World Languages

How to Say "Merry Christmas" in 8 Languages by Tracy O'NeillDecember 12, 2014

Have a flair for foreign languages? Then this year, learn how to say "Merry Christmas" in eight different languages: French, Polish, Icelandic, Swedish, German, Spanish, Czech, and Norwegian. These shareable Christmas cards from the NYPL Digital Collection will add some international panache to your seasons greetings.

Wesolych Swiat!
French:

Joyeux Noël.
Joyeux Noël.


Icelandic:

Gledileg Jól.
Gledileg Jól.


Polish:

Wesolych swiat.
Wesolych swiat.


Spanish:

Felices pascuas de Navidad.
Felices pascuas de Navidad.


Swedish:

God Jul!
God Jul!


Czech:

Veselé Vánoce!
Veselé Vánoce!


German:

Fröhliche Weihnachten.
Fröhliche Weihnachten.

Norwegian:

Gledelig Jul!
Gledelig Jul!

 

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The picture shown as

Submitted by Tamas (not verified) on December 14, 2014 - 8:16am

The picture shown as Hungarian greeting is not correct. That is definitely not in Hungarian. If you click on the picture ysou can see that "Iceland" is referred as its topic. Not to mention it sounds similar to the Norwegian one. So in Hungary we say "Boldog Karácsonyt!" or "Áldott Karácsonyt!" depending how religious you are.

Thanks

Submitted by Jennifer Stevenson (not verified) on December 15, 2014 - 12:45pm

Thanks for sharing. I love learning popular phrases in multiple languages.

Nice

Submitted by Ruth Guerrier-Pierre on December 16, 2014 - 2:06pm

Thank you. Great post!