happy anniversary in Esperanto

“Happy anniversary” (for a wedding) in Esperanto is Feliĉan geedziĝan datrevenon! (feh-LEE-chahn geh-eh-DZEE-jahn dah-treh-VEH-nohn), literally “a happy wedding date-return”. Datreveno is the yearly return of a date, and geedziĝa means “of a wedding”. We found no fixed formula, so this follows the usual wish pattern with -n.

Other ways to say it

• Feliĉan datrevenon!Happy anniversary! (without saying which; see the note)
• Gratulon pro la geedziĝa datreveno!Congratulations on the wedding anniversary!

Example sentences

• Nia geedziĝa datreveno estas hodiaŭ.Our wedding anniversary is today.
• Ili festas la datrevenon de sia geedziĝo.They’re celebrating their wedding anniversary.

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ReVo remarks that many Esperantists use datreveno alone to mean “birthday”, under the influence of Romance languages, although naskiĝtago is more widely used and understood. So name the event: geedziĝa datreveno. For the public celebration of a big round anniversary, ReVo has jubileo.

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