Responses to sneezing

In English-speaking countries, the common verbal response to another person's sneeze is "bless you", or, less commonly in the United States, "Gesundheit", the German word for health (and the response to sneezing in German-speaking countries). There are several proposed bless-you origins for use in the context of sneezing.

In non-English-speaking cultures, words referencing good health or a long life are often used instead of "bless you," though some also use references to God.

In East Asian cultures such as Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese cultures, the practice of responding to another person's sneeze does not exist.