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'bless you'

German translation: Gesundheit

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English term or phrase:'bless you'
German translation:Gesundheit
Entered by: tramont (X)

09:43 May 15, 2001
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: 'bless you'
i think it's 'gazundteit' but i really don't know how to spell it or even if it's the right word.
meg
Gesundheit
Explanation:
Polite response when someone sneezes. Means 'health' in German. 'Bless you' supposedly originated in the Middle Ages, when a sneeze was the first sign of the plague.
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naGott segne dich
Vidmantas Stilius
naGesundheit !
Florin Badea
naGesundheit
tramont (X)


  

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3 mins
Gott segne dich


Explanation:
Literally: God bless you (the usual closing phrase in my German friend's letters)

The word you mention sounds like Gesundheit, "health".


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Vidmantas Stilius
Local time: 18:56
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
PRO pts in pair: 56

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Ulrike Lieder (X)
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6 mins
Gesundheit !


Explanation:
If it's in a religious context like God bless you, then it's "Gott segne dich!"

Florin Badea
Romania
Local time: 18:56
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 10
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6 mins
Gesundheit


Explanation:
Polite response when someone sneezes. Means 'health' in German. 'Bless you' supposedly originated in the Middle Ages, when a sneeze was the first sign of the plague.

tramont (X)
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Andrea Kopf
Silke Namuth (X)
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