How to Say “Hello” in 40 European Languages
Hello – the hallmark start to any half-decent conversation or interaction across the world. Considering how universal the greeting is – it makes sense to acknowledge that having just one way to greet each other would rob the world of its diversity (and us travelers of reasons to explore).
To make things slightly easier for travelers (especially in Europe), we’ve compiled a list of how to say “Hello” in 40 different European languages:
Greetings in 40 Languages
- English – Hello in English is Hello – no point repeating that really but figured I might as well start with the obvious! 😉
- Ukrainian – Dobriy den
- Spanish – Hola
- French – Bonjour
- Russian – Zdravstvuyte
- Portuguese – Olá
- Dutch – Hallo
- Danish – Hej
- German – Hallo
- Estonian – Tere
- Italian – Ciao
- Slovak – Ahoj
- Basque – Kaixo
- Bulgarian – Zdraveĭte
- Icelandic – Góðan dag
- Hungarian – Jó napot
- Greek – Geia sas
- Lithuanian – Sveiki
- Croatian – Bok
- Czech – Ahoj
- Luxembourgish – Moïen
- Macedonian – Zdravo
- Bosnian – Dobar dan
- Belarussian – Zdravstvujtie
- Finnish – Hei
- Norwegian – Hallo
- Swedish – Hallå
- Polish – Cześć
- Maltese – Bongu
- Romanian – Salut
- Serbian – Zdravo
- Slovenian – Živjo
- Georgian – Komentari
- Turkish – Merhaba
- Welsh – Helo
- Latin – Salve
- Yiddish – Sholem aleikhem
- Albanian – Përshëndetje
- Armenian – Barev Dzez
- Frisian – Goeie dei
Your Turn! How Do You Say Hello in Your Local Language?
I (Yaya) speak English, Yoruba, and a bit of French so my 3 are: Hello (easy), Bawo Ni (Yoruba), and Bonjour.
Lloyd says his are English and Welsh, so Hello and Helo! 🙂
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