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How to wish someone a good night in numerous languages. These are phrases you use when parting from others at night.
Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, sg = said to one person, pl = said to more than one person.
| Language | Phrase |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Goeienag, Nag |
| Albanian | Natën e mirë |
| Alsatian | Güet' Nàcht |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (tiṣbaḥ 'ala kẖayr)
تصبح على خير response - (winta min ahla) وأنت من أهله |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (tuṣbiḥ 'alā khayr)
تصبح على خير (laylah sa'īdah) ليلة سعيدة |
| Aragonese | Buena nuei |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Բարի' գիշեր: (Bari gisher) Լո'ւյս բարի: (Luis bari) - response |
| Asturian | Bona nuechi |
| Azerbaijani | Axşamınız xeyir, Gecən xeyrə |
| Basque | Gabon |
| Belarusian | Дабранач (Dabranach) |
| Bengali | শুভরাত্রি। (shubhoratri) |
| Bosnian | Laku noć |
| Breton | Noz vat |
| Bulgarian | Лека нощ
(Leka nošt)
|
| Catalan | Bona nit |
| Chechen | Буьйса дика хуьлда хьан |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 早抖 (jóutáu) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 晚安 (wǎnān) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 晚安 (buan2-an) |
| Cimbrian | An guuta nacht |
| Cornish | Nos dha, Noze daa tha whye, Ternestatha
|
| Croatian | Laku noć |
| Czech | Dobrou noc
|
| Dalecarlian | Góðnát |
| Danish | God nat |
| Dutch | Goedenacht / Welterusten (rest well) Slaapwel |
| English | Good night, Night night, Nighty Night, Good night, sleep tight, hope the bedbugs don't bite! |
| Esperanto | Bonan nokton |
| Estonian | Head ööd |
| Faroese | Góða nátt |
| Fijian | Ni sa moce |
| Finnish | Hyvää yötä |
| French | Bonne nuit
|
| Frisian (West) | Goenacht, Sliep lekker |
| Friulian | Buinegnot |
| Galician | Boas noites |
| Georgian | ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa) საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa) |
| German | Gute Nacht |
| Greek | Καληνύχτα (kaliníhta) Kαλό βράδυ (kaló vrádi) |
| Greenlandic | Sinilluarit (sg) Sinilluaritsi (pl) - lit. 'sleep well' |
| Hebrew | (laila tov) לילה טוב |
| Hindi | नमस्ते (Namaste), शुभ रात्रि (Śubh rātrī) |
| Hungarian | Jó éjszakát (kívánok) |
| Icelandic | Góða nótt |
| Indonesian | Selamat malam |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ (Unnuaqhatkut/Unnuaqsakkut) |
| Iñupiaq | Unnuaqsatkun |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Oíche mhaith Oíche mhaith agus codladh sámh (Good night and sleep well) |
| Italian | Buonanotte
|
| Japanese | おやすみなさい (oyasumi nasai) おやすみ (oyasumi) |
| Jèrriais | Bouonne niet |
| Kazakh | Қайырлы түн (Qayırlı tün) |
| Korean | 안녕히 주무십시요 (annyonghi jumushipsiyo) 잘 주무세요 (frm) 잘자 (inf) |
| Ladino | (Buenas noches) בואינאס נוחיס |
| Latin | Bonam Noctem! |
| Latvian | Ar labunakti |
| Lithuanian | Labanakt, Labos/Geros nakties |
| Luxembourgish | Gutt Nuecht |
| Macedonian | Добра ноќ
(Dobra nok)
|
| Manx | Oie vie
|
| Māori | Pō mārie |
| Malay | Selamat malam |
| Maltese | Bonswa / Il-Lejla it-tajba |
| Mongolian | Сайхан амраарай (Saikhan amraarai) Сайхан унтаарай (Saikhan untaarai) |
| Nepali | शुभ रात्री (subha ratri) |
| Norwegian | God natt |
| Occitan | Bona nuèch |
| Persian | (shab bekheir) شب بخير |
| Polish | Dobranoc
|
| Portuguese | Boa noite
|
| Romanian | Noapte bună |
| Russian | Спокойной ночи
(Spokojnoj noči)
|
| Sardinian | Bona notte |
| Scottish Gaelic | Oidhche mhath |
| Serbian | Лаку ноћ
(Laku noć)
|
| Sesotho | Fonane (to one person) Fonaneng (to more than one person) |
| Sicilian | Bona notti |
| Shona | Urare zvakanaka (sg) Murare Zvakanaka (pl) |
| Slovak | Dobrú noc |
| Slovenian | Lahko noč |
| Spanish | Buenas noches |
| Stellingwarfs | Goeienaacht |
| Swahili | Usiku mwema, Lala salama (sleep well) |
| Swedish | God natt
|
| Turkish | İyi geceler |
| Thai | สวัสดีครับ/ค่ะ (sawùt dee krúp/kâ) |
| Tok Pisin | Gut nait |
| Ukrainian | На добраніч (Na dobranič) |
| Urdu | (shab bakhair) شب بخیر |
| Uzbek | Hayirli tun
|
| Vietnamese | Chúc ngủ ngon |
| Welsh | Nos da
|
| Xhosa | Rhonanai / Ulale kakuhle |
| Yiddish | (A gute nakht) אַ גוטע נאַכט |
| Yorùbá | O da aarọ |
| Zulu | Lala kahle! (sg) Lalani kahle! (pl) |
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Useful phrases in various European languages
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