you're welcome

English

Alternative forms

you are welcome (formal)

Etymology

From 1907 (as reply to thank you).[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (UK) (file)

Phrase

you ’re welcome!

Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to “thank you”.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you're,‎ welcome.
- 2016, Lynette Eason, Without Warning (Elite Guardians; 2), Revell, →ISBN:
  No, I didn’t cook, but you’re welcome to try out the new kitchen.

Synonyms

(acknowledgment of thanks): de nada, don’t mention it, my pleasure, no problem, not at all, no worries, think nothing of it, you bet; see also Thesaurus:you're welcome

Derived terms

you're welcome a million

Translations

reply to thanks

Afrikaans: plesier!
Albanian: të lutem (sq), nuk ka përse, s'ka përse
Alutiiq: canaituq, quyanaituq
American Sign Language: OpenB@DistalSideChesthigh-PalmAcross RoundVert OpenB@DistalInsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp RoundHoriz OpenB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp
Apache:
Jicarilla: haééʼą

Western Apache: ahíyi'é (San Carlos, Bylan)
Arabic: عَفْوًا (ʕafwan), الْعَفْو (al-ʕafw), لَا شُكْرَ عَلَى وَاجِب (lā šukra ʕalā wājib, literally “no [need to] thank for [doing] a duty”), لَا شُكْرَ عَلَى وَظِيفَةٍ (lā šukra ʕalā waẓīfatin), عَلَى الرُّحْبِ وَٱلسَّعَة (ʕalā r-ruḥbi wa-s-saʕa)
South Levantine Arabic: عفوًا (ʕafwan)
Armenian: խնդրեմ (xndrem)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܫܲܝܢܵܐ (b-šaynā), ܠܹܐ ܕܵܩܪܵܐ (lē dāqrā, literally “it dosen’t cost”), ܠܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ (lē ìlēh ḵa mindī, literally “it’s nothing”)
Asturian: de nada
Azerbaijani: dəyməz
Basque: ez horregatik
Belarusian: няма́ за што́ (njamá za štó), калі́ ла́ска (kalí láska)
Bikol Central: daing ano man (informal) dai tabing ano man (formal)
Bulgarian: ня́ма защо́ (njáma zaštó), моля́ (bg) (moljá)
Burmese: ရပါတယ် (ra.patai), ကိစ္စမရှိပါဘူး (kicca.ma.hri.pabhu:)
Catalan: de res (ca), no es mereixen
Cebuano: wala'y sapayan, wa'y sapayan
Chechen: массарна а (massarna a)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 唔使客氣／唔使客气 (m⁴ sai² haak³ hei³), 唔使 (m⁴ sai²), 應該嘅／应该嘅 (jing¹ goi¹ ge³), 乜說話／乜说话 (mat¹ syut³ waa⁶)

Dungan: please add this translation if you can

Hakka: 毋使細義／毋使细义 (m̀-sṳ́ se-ngi)

Hokkien: 免客氣／免客气 (bián kheh-khì), 毋免客氣／毋免客气 (m̄-bián kheh-khì), 莫客氣／莫客气 (mài kheh-khì)

Mandarin: 不客氣／不客气 (zh) (bù kèqi), 不用謝／不用谢 (bùyòngxiè), 不謝／不谢 (bùxiè), 沒事／没事 (zh) (méishì), 應該的／应该的 (yīnggāi de), 沒事兒／没事儿 (zh) (méishìr)

Wu: 勿要客氣／勿要客气 (勿-iau ⁷khaq-chi)
Czech: není zač (cs), prosím (cs), rádo se stalo (cs), za málo
Danish: det var så lidt (da), ingen årsag, åh, jeg be'r, velbekomme, selv tak
Dutch: graag gedaan (nl) (literally “done with pleasure”), geen dank, niets te danken
Esperanto: ne dankinde (eo) (literally “not deserving thanks”), nedankinde (eo)
Estonian: pole tänu väärt, võta heaks
Faroese: einki at takka fyri, tað var so lítið, eingin orsøk
Finnish: ole hyvä (fi) (literally “be good”), eipä kestä (fi), eipä mitään (literally “it's nothing”)
French: de rien (fr) (literally “it’s nothing”), il n’y a pas de quoi (fr) (literally “there is nothing for which (to thank me)”), pas de quoi (fr), je vous en prie (fr) (formal), je t’en prie (fr) (informal), avec plaisir (fr), à votre service (fr) (formal), à ton service (informal), s’il vous plaît (fr) (Belgium), bienvenue (fr) (Quebec, Louisiana, Missouri, New England)
Galician: de nada, non hai de que, non foi nada
Georgian: არაფრის (arapris), არაფერს (arapers)
German: bitte (de) (literally “please”), gern geschehen (de), keine Ursache (de), nichts zu danken
Greek: παρακαλώ (el) (parakaló, literally “please”), τίποτα (el) (típota) (informal), δεν κάνει τίποτα (den kánei típota), ευχαρίστησή μου (efcharístisí mou)
Greenlandic: illillu
Hawaiian: he mea iki, he mea ʻole
Hebrew: בְּבַקָּשָׁה (he) (b'vakashá, literally “please”), עַל לֹא דָבָר (he) (al lo davár, literally “it’s nothing”), אֵין בְּעַד מה (he) (literally “it’s nothing”)
Hindi: कुछ नहीं (kuch nahī̃), कोई बात नहीं (koī bāt nahī̃), आपका स्वागत है (āpkā svāgat hai)
Hungarian: szívesen (hu), nagyon szívesen, nincs mit (hu)
Icelandic: ekkert að þakka, það var ekkert (is), það var lítið, gjörðu svo vel (is), það er sjálfþakkað
Ido: ne dankinde, vu esas plezure aceptata
Ilocano: ania ti ania man
Inari Sami: pyerrin liävus
Indonesian: terima kasih kembali (formal), sama-sama (id) (informal)
Ingrian: ei milt
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} il es nihil (literally “it’s nothing”)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} go ndéana sé maith duit (literally “may it do you good”), tá fáilte romhat (literally “a welcome is before you”), níl a bhuíochas ort (literally “nothing for you to thank”)
Italian: prego (it), di niente, non c'è di che (it), di nulla, è un piacere
Japanese: どういたしまして (ja) (dō itashimashite), いいえ (ja) (īe) (informal)
Jingpho: galoi mung garum na gin gin re
Kazakh: өтінемін (ötınemın)
Khmer: អញ្ជើញ (km) (ʼɑñcəəñ), មានអី (miən ʼəy), មិនអ្វីទេ (mɨn ʼaʼvəy tei), អត់អី (ʼɑt ʼəy), មានអីទេ (mɨn ʼəy tei)
Komi-Zyrian: пӧжалуйста (pöžalujsta), нинӧм вылӧ (ńinöm vylö)
Korean: 천만에요 (cheonmaneyo), 아니에요 (ko) (anieyo), 별말씀을요 (byeolmalsseumeuryo), 천만에 말씀 입니다 (cheonmane malsseum imnida), 별것 아니었습니다 (byeolgeot anieotseumnida), 별거 아니에요 (byeolgeo anieyo), 괜찮아요 (ko) (gwaenchanayo), 고맙긴요 (gomapginyo), 뭘요 (mworyo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شایانی نِیە (şayanî niye)

Northern Kurdish: spasxweş (ku)
Lao: ບໍ່ເປັນຫຍັງ (bǭ pen nyang)
Latin: libenter, libens, nihil est
Latvian: vienmēr lūdzu, lūdzu (lv)
Lithuanian: prašom (lt), visada prašom (very formal), nėra už ką, nėr už ką (literally “not at all”)
Low German:
German Low German: nix to bedanken, geern daan, geern schehn
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: keng Ursaach
Macedonian: не́ма на́ што (néma ná što), мо́лам (mólam)
Malay: sama-sama, terima kasih kembali
Malayalam: സ്വാഗതം (ml) (svāgataṁ)
Maltese: ta’ xejn, m’hemmx għalxiex, xi ħaġa żgħira, m’hemmx imniex
Maori: e pai ana
Mari:
Eastern Mari: таза лий (taza ĺij)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зүгээр (mn) (zügeer)
Navajo: aooʼ, lą́ʼąąʼ, tʼááʼáko, hágoshį́į́, bíighah
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Northern Sami: leage buorre
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bare hyggelig (literally “just fine”), ingen årsak (literally “no matter”), værsågod (literally “be so good”), velbekomme

Nynorsk: berre hyggeleg, det var så lite, inga årsak, sjølv takk, ver så god, vel unnt
Occitan: amb plaser
Persian: (polite) خواهِش می‌کُنَم (fa) (xâheš mi-konam), قابِل نَداشْت (qâbel nadâšt), قابِلی نَداشْت (qâbeli nadâšt), قابِلی نَدارَد (qâbeli nadârad), (informal) قابِل نَدارِه (qâbel nadâre)
Polish: proszę (pl) (literally “please/I ask”), proszę bardzo (literally “please/I ask very much”), nie ma za co (pl) (literally “nothing to thank for”), spoko (pl) (colloquial), spoczko (pl) (colloquial), sponio (colloquial)
Portuguese: de nada (pt), não há de quê (pt), disponha, por nada (pt)
Romani: na-i sosqe
Romanian: cu plăcere (literally “with pleasure”), pentru nimic ("it was nothing"), nu ai pentru ce (when addressing one person informally), nu aveți pentru ce (when addressing more than one person, also used when addressing one person formally), cu drag
Russian: не́ за что (ru) (né za što), пожа́луйста (ru) (požálujsta), не сто́ит благода́рности (ru) (ne stóit blagodárnosti), на здоро́вье (ru) (na zdoróvʹje)
Samoan: fa'afetai fo'i
Sanskrit: सुस्वागतम् (susvāgatam)
Scottish Gaelic: 's e do bheatha (when addressing one person informally), 's e ur beatha (when addressing more than one person, also used when addressing one person formally), tha sibh di-beathte (formal, high-register)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нема на чему, молим

Roman: nema na čemu, molim (sh)
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Skolt Sami: leäkku pue´rr
Slovak: nie je za čo, za málo, prosím
Slovene: ni za kaj
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pšosym
Spanish: de nada (es) (literally “it’s nothing”), con mucho gusto (Costa Rica), no hay porqué, no hay de qué (es)
Sundanese: sami-sami
Swahili: karibu (sw)
Swedish: ingen orsak (sv), varsågod (sv), det var så lite (sv)
Tagalog: walang anuman (informal), wala pong anuman (formal)
Tamil: வரவேற்கிறேன் (varavēṟkiṟēṉ)
Tetum: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ไม่เป็นไร (mâi-bpen-rai, literally “it’s nothing”)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tigrinya: ገንዘብካ (gänzäbka)
Tongan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: bir şey değil, önemli değil, rica ederim (tr), ben teşekkür ederim, seve seve
Udmurt: тауна (tauna)
Ukrainian: будь ла́ска (uk) (budʹ láska), нема́ за що́ (nemá za ščó), на здорóв'я (na zdoróvʺja)
Urdu: کوئِی مَسْئَلَہ نَہِیں (koī masala nahī̃), کوئی بات نَہِیں (koī bāt nahī̃)
Uzbek: arzimaydi (uz), marhamat (uz), hech qisi yoʻq
Vietnamese: không có gì (literally “it’s nothing”), không có chi, đừng ngại, không sao đâu, không dám (vi)
Walloon: gn a rén avou ça (wa), i n' fåt rén po çoula (wa)
Welsh: da chi (literally “I pray you”)
West Frisian: graach dien
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: נישטאָ פֿאַרוואָס (nishto farvos), צו געזונט (tsu gezunt)
Yoruba: kò tọ́pẹ́ (literally “it's not worthy of thanks”) (most popular), a kì í dúpẹ́ ara ẹni, má dúpẹ́ (literally “don't thank me”)
Zhuang: gaej guhhek

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “welcome”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “welcome”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.