What do Norwegians say when you sneeze?
prosit
What do Norwegians say after someone sneezes? The most Norwegian thing to do is to ignore a sneeze entirely. Sometimes, though not as frequently, you will hear Norwegians say prosit. This translates roughly to “to your health.”
What do Swedish people say when they sneeze?
Prosit is the standard Swedish response when someone sneezes. It comes from the Latin word prosit, which literally means something like ‘may it be good’, from the verb prosum. You can roughly translate it as ‘bless you’.
What do you say when you sneeze?
EXPLANATION: When someone sneezes in the United States, more often than not someone else says “Bless you!” The phrase first originated as “God bless you.” PROPER RESPONSE: “Thank you!”
What do Hawaiians say when you sneeze?
In Hawaiian we say “Kihe a mauli ola”. In other words, sneeze, and may you have long life.” Mauli ola literally means breath of life, power of healing. More often, though, people will just say ola, when someone sneezes.
What does Prosit mean in Norwegian?
prosit {interj.} volume_up. God bless you.
What do atheists say when people sneeze?
“I think some atheists are annoyed by the use of the word God in ‘God bless you. ‘ Atheists probably prefer gesundheit or some equivalent, which just means ‘good health,’ a principle the faithful and faithless alike can believe in,” Dr. Haque said.
What does Gesundheit spell?
Gesundheit was borrowed from German, where it literally means “health”; it was formed by a combination of gesund (“healthy”) and -heit (“-hood”). Wishing a person good health when they sneezed was traditionally believed to forestall the illness that a sneeze often portends.
What to say in Japanese when someone sneezes?
List of responses in other languages
| Language | Usual responses and notes |
|---|---|
| Italian | Salute! |
| Japanese | 大丈夫? (Daijoubu?) Note: It is very rare for anyone to acknowledge a sneeze in Japan, and it is customary not to say anything at all. After multiple sneezes, they use these words. |