good night

See also: goodnight

English

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Alternative forms

goodnight
g'night (colloquial)

Etymology

Probably a shortening of "May you have a good night."

Pronunciation

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Phrase

good night

A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.

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Translations

a farewell

Abkhaz: ашара шәӡыбзиарахааит (āšārā š°ʒəbziārāxāāiṭ)
Albanian: natën e mirë
Aleut: angali kingachxicax
Arabic: تُصْبِح عَلَى خَيْر‎ (tuṣbiḥ ʿalā ḵayr), لَيْلَة سَعِيدَة‎ (layla saʿīda)
Hijazi Arabic: تصبح على خير‎ m (tiṣbaḥ ʿala ḵēr), و إنت من اهله‎ m (u inta min ahlu) (as a reply)
Armenian: բարի գիշեր (bari gišer)
Asturian: bones nueches, bona nueche
Azerbaijani: gecəniz xeyrə qalsın
Basque: gabon
Belarusian: дабра́нач (dabránač)
Bengali: শুভ রাত্রি (śubh ratri)
Breton: noz vat (br)
Bulgarian: лека нощ (leka nošt)
Catalan: bona nit (ca)
Cebuano: maayong gabii
Chechen: буьйса декъал йогӏийла (büjsa deq̇al joġīla)
Cherokee: ᎣᏍᏓ ᏒᏃᏱ (osda svnoyi)
Chichewa: usiku wabwino
Chinese:
Cantonese: (formal) 晚安 (maan⁵ on¹), (informal) 早唞 (yue) (zou² tau²)

Mandarin: 晚安 (zh) (wǎn'ān)

Min Nan: 安眠 (zh-min-nan) (an-bîn)
Czech: dobrou noc (cs)
Danish: godnat (da)
Dutch: goedenacht (nl), goeienacht, before going to sleep welterusten (nl), trusten (familiar)
Elfdalian: gunatt
Esperanto: bonan nokton
Estonian: head ööd
Ewe: dɔ agbe
Faroese: góða nátt
Finnish: hyvää yötä (fi)
French: bonne nuit (fr)
Galician: boas noites
Georgian: ღამე ნებისა (ɣame nebisa), ძილი ნებისა (ʒili nebisa)
German: gute Nacht (de)
Alemannic German: guetnacht (Gressoney), gut nacht (Issime), guot nacht (Carcoforo), göt nacht, göti nacht (Formazza), schlàwol (Rimella)

Bavarian: guade Nochd
Greek: καληνύχτα (el) (kalinýchta), καλό βράδυ (kaló vrády)
Greenlandic: sinilluarit
Gujarati: શુભ રાત્રી (śubh rātrī)
Hawaiian: aloha pō
Hebrew: לַיְלָה טוֹב‎ (he) (láyla tov)
Hindi: शुभ रात्रि (śubh rātri), गुड नाइट (guḍ nā'iṭ)
Hungarian: jó éjszakát (hu), jó éjszakát kívánok (hu)
Icelandic: góða nótt (is)
Ido: bona nokto
Indonesian: selamat malam (id)
Interlingua: bon nocte
Irish: oíche mhaith
Italian: buona notte (it), buonanotte (it)
Japanese: おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai), おやすみ (ja) (oyasumi) (casual), おやすみやす (oyasumiyasu) (Kyoto)
Javanese: sugeng dalu
Khmer: រាត្រីសួស្ដី (rietrəy suəsdəy)
Korean: 안녕히 주무십시오 (annyeonghi jumusipsio), 안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo), 잘 자요 (jal jayo), 잘 자 (jal ja)

Kurdish:
Sorani: شه‌و باش‎ (şew baş)
Lao: ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນທີ່ດີ (nai tǭn kāng khư̄n thī dī)
Latin: bonas noctes, bonam noctem, vale (la), valete (la) pl
Latvian: arlabunakti
Lingala: butú elámu
Lithuanian: labanaktis, labos nakties, saldžių sapnų
Luxembourgish: gutt Nuecht
Macedonian: лека ноќ (leka noḱ), добра ноќ f (dobra noḱ)
Malay: selamat malam (ms)
Maltese: il-lejl it-tajjeb, bonswa
Navajo: nizhónígo háádíilyįh, nizhónígo niidoołkááł, yáʼátʼéehgo háádíilyįh
Norman: bouan gniet
Northern Sami: buorrẹ idja
Norwegian:
Bokmål: god natt (no)

Nynorsk: god natt
Old English: gōde niht
Oriya: ଶୁଭ ରାତ୍ରି (śubhô ratri)
Pashto: شپه دې نېکمرغه‎ (šәpa dē nēkәmәrga)
Persian: شب بخیر‎ (fa) (šab be-xeyr), شب خوش‎ (šab xoš)
Polish: dobranoc (pl)
Portuguese: boa noite (pt)
Romanian: noapte bună
Romansch: buna notg
Russian: споко́йной но́чи (ru) (spokójnoj nóči)
Samogitian: labanakt
Scots: guid nicht
Scottish Gaelic: oidhche mhath
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лаку ноћ

Roman: laku noć
Sicilian: bona notti (scn)
Slovak: dobrú noc
Slovene: lahko noč
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dobru noc
Spanish: buenas noches (es)
Swahili: usiku mwema
Swedish: god natt (sv), go'natt (informal), natti (familiar; before going to sleep)
Tagalog: magandang gabi
Tamil: நல்ல இரவு (nalla iravu)
Telugu: శుభరాత్రి (te) (śubharātri)
Thai: ราตรีสวัสดิ์ (th) (raa-dtrii-sà-wàt)
Turkish: iyi geceler
Ukrainian: на добра́ніч (na dobránič)
Urdu: شب بخیر‎ (śab baxair)
Uzbek: xayrli tun
Vietnamese: ngủ ngon
Welsh: nos da
West Frisian: goenacht, nacht (fy)
Winnebago: hąhe pį
Yiddish: אַ גוטע נאַכט‎ (yi) (a gute nakht)
Zulu: lala kahle, ulale kahle (singular), lalani kahle, nilale kahle (plural)

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