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Merry Christmas in Luxembourgish: the wishes and the festive words.
Before the holidays, your child will want to say “Merry Christmas” to the teacher and to friends. Here are the Christmas and New Year wishes and the festive words, checked in the official dictionary, to keep Luxembourgish for kids going through the year.
Schéi Chrëschtdeeg!
The official dictionary gives the phrase in an example: eis Frënn hunn eis schéi Chrëschtdeeg gewënscht, “our friends wished us a merry Christmas”. For the new year, it gives mir wënschen Iech vill Gléck am neie Joer!. And Alles Guddes, all the best, goes with every celebration, New Year included, according to Luxembourg's official portal.
| Luxembourgish | English |
|---|---|
| Schéi Chrëschtdeeg! | Merry Christmas! |
| Mir wënschen Iech schéi Chrëschtdeeg! | We wish you a merry Christmas! |
| Vill Gléck am neie Joer! | Happy New Year! (“lots of happiness in the new year”) |
| Alles Guddes! | All the best! |
Chrëschtdeeg are the Christmas holidays, 24 to 26 December; Christmas Day itself is Chrëschtdag. On 1 January it is Neijoerschdag, and the LOD records a custom: on that day, people go and offer their good wishes to the family, wënsche goen.
The Christmas words
Tap a picture to hear the word, in the voice of the official dictionary.
| Word | Gender | English |
|---|---|---|
| Chrëschtbeemchen | masculine | Christmas tree |
| Stär | masculine | star |
| Schnéi | masculine | snow |
| Chrëschtkëndchen | neuter | baby Jesus |
| Kaddo | masculine | present |
| Klack | feminine | bell |
Each word links to its entry in the LOD, with its pronunciation. A dictionary example made for December: d'Kanner hëllefe gär der Mamm, de Chrëschtbeemchen ze rëschten, “the children like helping mum decorate the tree”. Before Christmas comes 6 December: here is the Kleeschen, Luxembourg's St Nicholas.
What your child can say
At 3 or 4, Schéi Chrëschtdeeg! is the phrase for the last school day before the break. In 2026, the Christmas school holidays in Luxembourg run from Saturday 19 December to Sunday 3 January. Back at school, your child can try Vill Gléck am neie Joer!.
And when a friend has a birthday, the phrase barely changes: Alles Guddes fir däi Gebuertsdag.
The classroom words, through play too.
Kawi teaches the classroom words through play, with the official pronunciation, in sessions of a few minutes to do together, over the holidays too. Free to start.