I don’t see anything wrong with gesundheit. It means health. And really I feel like the German expression is just saying - be healthy dammit, and stop sneezing!
I started saying “Gesundung” as a joke 10 years ago, and now I can’t stop. It’s not a real word, but if it were it would mean “Getting healthy”. Seemed more appropriate to me at the time, and still kinda does.
I don’t see anything wrong with gesundheit. It means health. And really I feel like the German expression is just saying - be healthy dammit, and stop sneezing!
You can also say “Schönheit – gesund biste ja”: “Beauty – you’re already healthy after all”
I started saying “Gesundung” as a joke 10 years ago, and now I can’t stop. It’s not a real word, but if it were it would mean “Getting healthy”. Seemed more appropriate to me at the time, and still kinda does.
That’s what my German grandfather taught me to say and it’s what I say.
It used to be something to say to yourself. A little “fuck I hope I’m not next” prayer.