God bless you
May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the…May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.
» I wish to God that you were here.
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2 sensesMay God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.
I heard you helped them with clearing away the downed tree. God bless you! The Lord provides!
You got that whole area cleaned up in one day? God bless you! I'll buy your coffee today!
Gott segne dich, Gottes Segen
да благослови́т тебя́ госпо́дьda blagoslovít tebjá gospódʹ, да благослови́т тебя́ богda blagoslovít tebjá box
Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; alternative form of bless you.
Gesundheit!
будь здоро́вbudʹ zdoróv, будь здоро́ваbudʹ zdoróva, бу́дьте здоро́выbúdʹte zdoróvy
Examples
208 sentencesI wish to God that you were here.
Only God can help you now.
ruТолько Бог может помочь тебе сейчас. — Selena777
deJetzt kann dir nur noch Gott helfen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Thank God you weren't killed.
Thank God you were here.
deGott sei Dank warst du da. — Waldelfe
God bless you all.
deGott segne euch! — Sirio60
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you. A clause in the present subjunctive inFrom Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you. A clause in the present subjunctive inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of it. Diachronically it is not a shortening; synchronically it is often surface-analyzed as such; present-day English has a heavy need for the modal auxiliary (may) to ensure syntactic clarity, whereas earlier English could more easily drop it.
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