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God willing
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god willing
English
Alternative forms
en God-willing Godwilling godwilling
en god willing less common
Etymology
absolute construction Absolute construction; comparable to the phrase (if) God be willing.
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-God willing.wav Southern England
Adverb
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en often as disjunct Barring unforeseen circumstances, it is hoped that (while generally also indicating acceptance of God's will).
en Lord willing gods willing<qq:polytheistic or secularly jocular> ; more at Thesaurus:God forbid § Antonyms
en God forbid heaven forbid heaven forfend Thesaurus:God forbid
en God willing, we'll meet again same time next year.
en See y'all again same time next year, God willing.
en 1602 The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince God willing,of Denmark And what so poor a man as Hamlet is May do, to express his love and friending to you, God willing, shall not lack.
en 16 May 2020 John Halpin Viewpoint: In defense of brevity, pragmatism, self-criticism The Sentinel 2020 XXX Hanford, Calif. Santa Maria News Media A3 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/664141359/ 2 27696061 My wife and I have two kids a little bit younger than you all. One is in college and one is supposed to start this fall (God willing).
Interjection
If God wills it; may God will it; may God grant it; let us hope so; I hope so.
en Person A: Are you going to splurge on luxury hotel stays during your vacation? Person B: God willing!
Usage notes
The Bible prescribes using this type of qualifier when discussing plans for the future. (James 4:13-15).
Like some other religious interjections and adverbs (such as en bless you or en amen#Interjection amen), this one is used both literally (religiously) and figuratively; it is thus ambiguous regarding the speaker's status as a believer or nonbeliever, but it connotes belief.
Derived terms
en God willing and the creek don't rise
Related terms
en Godspeed
Translations
God willing
Afrikaans: af as die Here ons spaar
Arabic: ar إِنْ شَاءَ الله
Armenian: hy առաջ աստված
Azerbaijani: az inşallah, az Allah qoysa
Bengali: bn ইনশাআল্লাহ্
Catalan: ca si Déu vol
Cebuano: ceb puhun
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 如果上帝願意的話 rúguǒ shàngdì yuànyi dehuà
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj ka Mngu hapvendze
Czech: cs dá-li Bůh, cs s pomocí Boží
Danish: da om Gud vil
Esperanto: eo se Dio volos
Estonian: et Jumala armust
Finnish: fi jos Luoja suo
French: fr Dieu voulant, fr s'il plaît à Dieu, fr si Dieu le veut bien, fr si Dieu veut, fr Dieu veuille
Old French: fro se Dex me gart
Galician: gl se Deus quer
German: de wenn Gott will, de wenn Gott es will, de so Gott will
Greek: el Θεού θέλοντος
Ancient Greek: grc Θεοῦ θέλοντος
Hebrew: he בְּעֶזְרַת הַשֵּׁם b-'ezrat ha-shém, he אִם יִרְצֶה הַשֵּׁם 'im yirtsé ha-shém
Hungarian: hu ha Isten is úgy akarja
Icelandic: is ef Guð lofar
Irish: ga le cúnamh Dé
Italian: it a Dio piacendo, it se Dio vuole, it magari
Japanese: ja もし神が望めば もしかみがのぞめば, moshi kami ga nozomeba, ja 神の思し召しがあれば かみのおぼしめしがあれば, kami no oboshimeshi ga areba
Kannada: kn ದೈವೇಚ್ಛೆ ಇದ್ದರೆ, kn ಯಾರಿಂದಲೂ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಲಾಗದಿದ್ದರೆ
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Xwedê hez bike, kmr inşela
Latin: la Deo volente, la Deus vult
Malay: ms Insya-Allah, ms dengan izin Allah, ms semoga Tuhan merestui
Maltese: mt jekk Alla jrid
Marathi: mr देवाच्या इच्छेने
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk кед Бог да
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِنشَاءَٱللّٰه, fa-ira اَگَر خُدا بِخواد, fa-ira ایشالَّا colloquial, fa-ira اَگِه خُدا بِخواد colloquial
Plautdietsch: pdt wan Gott daut haben well
Polish: pl jak Bóg da, pl daj Boże
Portuguese: pt se Deus quiser, pt queira Deus, pt oxalá, pt inxalá
Punjabi:
Shahmukhi: pa رَبّ چاہے, pa اللہ کَرے, pa اِن شاء اَللّٰہ in śā' allāh
Russian: ru с бо́жьей по́мощью, ru бог даст box dast, ru дай бог daj box
Scottish Gaelic: gd Dia na thoiseach, gd ann an toil an Tighearna, gd le deòin Dhè
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh а̏ко Бо̑г да̏
Latin: sh ȁko Bȏg dȁ
Spanish: es si Dios quiere, es si Dios lo quiere, es ojalá, es Dios mediante, es Dios quiera
Swedish: sv om Gud vill
Turkish: tr inşallah, tr Allah'ın izniyle
Urdu: ur اَللّٰہ کَرے, ur اِن شاء اَللّٰہ, ur اَللّٰہ چاہے ("Allah" can be replaced with any term relating to God), ur اَگَر اَللّٰہ نے چاہا
Uyghur: ug ئىنشائاللا
Yiddish: yi אם־ירצה־השם im-yirtse-hashem, mirtseshem
Zazaki: zza İnsallah
en God