How to say “afterwards” in 30 different 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.
- потом[pɐˈtom] Russian
- μετά/meˈta/ Greek
- తరువాత/ˈtaruˌʋaːta/ Telugu
“afterwards” in Russian: потом · Greek: μετά
It is commonest in Greek, where μετά is the 105th most used word.
Afterwards in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian pastaj/pästäj/ afterwards, after that, then #146
- Armenian հետո/heˈto/ then, afterwards #100
- Bosnian kasnije/kǎsnijeː/ later on, afterwards #310
- Bulgarian после[ˈpɔslɛ] later, afterwards #197
- Croatian kasnije/kǎsnijeː/ later on, afterwards #365
- Czech potom[ˈpotom] afterwards, subsequently #349
- Danish siden/sidən/ since, later, afterwards, in the time since… #152
- Esperanto poste/ˈposte/ afterwards, later #127
- Estonian pärast/ˈpærɑst/ after, afterwards, following, later, past,… #76
- German danach/daˈnaːχ/ after it, after that; thereafter, afterwards #675
- Greek μετά/meˈta/ afterwards, later #105
- Hindi फिर/pʰɪɾ/ then, afterwards; so #80
- Hungarian utána[ˈutaːnɒ] afterwards, after something #456
- Italian dunque/ˈdun.kwe/ then, afterwards #1,082
- Latvian pēc[pɛː̂ts] after, afterwards, later, later on #59
- Macedonian после[ˈpɔslɛ] afterwards, later #173
- Malay kemudian/kəˈmudian/ after; afterwards #187
- Malayalam പിന്നീട്/pinniːɖə̆/ later, afterwards; on a later time #187
- Norwegian etterpå/ˈɛtərˌpoː/ after, afterwards #927
- Persian بعد[bæʔd̪̥] then, after; afterwards #65
- Polish potem/ˈpɔ.tɛm/ then, later, afterwards #201
- Romanian apoi/aˈpoj/ subsequently, afterwards, next, then #168
- Russian потом[pɐˈtom] afterwards, afterward, after that #158
- Serbian kasnije/kǎsnijeː/ later on, afterwards #305
- Spanish después/desˈpwes/ later, afterwards, afterward, post #160
- Swedish sedan/seːdan/ then, after this, afterwards; next in order #269
- Tagalog pagkatapos/paɡkaˈtapos/ after; afterwards #222
- Tamil பின்னர்/pɪnːɐɾ/ after, afterwards, subsequently, later, later… #118
- Telugu తరువాత/ˈtaruˌʋaːta/ afterwards, next #113
- Turkish sonra/son.ɾɑ/ later, after, afterwards, post- #44
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.