Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR in 100 Languages...

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> German       Froehliches Neues Jahr !         (Happy New Year)

This is only a literal translation of "Happy New Year", at least in
my Austrian variety of German. Here we say "Froehliche Weihnachten" (happy
Christmas) and "(ein) gutes neues Jahr" ((a) good new year).

Gertraud
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