New Year’s Eve is probably the most enchanting night: with many gifts, smiles, good mood, grandiose plans for the new year and wonderful moments with loved ones. On New Year’s Eve, perhaps, every one of us will say “Happy New Year!”. We say these words to our colleagues, friends, parents and generally to all our dear ones. What if you tried to speak this phrase in many foreign languages this year? Perhaps it will be very pleasant to your close ones to hear the traditional wish “Happy New Year” in other languages.

See below how to translate “Happy New Year” into various languages of the world. You can also listen to how these wishes sound in most languages.

Language	Audio	Transcription	Origin	IPA	Pronunciation	Notes
Arabic		sana jadīda saʿīda	سَنَة جَدِيدَة سَعِيدَة
		kull ʿām waʾantum biḵayr	كُلّ عَام وَأَنْتُم بِخَيْر‏‎
Bosnian		Srećna Nova godina	Срећна Нова година
Bulgarian		Čestita Nóva Godína	Честита Но́ва Годи́на
Catalan			Feliç any nou
Chinese		Xin nian hao	新年好		xin nian hao
		Xīnnián kuàilè	新年快乐
Croatian			Sretna Nova godina
Czech			Šťastný Nový rok
Danish			godt nytår
Dutch			Gelukkig Nieuwjaar		gelukkig nieuwjaar
English			Happy New Year	ˌhæp.i ˌnu ˈjɪɹ
Estonian			Head uut aastat
Finnish			hyvää uutta vuotta
French			Bonne année	bɔn a.ne
German			Frohes Neues Jahr
Greek		kalí chroniá	Καλή Χρονιά
Haitian			ke kontan ane nouvo
Hebrew		shaná tová	שנה טובה
Hindi		nayā sāl mubārak	नया साल मुबारक
Hungarian			boldog új évet
Indonesian			Selamat Tahun Baru
Italian			felice anno nuovo	feˈliː.t͡ʃe ˈan.no ˈnwɔː.vo
Japanese		akemashite omedetō	明けましておめでとう			Informal expression used in speech after the New Year
		akemashite omedetō gozaimasu	明けましておめでとうございます	a.ke.ma.ɕi.te.o.me.de.toː .ɡo.dza.i.ma.sɯ		Official expression used after the New Year
		yoi otoshi o	良いお年を			Unofficial expression typically used before the New Year
		yoi otoshi o omukae kudasai	良いお年をお迎え下さい			Official expression used before the New Year
		kinga shinnen	謹賀新年	kiŋ.ɡa.ɕin.neɴ		Literary expression
Korean		saehae bok mani badeuseyo	새해 복 많이 받으세요	se̞.ɦe̞.boŋ.ma.ni.ba.dɯ.se̞.jo
Latvian			laimīgu jauno gadu
Lithuanian			laimingų naujųjų metų
Malayan			Selamat Tahun Baru
Maltese			Is-Sena t-Tajba
Norwegian			Godt Nytt År
Persian		sâl-e nou mobârak	سال نو مبارک
Polish			Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku
			do siego roku
Portuguese			Feliz ano novo	feˈliz‿ɐnu ˈnovu
Romanian			La Mulți Ani	la ˌmult͡sʲ ˈanʲ
			un An Nou fericit	un ˈan ˌnow ˌfe.riˈt͡ʃit
Russian		s novym godom	С Новым Годом
Serbian		Srećna Nova godina	Срећна Нова година
Slovak			šťástný nový rok
Slovenian			srečno novo leto
Spanish			Feliz Año Nuevo			Expression used in Latin America
			Próspero Año Nuevo			Expression spoken in Spain
Swahili			Heri Za Mwaka Mpya
Swedish			gott nytt år
Thai		sa was dee pee mai	สวัสดีปีใหม่
Turkish			yeni yılın kutlu olsun
Ukrainian		z novym rokom	з Новим роком
Urdu		nayā sāl mubārak	نیا سال مبارک
Vietnamese			chúc mừng năm mới
Welch			Blwyddyn Newydd Dda