thank God

See also: thank god

English

Interjection

thank God!

Used to express gratitude or relief.
- 1943 December, Herbert L. Bregstein, “The Armored Force and the Camera”, in Popular Photography, volume 13, number 6, page 77:
  There is the story of the famous Hollywood glamour photographer who cooled his heels around Washington for three months while waiting for one of our leading commanders, and then was granted exactly 15 minutes for the sitting. […] Our military leaders simply don't have time for such trivia. Thank God!

Synonyms

thank fuck (vulgar)
thank goodness (euphemised)
thank gods (polytheistic)

Translations

exclamation of gratitude or relief

Arabic: الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi), الشُّكْرُ لِلّٰهِ (aš-šukru lillāhi)
Bashkir: Аллаға шөкөр (Allağa şökör), әлхәмделлила (əlxəmdellila)
Belarusian: сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bóhu), дзя́куй бо́гу (dzjákuj bóhu)
Bulgarian: сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bógu)
Catalan: gràcies a Déu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 謝天謝地／谢天谢地 (zh) (xiètiānxièdì)
Corsican: grazia à Diu
Czech: bohudíky (cs), díky bohu, chvála Bohu
Danish: gudskelov (da)
Dutch: godzijdank (nl)
Estonian: tänu Jumalale, jumal tänatud
Finnish: Jumalan kiitos
French: Dieu merci (fr), Dieu soit loué (fr)
Galician: Deus o pague
German: Gott sei Dank (de), gottseidank (de)
Greek: δόξα τω Θεώ (el) (dóxa to Theó)
Hebrew: תּוֹדָה לָאֵל (todá la-el), ברוך השם (he) (barúkh hashém)
Hindi: शुक्र है (śukra hai)
Hungarian: hála istennek (hu), hála Istennek (hu)
Hunsrik: Gott sei Dank
Icelandic: Guði sé lof
Irish: buíochas le Dia
Italian: grazie a Dio m
Japanese: 良かった (よかった, yokatta), ありがたい (ja) (arigatai)
Kazakh: құдайға шүкір (qūdaiğa şükır)
Korean: 다행히 (ko) (dahaenghi)
Latin: Deo gratias
Lithuanian: ačiū Dievui
Macedonian: фала Богу (fala Bogu)
Maltese: għall-grazzja ta’ Alla
Ngazidja Comorian: alhamdu lillahi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gudskjelov

Nynorsk: gudskjelov
Old English: Gode þanc
Persian: خدا را شکر (xodâ râ šokr)
Polish: chwała Bogu, dzięki Bogu (pl)
Portuguese: graças a Deus
Romanian: slavă Domnului
Russian: сла́ва бо́гу (ru) (sláva bógu)
Scottish Gaelic: taing do Dhia
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хвала Богу

Roman: hvala Bogu
Slovak: chvalabohu, vďakabohu, vďaka Bohu
Slovene: hvala Bogu
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: chwaliśboga
Spanish: gracias a Dios, bendito sea Dios
Swedish: tack gode Gud, gudskelov (sv)
Tajik: худоро шукр (xudoro šukr)
Turkish: Allah'a şükür
Ukrainian: сла́ва бо́гу (uk) (sláva bóhu)
Urdu: اللہ کا شکر ہے (Allāh ka shukar hai), الحمد اللہ (Alhamdulillāh)
Uzbek: xudoga shukr
Cyrillic: худога шукр (xudoga shukr)
Welsh: diolch i Dduw
Western Panjabi: اللہ دا شکر اے (allāh da shukar ae), الحمد اللہ (alhamdulillāh)
Yiddish: גאָט צו דאַנקן (got tsu dankn), ברוך השם (borekh hashem)

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