How to say “afternoon” in 35 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 Georgian, where გამარჯობა is the 180th most used word.
- Afrikaans middag An afternoon #716
- Albanian pasdite in the afternoon #1,268
- Basque arratsalde afternoon, dusk #542
- Bengali বিকাল afternoon, evening #1,633
- Bosnian popodne #1,333
- Bulgarian следобед in the afternoon #1,315
- Chinese 下午 afternoon; p.m #387
- Croatian popodne #1,373
- Czech odpoledne during the afternoon #1,001
- Danish eftermiddag #1,709
- Dutch vanmiddag this afternoon, the afternoon of the current… #2,099
- Esperanto posttagmeze post meridiem, in the afternoon, after noon #2,095
- French après-midi #1,392
- Galician tardes afternoon or early evening, period between… #2,081
- Georgian გამარჯობა hello, how do you do, good afternoon #180
- German nachmittag #1,670
- Greek απόγευμα #927
- Hindi दोपहर in the afternoon #1,148
- Hungarian délután in the afternoon #1,339
- Indonesian sore the second half of the afternoon; the time of… #1,119
- Italian pomeriggio #1,233
- Macedonian попладне in the afternoon #1,372
- Malay petang #859
- Malayalam വൈകുന്നേരം #566
- Norwegian ettermiddag #1,385
- Persian عصر #766
- Romanian după-amiază in the afternoon #2,200
- Serbian popodne #1,263
- Slovak popoludnie #1,353
- Slovenian popoldan #1,371
- Swedish eftermiddag #1,773
- Tagalog hapon #1,258
- Tamil மதிய of or pertaining to afternoon #358
- Urdu دوپہر afternoon, noon, midday #839
- Vietnamese chiều late afternoon; early evening #1,027
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.