"How To Say “Good Night” In Different Languages"

There’s this American bedtime story, called Goodnight Moon written by Margaret Wise Brown, that’s been wishing children all around the world a “good night.” It’s a simple story, and it highlights the beauty of everyday things you can find in the room around you. Moreover, its series of lulling messages wishing a good night to the moon, to the stars, to the air, and to the noises everywhere have been the go-to-sleep phrases for many, many people for 70+ years. So, it’s more than safe to say that if you ever need a little something to kickstart your bedtime, you could read this wonderful story and wish everyone and everything around you a good night just like the young bunny in Wise’s classic.

P.S. – If you want to zhuzh your “good night” greeting, here’s a short list of how to say it in other languages.

• English: Good night (good night)
• French: Bonne nuit (bon nwee)
• Italian: Buona notte (bwona nohteh)
• Korean: 잘 자요 (jal jayo)
• Japanese: おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai)
• Hindi: शुभ रात्रि (shub raatree)
• Norwegian: God natt (goo nat)
• Swedish: God natt (goonat)
• German: Gute Nacht (gooteh nakt)
• Dutch: Goedenacht (khoodeh nakt)
• Afrikaans: Goeienag (khooyeh nakh)
• Turkish: İyi geceler (eeyee gejelehr)
• Tagalog: Magandang gabi (magandang gabi)
• Vietnamese: Chúc ngủ ngon (chuk ngoo ngon)
• European Portuguese: Boa noite (bowah noycheh)
• Russian: Доброй ночи (dobroy nochi)
• Brazilian Portuguese: Boa noite (bowah noycheh)
• Danish: Godnat (goonet)
• Swahili: Usiku mwema (oosikoo mwehmah)
• Mandarin Chinese: 晚安 (wǎn'ān)
• Polish: Dobranoc (dobranots)
• Greek: Καληνύχτα (kalinýchta)
• Finnish: Hyvää yötä (heevaa yohtaa)