How To Say “Achoo” In Different Languages

I don’t know about you, but when I start hearing “achoos” anywhere and everywhere, I get a little sad. Because that usually means hayfever season is here. Uh oh. And let’s be honest, nobody wants to catch the seasonal sniffles! But as long as I get those "lucky three" bless-yous to shoo away the bad juju that comes with a sneeze, I’m safe... right?

Kidding aside, whether you get one "bless you" or four, that doesn't actually stop the hayfever. However, the habit of responding to a sneeze goes way back. Across different languages and cultures, these verbal responses started as superstitious beliefs meant to save the soul from literally leaving the body!

Anyway, save your bless-yous for this list of achoos because you might need a few of them… just saying.

• English: achoo (ah-chooo)
• German: hatschi (hut-shee)
• Brazilian Portuguese: atchim (ah-cheem)
• Dutch: hatsjoe (hut-shoo)
• Spanish: achís (ah-chees)
• Russian: апчхи (ap-chhi)
• Finnish: atsiuh (aht-see-uh)
• French: atchoum (ah-choom)
• Hungarian: hapci (hop-see)
• Norwegian: atsjoo (at-shoo)
• Swedish: atjo (aht-yo)
• Turkish: hapşu (hap-shoo)
• Italian: etciù (et-choo)
• Vietnamese: hắt xì (hut-see)
• Afrikaans: haksie (hahk-see)
• Basque: astsitsu (ahs-teet-soo)
• Cantonese: 哈啾 (haa-jiu)
• Mandarin Chinese: 哈啾 (ha jiu), 阿嚏 (ātì)
• Tagalog: hatsing (haa-tsing)
• Esperanto: hacu (ha-tsoo)
• Greek: ατσουμ (at-soum)
• Indonesian: hatsyi (hat-shee)
• Polish: apsik (ap-sik)
• Japanese: ハクション (ha-ku-shon)
• Hindi: हच्छी (ha-chee)
• Swahili: hachoo (hah-choo)