gesundheit

See also Gesundheit

English

Etymology

From German Gesundheit (“health; soundness”). Cognate with Old English gesund (“sound, safe, healthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡəˈzʊntaɪt/

Interjection

gesundheit

1. (North America) said to someone who has just sneezed

   • 2000, Abby Frucht, Polly's Ghost: A Novel^[1], Fiction, Scribner, ISBN 9780684835891, page 55:

     I used to play a game with David and Douggie, Dennis and Drew — stop their sneezes midsniff just by placing my pinkie finger against their nostrils and saying gesundheit before it was time.

Synonyms

• bless you

Translations

said to someone who has just sneezed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一百歲 (cmn), 一百岁 (cmn) (yībǎi suì)

• German: Gesundheit (de)
• Greek: γείτσες (el) (geítses)
• Italian: salute (it)
• Japanese: お大事に (ja) (おだいじに, o-daiji-ni)

• Khmer: អាយុវែង (km) (’aayu’ vɛɛng)
• Norwegian: prosit (no)
• Romanian: sănătate (ro), noroc (ro), chef (ro)
• Russian: будьте здоровы (ru) (búd'te zdoróvy) formal, будь здоров (ru) (bud' zdoróv) informal /lit: be healthy/
• Swedish: prosit (sv)