good heavens

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊd ˈhɛvənz/

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Interjection

good heavens

1. (dated, exclamation) An exclamation of surprise or shock.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:wow

Translations

exclamation of surprise or shock

• Arabic: يا سلام, يا يوم أبيض
• Bulgarian: небеса (bg) (nebesa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 我的天啊 (zh) (wǒ de tiān a)

• Esperanto: Dio mia, ĉielo (eo)
• Estonian: armas taevas
• Finnish: hyvänen aika, herra paratkoon, taivaan vallat
• French: bonté divine (fr), ciel (fr), Seigneur (fr), juste ciel (fr)
• Galician: meu Deus m
• German: Gott im Himmel
• Hungarian: te jó ég, te jóságos ég, atyaég, jesszusom
• Irish: a Mhaighdean bheannaithe!, a thiarcais!, go bhfóire Dia orainn!
• Italian: apriti cielo
• Japanese: したり (shitari)
• Malay: ya Tuhan
• Maori: rere, āwaiā, hika mā
• Norman: cor chapin (Guernsey)
• Norwegian: herregud
• Polish: ojejku (pl)
• Portuguese: céus (pt)
• Romanian: cerule
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: mo chreach, fhiacais, thìochdaisean, a shìorraidh
• Spanish: cielo santo
• Swedish: milda makter, du store tid, himmel (sv), jösses (sv)
• Tagalog: maawaing langit
• Turkish: üstüme iyilik sağlık (tr)
• Welsh: y nefoedd wen, y nefoedd annwyl
• Yiddish: אוי (oy), גאָט אין הימל (got in himl)