How to say ‘Happy New Year’ in 20 languages
Tuesday, 30th November 2010
New Year is celebrated around the world, though not necessarily on the same day everywhere.
In some cases, such as in Chinese and Vietnamese communities, there are celebrations for both solar New Year on 1st January according to the Gregorian, and Lunar New Year, the date of which changes every year. In the Eastern Orthodox Church New Year falls on 14th January, which is the 1st January in the Julian calendar, while Tibetan New Year takes place between January and March.
Here’s how to wish someone a happy or prosperous new year in a variety of languages:
Afrikaans: Gelukkige nuwe jaar / Voorspoedige Nuwe jaar
Arabic: (helol alseneh aljedīdah) حلول السنة الجديدة
Bulgarian: Щастлива Нова Година (Štastliva Nova Godina)
Catalan: Feliç Any Nou
Chinese:
Mandarin: xīn nián kuài lè / gōng xǐ fā cái
Cantonese: sàn nìhn faai lohk / gung héi fáat chōi
Hakka: sin ngien kwai lok / giung hi fat coi
Shangainese: sin ni kua loq / kong shi fuh ze
Danish: Godt nytår
Esperanto: Feliĉan novan jaron
French: Bonne Année
German: Guten Rutsch
Greek: Ευτυχισμένο το Νέο Ετος (Eutukhismeno to Neo Etos) / Καλὴ χρονιά (Kalí hroniá)
Hindi: नये साल की हार्दिक शुभकामनायें (Naye sāl kī hārdik śubhkāmnayeṅ)
Irish: Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit
Italian: Felice Anno Nuovo
Japanese: akemashite omedetō gozaimasu
Malay: Selamat Tahun Baru
Polish: Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese: Feliz Ano Novo / Próspero Ano Novo
Russian: С наступающим Новым Годом (S nastupayuščim Novym Godom)
Spanish: Feliz Año Nuevo / Próspero Año Nuevo
Welsh: Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
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Posted by Simon Ager 2010-11 under Experience Cultures, Vocabulary,
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Posted by Kalle on 12/30 at 12:27 AM
In Swedish it's: Gott nytt år! / Got nytt our [ou as in thought]
Cheers!
Posted by Maresa G. Engo (eng-go) on 12/31 at 03:27 AM
Thanks for the very useful information. In Filipino it's "Manigong Bagong Taon".
Posted by Juri on 01/01 at 04:23 PM
On russian it will be more correctly like "С Ðовым Годом!"
"наÑтупающий" means, that New Year is going to occur (after 1-2 days)
On estonian: "Head uut aastat!"
Swedish: "Gott Nytt år!"
Posted by Anne on 01/09 at 06:48 PM
in German it is 'Frohes neues Jahr!'
You say 'Guten Rutsch' before the new year has started.