Note: In some languages the accents are important,
for example in Spanish you really do need the tilde over the 'n' in Año. Ano without a tilde, has the most unfortunate meaning happy new anus.
Contents Language |
Happy New Year |
Afrikaans | Gelukkige nuwe jaar |
Arabic | Sana Sa-eeda |
Bengali | Shuvo Nabo Barsho |
Cambodian | Soursdey Chhnam Tmei |
Catalan | Feliç Any Nou |
Chinese (Mandarin) | Xin Nian Kuai Le 謹 賀 新 年 |
Croatian | Sretna Nova godina |
Danish | Godt Nytår |
Dutch | Gelukkig Nieuwjaar |
Eskimo | Kiortame pivdluaritlo |
Esperanto | Felican Novan Jaron |
Finnish | Onnellista Uutta Vuotta |
French | Bonne Année |
Gaelic | Bliadhna mhath ur |
German | Prosit Neujahr |
Greek | Kenourios Chronos |
Hawaiian | Hauoli Makahiki Hou |
Hebrew | L'Shannah Tovah |
Hindi | Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen |
Hong Kong | Sun Leen Fai Lok |
Hungarian | Boldog Ooy Ayvet |
Indonesian | Selamat Tahun Baru |
Iranian | Saleh now mobarak |
Iraqi | Sanah Jadidah |
Irish | Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit |
Italian | Felice anno nuovo |
Icelandic | Farsælt komandi ár |
Japanese | Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu |
Korean | Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo |
Kurdish | Newroz Pirozbe |
Latvian | Laimīgo Jauno Gadu! |
Lithuanian | Laimingu Naujuju Metu |
Maltese | Is Senat Tajba |
Nepal | Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana |
Norwegian | Godt Nyttår |
Papua New Guinea | Nupela yia i go long yu |
Persian | Saleh now ra tabrik migouyam |
Philippines | Manigong Bagong Taon |
Polish | Szczesliwego Nowego Roku |
Portuguese | Feliz Ano Novo |
Punjabi | Nave sal di mubarak |
Romanian | An Nou Fericit |
Russian | С Новым Годом (S Novim Godom) |
Samoa | Manuia le Tausaga Fou |
Serbo-Croatian | Sretna nova godina |
Slovak | A stastlivy Novy Rok |
Slovenian | Sreèno novo leto |
Somali | Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican |
Spanish | Féliz Año Nuevo |
Swahili | Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº |
Swedish | Gott nytt år! |
Sudanese | Warsa Enggal |
Tamil | Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal |
Thai | Sawadee Pee Mai |
Turkish | Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun |
Ukrainian | Новим роком! |
Urdu | Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho |
Vietnamese | Chuc Mung Tan Nien |
Welsh | Blwyddyn Newydd Dda |
Happy New Year
One theme you may notice is variations on the word new: Nuevo, novo, nova, novan, nou and
nuwe.
P.S. Please write to Will and Guy if you have any examples of Happy New Year in other languages.
P.P.S. Thank you Bill for writing in with the Arabic: Sana Sa-eeda
How to Say "Merry Christmas" in 75 Other Languages
Language | Merry Christmas |
Afrikaans | Gesëende Kersfees |
Albanian | Gezur Krislinjden |
Arabic | Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah |
Argentine | Feliz Navidad |
Armenian | Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand |
Basque | Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! |
Bengali | Shuvo Naba Barsha |
Bohemian | Vesele Vanoce |
Brazilian | Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo |
Breton | Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat |
Bulgarian | Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo |
Catalan | Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou! |
Chile | Feliz Navidad |
Chinese | (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun |
Chinese | (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan |
Cornish | Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth |
Corsian | Pace e salute |
Croatian | Sretan Bozic |
Czech | Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok |
Danish | Glædelig Jul |
Dutch | Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! |
English | Merry Christmas |
Eskimo | (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo! |
Esperanto | Gajan Kristnaskon |
Estonian | Ruumsaid juulup|hi |
Finnish | Hyvaa joulua |
Flemish | Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar |
French | Joyeux Noel |
Frisian | Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier! |
Gaelic | Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! |
German | Froehliche Weihnachten |
Greek | Kala Christouyenna! |
Hawaiian | Mele Kalikimaka |
Hebrew | Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova |
Hindi | Shub Naya Baras |
Hawaiian | Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou! |
Hungarian | Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket |
Icelandic | Gledileg Jol |
Indonesian | Selamat Hari Natal |
Iraqi | Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah |
Irish | Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat |
Italian | Buone Feste Natalizie |
Japanese | Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto |
Korean | Sung Tan Chuk Ha |
Latin | Natale hilare et Annum Faustum! |
Latvian | Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu! |
Lithuanian | Linksmu Kaledu |
Maltese | LL Milied Lt-tajjeb |
Manx | Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa |
Maori | Meri Kirihimete |
Norwegian | God Jul, or Gledelig Jul |
Papua New Guinea | Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu |
Peru | Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso |
Philippines | Maligayan Pasko! |
Polish | Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie |
Portuguese | Feliz Natal |
Romanian | Sarbatori fericite & La multi ani |
Russian | S RazhdеstvOm! (New Year S Novim Godom!) |
Samoan | La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
Serbian | Hristos se rodi |
Slovakian | Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce |
Samoan | La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
Scots Gaelic | Nollaig chridheil huibh |
Serbian | Hristos se rodi. |
Slovak | Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok |
Spanish | Feliz Navidad |
Swedish | God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ã...r |
Thai | Sawadee Pee Mai |
Tongan | Mele Kalisimasi |
Turkish | Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun |
Ukrainian | Христос Родився (Hrustos Roduvsya) |
Urdu | Naya Saal Mubarak Ho |
Vietnamese | Chung Mung Giang Sinh |
Welsh | Nadolig Llawen |
Yugoslavian | Cestitamo Bozic |
Will and Guy | Funny Merry Christmas |
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