How to say “along” in 32 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 Croatian, where s is the 20th most used word.
- Afrikaans langs along, alongside #445
- Albanian anës along, beside, by #2,330
- Arabic بجانب along, side by side with #562
- Armenian հանդերձ together, with, along with #761
- Bosnian s with, together with, along with #40
- Bulgarian край by; along #423
- Chinese 以及 as well as; along with; and #242
- Croatian s with, together with, along with #20
- Danish langs #2,472
- Dutch met with, along with #21
- English open Able to have something pass through or along… #336
- Esperanto kunportis to bring with one, bring along #1,959
- Estonian kaasa with, along #239
- Finnish mukaan along, with one, on #151
- German mitnehmen to take with; to carry along #1,401
- Hebrew הלאה along, forward, onward, next #735
- Indonesian sepanjang all along #450
- Italian lungo #695
- Latvian gar #1,241
- Lithuanian palei #1,963
- Malay sepanjang along, throughout, as long as; during #414
- Malayalam ഒപ്പം along with #254
- Norwegian langs #1,940
- Persian همراه along with, together with #450
- Polish wraz #1,838
- Russian вместе together, coupled with, along with #190
- Serbian s with, together with, along with #47
- Slovak pozdĺž #2,123
- Swedish vidare on, further, along #544
- Telugu వెంబడి behind, after, following, along with #1,645
- Turkish boyunca #322
- Vietnamese theo #129
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.