albanian – Falemenderit!
- Arabic – شكرا! (Shukrahn!)
- Armenian – շնորհակալություն! (Shnorhakalut’yun!)
- Azerbaijani – Təşəkkür Edirəm!
- Basque – Eskerrik asko!
- Belarusian – Дзякуй! (Dzyakuy!)
- Bulgarian – Благодаря! (Blagodarya!)
- Catalan – Gràcies!
- Croatian – Hvala!
- Czech – Dĕkuji!
- Danish – Tak!
- Dutch – Dank U!
- Estonian – Aitäh!
- Faroese – Takk!
- Finnish – Kiitos!
- French – Merci!
- Georgian – გმადლობთ (Gmadlobt!)
- German – Danke!
- Greek – Ευχαριστώ! (Efharistó!)
- Greenlandic – Qujanaq!
- Hungarian – Köszönöm!
- Icelandic – Þakka þér Fyrir!
- Irish Gaelic – Go Raibh Maith Agat!
- Italian – Grazie!
- Jèrriais – Mèrcie!
- Latin – Gratias Tibi!
- Latvian – Paldies!
- Lithuanian – Ačiū!
- Low German – Dank Jo!
- Luxembourgish – Merci!
- Macedonian – Благодарам! (Blagodaram!)
- Maltese – Grazzi!
- Manx – Gura Mie Ayd!
- Monégasque – Merçi!
- Northern Sami – Giitu!
- Norwegian – Takk!
- Polish – Dziękuję!
- Portuguese – Obrigado/a! (M/F)
- Romanian – Mulțumesc!
- Russian – Спасибо! (Spasiba!)
- Scots Gaelic – Tapadh Leat!
- Serbian – Хвала! (Hvala!)
- Slovak – Ďakujem!
- Slovene – Hvala!
- Spanish – ¡Gracias!
- Swedish – Tack!
- Swiss German – Dangge!
- Turkish – Teşekkür Ederim!
- Ukrainian – Дякую! (Dyakuyu!)
- Welsh – Diolch!
Author: James Scanlan
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