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Today’s map shows how to wish a Happy New Year in various European languages. The map is similar to my previous map about “Merry Christmas”.

The colouring shows etymological relations among the translations of the word “year” and does not always correspond to language families. For example, even though Polish and Russian are both Slavic languages, they are coloured differently because the corresponding translations of the word “year” are not based on the same root.

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It should be noted that the German phrase “Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr” is only used before New Year (such as on New Year’s Eve), and “Frohes neues Jahr” (and similar) are typically used on New Year and later.

Here are the same phrases as above in text form so that you can copy-paste them:

Albanian: Gëzuar Vitin e Ri

Basque: Urte berri on

Belarusian: З Новым годам

Breton: Bloavezh mat

Bulgarian: Честита Нова Година

Catalan: Feliç/Bon any (nou)

Croatian: Sretna Nova godina

Czech: Šťastný nový rok

Danish Godt nytår

Dutch: Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

English: Happy New Year

Estonian: Head uut aastat

Finnish: Hyvää uutta vuotta or Onnellista uutta vuotta

Frisian (West): Lokkich Nijjier

French: bonne année

Galician: Feliz aninovo

German: Schönes/Frohes/Gutes neues Jahr; Guten Rutsch (ins neue Jahr)

Greek: Καλή χρονιά

Hungarian: Boldog új évet

Icelandic: Farsælt or gleðilegt followed by komandi or nýtt ár

Irish: Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit

Italian: Felice anno nuovo or Buon anno

Latvian: Laimīgu jauno gadu

Lithuanian: Laimingų naujųjų metų

Luxembourgish: Glécklecht neit Joer or Alles Guddes am neie Joer

Macedonian: Среќна Нова Година

Maltese: Is-Sena t-Tajba

Norwegian: Godt nytt år

Romanian: Un An Nou fericit or La mulți ani (general phrase)

Occitan: Bonna annada

Polish: Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku

Portuguese: Feliz ano novo

Russian: С Новым годом

Sami (Northern): Buore ođđajagi

Sami (Southern): Buerie orrejaepie

Sami (Lule): Buorre ådåjahke

Sardinian: Bon’annu nou

Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna mhath ùr

Serbian: Srećna Nova godina or Срећна Нова година

Slovak: Šťastný nový rok

Slovene: Srečno novo leto

Spanish: Feliz Año Nuevo or Próspero Año Nuevo after Feliz Navidad

Swedish: Gott nytt år

Turkish: Mutlu yıllar

Ukrainian: З Новим роком

Welsh: Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

