How to say “according” in 37 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Esperanto, where laŭ is the 142nd most used word.
- Albanian sipas according to #515
- Arabic حسب according to, per, by #621
- Armenian ըստ according to #505
- Basque arabera according to, per #409
- Bengali অনুযায়ী according to #1,831
- Bulgarian според according to #409
- Catalan segons according to #510
- Chinese 按照 according to; in accordance with; in light… #724
- Czech podle according to #305
- Danish ifølge according to #1,072
- Dutch volgens according to #338
- English normal According to norms or rules or to a regular… #851
- Esperanto laŭ according to, in accordance with, conformably… #142
- Estonian järgi according to #341
- French selon according to; whichever applies; depending on #871
- German laut according to #764
- Greek σύμφωνα accordingly, in accordance with, according to #886
- Hebrew כפי according to #360
- Hungarian szerint according to #172
- Icelandic samkvæmt according to #637
- Indonesian menurut according to #684
- Italian secondo according to, as per, per #317
- Lithuanian pagal according to, by #319
- Macedonian според according to, based on #436
- Malayalam പ്രകാരം according to #398
- Norwegian ifølge according to #1,146
- Persian طبق according to, based on #688
- Polish według according to #751
- Romanian potrivit according to #822
- Russian согласно according to, as to #1,663
- Slovak podľa according to #208
- Spanish según according to #972
- Swedish sant true; according to the truth #325
- Tagalog kuno so they say; according to someone; it is said #1,949
- Tamil படி according to, as per #401
- Turkish göre according to, per #150
- Vietnamese tuỳ according to #2,458
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.