How to Write and Say “Thank You” in Every Language

02/13/2026 Languages & Culture created by Sprachcaffe Team

How to translate the word "thank you" into all the languages of the world | How many times do we say "thank you" to someone in our lives? We say thank you for a favor granted or a compliment received, for being kind, positive, and polite.

Expressing gratitude is also important when traveling, to thank a waiter who brings us a drink or the hotel receptionist who gives us the keys to our room, and so on.

Whether you're in another country for work, studying a new language with Sprachcaffe, or just on vacation with your family, read on to learn how to say thank you in Spanish, German, French, and many other languages.

In this article, we at Sprachcaffe have compiled a list of ways to say thank you in every language, so you can consult them whenever you want.

Why Say Thank You?

What's the main reason people say "Thank you" or "Thanks" ? Generally, we say "thank you," "thank you," or even "thank you very much" to express our gratitude, to show the other person that we appreciate what they've done for us.

We thank someone who offers us a hand in the kitchen washing the dishes, someone who holds our place in line while we go to the bathroom, someone who carries our heavy luggage to our room in a hotel, someone who gives us a bouquet of flowers, and someone who holds the elevator door open for us as we rush to the door.

This doesn't mean, however, that we only express gratitude for physical help. As mentioned earlier, we often thank someone for a compliment that brightens our day, or for helpful advice, for constructive criticism from a teacher at school, or for feedback on our work project. Celebrities, like actors and singers, often thank fans for their support on social media, just as athletes thank their fans after games. Therefore, if you appreciate a gesture, you should thank them.

Say Thank You in All the Languages of the World

Different peoples around the world express their gratitude in different ways, and therefore say "thank you" using entirely different words and expressions. Some languages are more common and well-known than others, due primarily to the number of speakers, but also partly to the representation of certain cultures in the entertainment industry, such as Japanese anime or documentaries about the drug war in Mexico.

Among the most well-known ways of saying "thank you" are "thank you" (in English), "xiè xiè" (in Chinese), and "arigatō" (in Japanese), but also "merci" (in French) and our Italian "grazie."

Learning all the world's languages is certainly a daunting task, but knowing the most important expressions for greeting and thanking can be useful when traveling. In the next section, you'll find "Thank You" written in all languages.

Furthermore, for this reason, and because certain expressions cannot be translated, you can also find the translation of "Thank You" in all languages on this page , which is useful for pronouncing words even if you don't know the alphabet.

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How to Say Thank You in All Languages

With Sprachcaffe, you can achieve high levels of language proficiency by traveling to various destinations and taking courses at our language schools around the world. If you're going on a short trip, however, you'll only need to know the basics of the language you're traveling to, such as greetings and thank yous. Want to learn how to say thank you in all the world's languages so you never have any problems abroad? Find the language you're interested in below!

Afrikaans - Dankie

Albanian - faleminderit

Amharic - አመሰግናለሁ

Arabic - اشكرك

Armenian - շնӸրհակալӸւթյուն

Assamese - ধন্যবাদ

Aymara - pay suma

Azerbaijani - çox sağ ol

Bambara - a' ni cɛ

Basque - eskerrik asko

Bengali - ধন্যবাদ

Bhojpuri - धन्यबाद

Belarusian - Дзякуй

Burmese - ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည်

Bosnian - hvala ti

Bulgarian - Благодаря ти

Catalan - gràcies

Cebuano - salamat

Czech - Děkuju

Chichewa - Zikomo

Kyrgyz - рахмат

Chinese (simplified) - 谢谢你

Chinese (Traditional) - 謝謝你

Korean - 감사합니다

Course - thank you

Haitian Creole - months

Croatian - Hvala vam

Kurdish (kurmanji) - spas dikim

Kurdish (Sorani) - سوپاس

Danish - tak skal du have

Dhivehi - ordinarily

Dogri - थुआढ़ा धन्नवाद

Hebrew - תודה

Esperanto - Dankon

Estonian - aitäh

Ewe - akpe na wò

Filipino - Salamat

Finnish - Kiitos

French - Thank you

Frisian - tanke

Scottish Gaelic - tapadh leat

Galician - grazas

Welsh - Diolch

Georgian - გმადლობთ

Japanese - ありがとうございます

Javanese - matur nuwun

Greek - σας ευχαριστώ

Guarani - aguyje

Gujarati - આભાર

Hausa - na gode

Hawaiian - mahalo iā ʻoe

Hindi - धन्यवाद

Hmong - ua tsaug

Igbo - Daalụ

Iloko - aagyaman

Indonesian - terima kasih

English - thank you

Irish - go raibh maith agat

Icelandic - Þakka þér fyrir

Italian - thank you

Kannada - ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು

Kazakh - рақмет сізге

Khmer - សូមអរគុណ

Kinyarwanda - murakoze

Konkani - तुका देव बरें करूं

Krio - tɛnki

Lao - ຂອບໃຈ

Latvian - Paldies

Lingala - matondi

Lithuanian - Ačiū

Luganda - weebale

Luxembourgish - goods

Macedonian - Ви благодарам

Maithili - अहां कें धन्यवाद

Malayalam - നന്ദി

Malay - terima kasih

Malagasy - Misaotra anao

Maltese - Grazzi

Māori - whakawhetai koe

Marathi - धन्यवाद

Mizo - ka lawm e

Mongolian - баярлалаа

Nepali - धन्यवाद

Norwegian - Takk skal du ha

Odia (oriya) - ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ

Dutch - bedankt

Oromo - galatoomaa

Pashto - له تاسو مننه

Persian - متشکرم

Polish - Dziękuję Ci

Portuguese - obrigada

Punjabi - ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ

Quechua - riqsikuyki

Romanian - mulțumesc

Russian - Спасибо

Samoan - fa'afetai

Sanskrit - धन्यवाद

Sepedi - ke a leboga

Serbian - Хвала вам

Sesotho - kea leboha

Shona - wazviita

Sindhi - تنهنجي مهرباني

Sinhala - ඔයාට ස්තූතියි

Slovak - Ďakujem

Slovenian - Hvala vam

Somali - mahadsanid

Spanish - thank you

Sundanese - hatur nuhun

Swedish - tack

Swahili - Asante

Tajik - сипос

Tamil - நன்றி

Tatar - рәхмәт

German - thank you very much

Telugu - ధన్యవాదాలు

Thai - ขอบคุณ

Tigrinya - የቕንየለይ

Tsonga - inkomu

Turkish - teşekkür ederim

Turkmen - sagbol

Ukrainian - Дякую тобі

Uyghur - رەھمەت سىزگە

Hungarian - köszönöm

Urdu - شکریہ

Uzbek - rahmat

Vietnamese - cảm ơn

Xhosa - enkosi

Yiddish - אדאנק

Yoruba - and dupe

Zulu - Ngiyabonga

How to Pronounce "Thank You in Languages with a Different Alphabet

Knowing the spelling of a word is often completely useless if we don't know how to pronounce it. This happens with languages that use a different alphabet than ours, which we probably don't know unless we've studied it.

In Arabic, for example, the pronunciation of اشكرك is "ashkuruk," while in Lao, "thank you" is "khob chai" and written ຂອບໃຈ. Furthermore, in Bengali, the spelling of the word "thank you" is ধন্যবাদ, which is pronounced "Dhan'yabāda," while if you want to thank someone in Greece, you would say "sas efcharistó," written σας ευχαριστώ.

Learn with us at Sprachcaffe how to pronounce the word "thank you" in languages with a different alphabet, such as Chinese and Korean, Amharic and Greek, Nepali, and many others.

Amharic - āmeseginalehu

Arabic - ashkuruk

Armenian - shnorhakalut'yun

Bengali - Dhan'yabāda

Belarusian - Dziakuj

Burmese - kyaayyjuutainparsai

Bulgarian - Blagodarya ti

Kyrgyz - rahmat

Chinese (Simplified) - Xièxiè nǐ

Chinese (Traditional) - Xièxiè nǐ

Korean - gamsahabnida

Dhivehi - shukuriyyaa