oh my God

See also: ohmygod and oh my god

English

Interjection

Said in supplication
(mildly blasphemous) expression of anger, frustration, excitement, shock, awe, dismay

Usage notes

In different contexts the offensiveness of this phrase can vary from blasphemous to mild, with a greater degree of variety than comparable phrases due to its invocation of deity. Common euphemisms are oh my gosh, omigosh, and oh my goodness.

Alternative forms

Synonyms

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Descendants

Chinese:
- Mandarin: 喔麥尬／喔麦尬 (ōmàigà)
Japanese: オーマイガー (ōmaigā)

Translations

excitement or shock

Arabic: وَاللّٰه‎‎ (wa-llāh), يَا إِلٰهِي‎‎ (yā ʾilāhī) , يَا سَلَام‎‎ (yā salām)
Armenian: Աստվա՛ծ իմ (Astvác im)
Belarusian: бо́жа мой (bóža moj)
Catalan: Déu meu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天啊 (tiān a), 天哪 (zh) (tiān na), 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a)
Czech: ó můj bože
Danish: åh min gud
Dutch: oh, mijn God, lieve hemel, goeie genade (nl)
Esperanto: Dio mia
Finnish: herranjestas (fi), Herran pieksut, Luojan tähden, herranjumala, voi hyvä Luoja
French: mon Dieu (fr), nom de Dieu (fr), nom de nom
Galician: meu Deus
Georgian: ღმერთო ჩემო (ɣmerto čemo)
German: oh mein Gott
Greek: Θεέ μου (el) (Theé mou)
Gujarati: હે ભગવાન (he bhagvān), હે પ્રભુ (he prabhu), હે ઠાકોરજી (he ṭhākorjī), હે નાથ (he nāth), હે ઈશ્વર (he īśvar), હે પરમાત્મા (he parmātmā), હે ખુદા (he khudā)
Hebrew: אוי אלוהים‎‎ (oy elohím)
Hindi: हे भगवान (he bhagvān)
Hungarian: ó Istenem, te jó ég
Icelandic: Guð minn góður
Indonesian: astaga (id), ya tuhan
Irish: a Thiarcais
Italian: Dio mio, mio Dio, oh mio Dio, oddio
Japanese: 南無三宝 (なむさんぼう, namusanbō), おやまあ (oyamā), あれまあ (aremā), ああ神様 (ā kamisama), おーまいがー (ōmaigā)
Jingpho: Wa, Karai Kasang!
Kazakh: құдайым-ай (qudayım-ay)

Korean: 오마이갓 (omaigat), 맙소사 (ko) (mapsosa), 세상에 (ko) (sesang-e)
Latin: Deus meus
Limburgish: noondezju!
Lithuanian: o, Dieve!, Dieve mano!
Low German:
German Low German: mien Gott
Malay: ya Tuhanku
Maltese: Alla miegħi, Il-Alla
Navajo: yáadilá óolyé
Norwegian: Herregud, herre gud
Persian: وای خدای من‎‎, ای خدا‎‎
Polish: (o) mój Boże
Portuguese: meu Deus (pt), nossa (pt)
Romanian: (o) Dumnezeuleǃ, (o) Doamneǃ
Russian: бо́же мой (bóže moj), Го́споди (ru) (Góspodi), о бо́же (o bóže)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о мој Боже, Господе Боже

Roman: o moj Bože, Gospode Bože
Spanish: Dios mío, oh, Dios mío, ay Dios mío
Swedish: herre gud, å, herre gud, herregud (sv), Herre Gud
Tagalog: ay, Diyos ko
Thai: โอ้พระเจ้า, พระเจ้า (th) (prá-jâao), คุณพระ (kun-prá), คุณพระช่วย, พระเจ้าช่วย, พระเจ้าช่วยกล้วยทอด (prá-jâao-chûai-glûai-tɔ̂ɔt)
Turkish: aman tanrım, aman Allahım, aman yarabbi
Ukrainian: о бо́же мій (o bóže mij), бо́же мій (bóže mij), о бо́же (o bóže)
Vietnamese: trời ơi (vi), ối trời ơi (vi)
Yucatec Maya: ki’ichkelem yuum