Thank you in many languages

How to express your thanks in numerous different languages, and how to reply when someone thanks you.

In some cultures, particularly English-speaking ones, people tend to say thank you more than in other cultures. In China, for example, people rarely say thank you to their family and close friends.

Cick on any of the words that are links to hear them spoken.

Key to abbreviations: (v)inf = (very) informal, (v)frm = (very) formal, sg = said to one person, pl = said to more than one person.

Language	Thank you	Reply
Abenaki	wiliwni
Afrikaans	dankie baie dankie	nie te danke dis 'n plesier
Ainu	hioy'oy iyayiraykere
Alabama	alíila
Albanian	faleminderit falemenderit shumë	Ju lutem
Aleut	qagaasakuq
Alsatian	mersi vielmohls mersi
Apache	ihe edn
Arabic (Modern Standard)	(shukrān) ﺷﻜﺮﺍﹰ (shukrān jazēlan) ﺷﻜﺮﺍﹰ جزيلا	(al'afw) ألعفو عَلَى الرَحْبِ وَالسِعَة
Arabic (Egyptian)	(shukrān) ﺷﻜﺮﺍﹰ (mut shakkrān) متشكّرين (shukrān gazēlan) ﺷﻜﺮﺍﹰ جزيلاً	('afwan) عفواً
Arabic (Moroccan)	(shukran) ﺷﻜﺮﺍ (shukran bezzef) شكرا بزاف	(bla zhmīl) بلا جميل لا شكرا علي واجب (la shukran ʿla wazhb)
Aragonese	grazias
Arapaho	hohóu
Armenian (Eastern)	մերսի (Mersi) - inf շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalutyun) - frm	խնդրեմ (Khndrem) չարժե (Chʻarzhe) Ոչինչ է (Vochinch e)
Armenian (Western)	Մերսի: (Mersee) Շնորհակալ եմ: (Shnorhagal em) frm	Չ'արժեր: (Charzher) Բան մը չէ: (Pan muh che) Ոչինչ է (Vochinch e)
Aromanian	hristo hristo multu
Asturian	gracies
Aymara	juspajaraña / juspajarkätam
Azerbaijani	Təşəkkür edirəm Çox sağ ol Çox sağ olun (pl)	Buyurun Xoş gəldiniz Dəyməz
Basque	eskerrik asko	ez da eser
Batak	boleate, bujur
Belarusian	Дзякуй (Dziakuy) Дзякую вам (Dziakuyu vam) Шчыры дзякуй (Ščyry dzjakuj)	Няма за што (Nyama za shto)
Bemba	tsikomo
Bengali	ধোন্নোবাদ (dhonnobād)
Bislama	tangkiu
Blackfoot	ᖹᒧᐧᖹᖱᔪᒣᖽ (nitsíniiyi'taki)
Bosnian	hvala
Breton	trugarez trugarez vras	Netra, Mann bet
Bulgarian	благодаря (blagodarya) Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti) - sg/inf благодаря ви (blagodarya vi) - pl/frm благодаря ви много (blagodarya vi mnogo)	добре дошъл (dobre došãl)
Burmese	ေကဵးဇူးပဲ။ (cè-zù-bèh) ေကဵးဇူးတင္ပၝတယ္။ (cè-zù tin-ba-deh)
Cape Verdean	obrigadu
Catalan	gràcies moltes gràcies mercès	de res
Cebuano	salamat daghang salamat	walay sapayan wa'y sapayan
Chamorro	Si Yu'us ma'ase (lit: God have mercy)	Buen prubechu
Chechen	barkalla
Cherokee	ᏩᏙ (wado)
Cheyenne	néá'eše
Chichewa	Zikomo
Chinese (Cantonese)	多謝 (dòjeh) - for a gift 唔該 (m̀gòi) - for a service	唔駛 (m̀sái) 唔駛客氣 (m̀sái haakhei) 冇問題 (móuh mahntàih) 不用客氣 (bàtjuhng haakhei)
Chinese (Hakka)	多謝 (doh cha)	m sú hak hì
Chinese (Mandarin)	謝謝 [谢谢] (xièxie) 感謝你 [感谢你] (gǎnxiè nǐ) 非常感謝(你) (fēicháng gǎnxiè (nǐ))	不客氣 [不客气] (bú kèqi) 不用謝 [不用谢] (bú yòng xiè) 沒關係 [没关系] (méi guānxi) 沒問題 [没问题] (méi wèntí)
Chinese (Shanghainese)	谢谢 (shiazia) jiauguai shiazia non	勿要谢 (vyo ja) 没关系 (maq kueshi) 勿要客气 (vyo khatchi) 没事体俄 (maq zithi e)
Chinese (Taiwanese)	多謝 (to-sia⁷)	免客氣 (bian² kheh-khi³)
Chinese (Teochew)	joi⁷ 謝 (joi⁷ sia⁷) 感謝 (gam² sia⁷)	免客气 (miang⁶ ket⁸-ki³) 勿客气 (mai⁵ ket⁸-ki³)
Choctaw	yokoke
Cimbrian	Vorbàis Gott!
Comanche	ura
Cornish	meur rasta murrasta, durdaladawhy
Corsican	à ringraziè vi
Cree	ᑲᓇᓇᐢᑯᒥᑎᐣ (kinana'skomitin) ᒦᒃᐌᒡ (mîkwêc)
Croatian	hvala hvala lijepa	Nema na čemu!
Crow	ahó
Czech	dĕkuji dĕkuji vám dĕkuji vám mnohokrát mockrát dĕkuji	prosím nemáte zač není zač rádo se stalo
Dalecarlian	Tákk
Danish	tak mange tak tusind tak (thousand thanks) tak for (thanks for)	det var så lidt ingen årsag
Dhivehi	(shukuriyyaa) ޝުކުރިއްޔާ
Dinka	yin aca leec
Dutch	Dank U / Dank U wel (frm) Bedankt, Dank je wel (inf) Dank U zeer (thank you very much) Duizendmaal dank (thousand times thanks)	Graag gedaan Geen dank Alstublieft Alsjeblieft
English	thank you thank you very much ta, cheers, thanks many thanks, thanks a lot	you're welcome no problem not a problem no worries don't mention it no probs no big deal
Esperanto	dankon dankegon	nedankinde
Estonian	tänan tänan teid tänan teid väga aitäh suur aitäh	pole tänu väärt võta heaks
Faroese	Takk Takk fyri	Tað var so lítið
Fijian	vinaka vinaka vaka levu
Finnish	kiitos kiitoksia oikein paljon	eipä kestä eipä kestä kiittää
French	Merci Merci beaucoup	De rien Il n'y a pas de quoi Je vous en prie Avec plaisir À votre service
Frisian (North)	Foole tunk
Frisian (West)	Tige tank
Friulian	Graciis
Gaelic (Irish)	go raibh maith agat go raibh míle maith agat gura míle	’sé do bheatha ná habair é tá fáilte romhat
Gaelic (Manx)	gura mie ayd (inf/sg) gura mie eu (frm/pl) gura mie mooar eu/ayd	she dty vea
Gaelic (Scottish)	tapadh leat (inf) tapadh leibh (frm/pl) taing mhór móran taing	's e do bheatha (inf) 'se ur beatha (frm)
Galician	grazas, graciñas moitas grazas
Georgian	გმადლობთ (gmadlobt) დიდი მადლობა (didi madliba)	არაფერს (arafers)
German	danke danke schön vielen dank Tausend Dank, Danke vielmals, Recht schönen Dank, Ich danke Ihnen/dir, Ich bin (Ihnen/dir) sehr dankbar für..., Mit tiefer Dankbarkeit	bitte bitte schön bitte sehr nichts zu danken
German (Swiss)	merci, merci vilmal/viumou
Greenlandic	Qujanaq Qujanarsuaq	Illillu (sg) Ilissilu (pl)
Greek	ευχαριστώ / εὐχαριστῶ (efharistó) ευχαριστώ πολυ (efharistó poli)	παρακαλώ (parakaló)
Guaraní	aguyje
Gujarati	ધન્યવાદ (dhanvād)	તમારું સ્વાગત છ
Haida	háw'aa
Haitian Creole	Mesi
Hausa	na gode
Hawaiian	mahalo mahalo nui mahalo iâ ʻoe, mahalo nui loa	ʻaʻole pilikia, he mea iki, ka hauʻoli naʻu
Hebrew	(toda) תודה (rav todot) רב תודות	(bevakasha) בבקשה
Hindi	आभारी हुँ (ābhārī hōṅ) धन्यवाद (dhanyavād)	आपका स्वागत ह (Āpakā svgāta ha)
Hungarian	Köszi / Köszönöm Köszönöm szépen	Szívesen Nincs mit
Icelandic	takk takk fyrir þakka þér fyrir, kærar þakkir	það var ekkert
Igbo	dalu
Iloko	pagyamanan
Indonesian	terima kasih terima kasih banyak	kembali
Ingush	barkal (thanks) barkal xalda hwuona (thanks be to you) saagha xalda hwa (thank you very much) deala reaza xalda hwuona (thank you very much)
Inuktitut	ᖁᔭᓇᐃᓐᓂ (Quyanainni) ᖁᐅᓇ (Quana) ᒪ'ᓇ (Ma'na) ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ (Qujannamiik) ᓇᑯᕐᒦᒃ (Nakurmiik)	ᐃᓛᓕ (Ilaali)
Iñupiaq	Quyanaq Qayaannaqpauraq / Taikuuqpauraq	Akuqtubikpie Pablagikpie
Italian	grazie molte grazie grazie mille	prego
Italian (Roman dialect)	grazzie
Japanese	どうも (dōmo) ありがとう (arigatō) ありがとうございます (arigatō gozaimasu) どうもありがとう (dōmo arigatō) どうもありがとうございます (dōmo arigatō gozaimasu)	どう致しましてどういたしまして (dō itashimashite)
Javanese	matur nuwun
Jèrriais	Mèrcie Mèrcie bein des fais
Kannada	ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (dhanyavādagaḷu)
Kazakh	Рахмет (Raxmet)
Khmer	(sourm-or-kun)
Kiribati	ko rab'a
Klamath	sepk'eec'a
Klallam	háʔnəŋ cn
Korean	감사합니다 (kamsahamnida) - formal 고맙습니다 (komapsumnida) - less formal	천만해요 (jeonmanhaeyo)
!Kung San	!Kin !ka
Kurdish	(supas) سوپاس	شایانی نیه‌
Lakota	pilámaya
Lao	ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i) ຂອບໃຈຫລາຍໆ (khàwp ja̖i lãi lãi)	ບໍ່ເປັນຫຍັງ (baw pe̖n nyãng)
Latin	Gratias tibi ago (inf) Gratias vobis ago (fml & pl) Multas gratias vobis ago
Latvian	Paldies	Vienmēr laipni Lūdzu
Lingala	merci
Lithuanian	ačiū / de'koju labai ačiū	prašom
Lojban	ki'e ki'esai ki'ecai
Luganda	weebale
Luxembourgish	Merci / Villmols merci	't ass gär geschitt 't ass näischt
Macedonian	Благодарам (Blagodaram) Ви благодарам (Vi blagodaram) - frm	Молам Нема на што (Molam, nema na shto)
Malagasy	misaotra
Malay	Terima kasih	Sama-sama
Malayalam	നന്ദി (nandi)	നിങ്ങള്‍ക്കു സ്വാഗതം (ningngaḷakku svāgatam)
Maltese	grazzi grazzi ħafna	merħba bik ta' xejn m'hemmx mn'hiex xejn, xejn
Māori	kia ora
Marathi	आभारी आहे (ābhārī āhe) धन्यवाद (dhanyāvad)
Mauritian Creole	Mersi
Mayan (K'iche')	maltiox
Mi'kmaq	wela'lin (sg) wela'lioq (pl)
Michif	marci
Mohawk	nia:wen
Moldavan	Мулцумеск (mulcumesk)
Mongolian	Баярлаа (Bayarlaa) Баярлалаа (Bayarlalaa)	Зүгээр (Zügeer)
Nahuatl	tlazohcamati cenca tlazohcamati
Nama	eio
Navajo	aahéhee'
Ndebele	ngiyathokoza
Nieuan	fakaaue
Northern Sotho	ke a leboga
Norwegian	Takk (thanks) Tusen Takk (a thousand thanks) Mange Takk (many thanks) Takk så mye (thanks a lot)	ingen årsak vær så god
Occitan	Mercés	Amb plaser!
Ojibwe	Miigwech
Okinawan	Nifee deebiru
Papiamento	Danki
Persian	vinf - (mersi) مرسي frm - (mamnūnam) تشكر vfrm - (moteshakeram) متشكرم	خواهش مي كنم (khahesh mikonam)
Piedmontese	Grassie Grassie tant
Pijin	tanggio
Plattdeutsch	dankscheen
Polish	Dzięki, Dziękuję Serdecznie dziękuję	Proszę bardzo, Nie ma za co (inf)
Portuguese	obrigado obrigada muito obrigado/a obrigadinho/a Muito agradecido/a(s) More details about saying thank you in Portuguese	de nada (Brazil) você é bem-vindo (Portugual)
Punjabi	ਸ਼ੁਕਰਿਆ (zukriā)	ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਸੁਆਗਤ ਹੈ
Quechua	Agradisiyki
Quenya	Hantanye
Rapanui	Maururu
Romanian	Mersi / Mulţumesc Mulţumesc foarte mulţ	Cu plăcere
Romany	Nais
Rotuman	Noaʼia
Russian	спасибо (spasibo) огpомное спасибо (ogromnoe spasibo) большое спасибо (bol'šoe spasibo) благодарю вас (blagodarju vas) - frm	не за что (ne za čto) пожалуйста (požalujsta)
Saami	giitit itt
Samoan	faʼafetai
Sardinian	grassias
Scots	thank ye, ta	ye're welcome! nae problem
Sepedi	ke a leboga
Serbian	Хвала (hvala) Хвала лепо (hvala lepo) Хвала вам (Hvala vam) Много вам хвала (Mnogo vam hvala)	Молим (Molim)
Sesotho	Ke a leboha Ke a leboha haholo	O amohetswe
Setswana	ke a leboga
Shona	Waita zvako (sg) Maita zvenyu (pl)	Ndizvozvo
Sibe (Manchu)	sinde baniha
Sicilian	grazzii
Sindarin	(Rim) hennaid
SiSwati	ngiyabonga
Slavey	masi
Slovak	ďakujem, ďakujem vám ďakujem pekne ďakujem velʼmi pekne	prosím, niet za čo
Slovenian	Hvala, Hvala lepa, Najlepša hvala	Prosim Ni za kaj
Somali	mahadsanid	adigaa mudan
Sorbian (Upper)	dźakuju
Sorbian (Lower)	źĕkujom
Spanish	Gracias Muchas gracias	De nada No hay de qué
Sranan	grantangi
Stellingwarfs	Daank
Swahili	Asante, Asante sana (sg) Asanteni (pl)	Asante kushukuru
Swedish	tack (thanks) tack så mycket (thanks very much) tusen tack (a thousand thanks)	inget att att tacka för var så god ingen orsak
Tagalog	Salamat po, Maraming salamat po (frm) Salamat Maraming salamat (inf)	Wala pong anuman (frm) Walang anuman (inf)
Tahitian	mauruuru mauruuru roa
Tamil	நன்றி (nandri)	உங்களுக்கு நல்வரவு
Thai	ขอบคุณ (khàwp khun) ขอบคุณมาก (khàwp khun mâak)	ไม่เป็นไร (mâi bpen rai)
Tibetan	ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་། (tujay-chay) ཐུགས་རྗེཞེ་དྲག་ཆེ་། (tujay shita-chay)
Tigrinya	የቐንየላይ (yeQenyelay)
Tlingit	gunalchéesh gunalchéesh, hó hó
Tok Pisin	tenkyu
Tsez	баркала (barkala)
Tshivenḓa	ndi a livhuwa
Tongan	malo
Turkish	teşekkürler, sağol, sağolun teşekkür ederim çok teşekkür ederim	bir şey değil rica ederim
Ukrainian	дякую (dyakuju) дуже дякую (duže dyakuju)	Прошу будь даска (Prošu, budʼ laska)
Urdu	(bahut) shukrīya (بہت) شكريه	(koi baat nahin) کوی بات نہیں‏
Uzbek	Rahmat Katta rahmat	арзимайди (arzimajdi)
Valencian	gracies
Vietnamese	Cảm ơn cô (>m) Cảm ơn cô nhiều (>f) Cảm ơn rất nhiều	Không có chi
Walloon	mèrci mèrci brâmint
Welsh	diolch diolch yn fawr diolch yn fawr iawn diolch o galon	croeso / iawn
Wolof	jërë-jëf
Xhosa	Ndiyabulela / Enkosi	Wamkelekile
Xitsonga	Ndza nkhensa
Yapese	Kammagar
Yiddish	(a dank) אַ דאַנק (a sheynem dank) אַ שיינען דאַנק	נישטאָ פֿאַרװאָס (nishto farvos)
Yoruba	ẹ ṣe (formal) o ṣe (informal)
Yucatec	yum bo'otik
Yumpla Tok	eso po yu
Yupik	ighamsiqanaghalek
Zulu	Ngiyabona Ngiyabonga kakhulu	Uyamukelwa (sg) Niyamukelwa (pl)

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