How to say “another” in 45 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 Serbian, where još is the 49th most used word.
- Afrikaans ander another, another person, someone else #114
- Albanian tjetër other, another #81
- Arabic آكل to eat together with another, share in… #1,386
- Armenian առ by X, indicates a steady progression, one X… #359
- Basque elkarrekin each other; one another #179
- Bengali আরেক #799
- Bosnian još more, another #51
- Bulgarian друг other, another, else #177
- Chinese 彼此 each other; one another; you and I #494
- Croatian još more, another #50
- Czech další #162
- Danish anden other, another, else #160
- Dutch elkaar each other, one another #199
- English over From one position or location to another,… #118
- Esperanto alia other, another #159
- Estonian teine other, another #300
- Finnish taas again, another time, once again #165
- French autre #114
- Galician outra other, another #137
- German anderer another, others #1,262
- Hebrew תשוקה Of one person for another #2,031
- Hindi दूसरे other, another #303
- Hungarian másik #194
- Icelandic annan other, another, another one #317
- Indonesian lain other, another, else #90
- Italian altro other, another, more, further, else #119
- Korean 딴 another, other; different #473
- Latvian citu #201
- Lithuanian kitas other; another #262
- Malay saling each other, one another #774
- Malayalam വേറെ other, another #84
- Norwegian hverandre each other, one another #328
- Polish innego different, another, other #387
- Romanian altă other, another #394
- Russian другой other, another, different, next, else, second #331
- Serbian još more, another #49
- Slovenian drug other, another, different #265
- Spanish otra other, another #140
- Swedish varandra each other, one another #433
- Tagalog iba another; different one #95
- Tamil மறு another, other, alternative #735
- Telugu ఇంకొక #1,739
- Ukrainian інший other, another, the other #637
- Urdu دوسرا other, another #651
- Vietnamese lẫn each other; one another #1,183
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.