How to say “certainly” 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 German, where ja is the 17th most used word.
- Afrikaans darem certainly, indeed, really, at least #378
- Armenian հաստատ surely, certainly #220
- Bengali নিশ্চিত certainly, surely, without doubt, positively #183
- Bosnian sigurno #219
- Bulgarian сигурно surely, certainly #211
- Catalan segurament #1,088
- Chinese 一定 definitely; certainly; surely; must #24
- Croatian sigurno #196
- Czech no certainly, indeed, of course #46
- Danish bestemt certainly, definitely #893
- Dutch zeker certainly, surely #144
- English sure Without doubt, certainly #136
- Esperanto ja emphatic particle; indeed, certainly, surely,… #55
- Estonian kindlasti certainly, definitely, surely #275
- Finnish varmasti certainly, definitely, surely, positively #200
- French sûrement surely, certainly #597
- Galician abofé truly, verily, certainly #1,434
- German ja obviously; certainly; of course; as you know;… #17
- Greek σίγουρα certainly, inescapably, inevitably,… #233
- Hebrew כמובן of course, naturally, certainly #196
- Hindi ज़रूर certainly, surely #801
- Hungarian biztos surely, certainly #89
- Icelandic jú yes, certainly #187
- Indonesian tentu surely, certainly, of course #142
- Italian certo certainly, of course, surely, definitely #129
- Korean 물론 of course, certainly, naturally #182
- Macedonian сигурно surely, certainly #159
- Malay tentu certainly; surely; of course #210
- Norwegian sikkert #275
- Persian حتما certainly, necessarily, surely #276
- Polish pewnie surely, certainly #187
- Portuguese certamente #1,390
- Romanian sigur certainly, definitely, without a doubt #119
- Russian конечно of course, certainly #115
- Serbian sigurno #213
- Slovak určite certainly, surely, definitely #179
- Slovenian pač indeed, certainly #273
- Spanish claro certainly, naturally, of course #165
- Swedish visst with certainty, certainly #158
- Tagalog talaga surely; certainly; really; undoubtedly #51
- Tamil ஒன்றாக certainly, surely, positively #224
- Telugu తప్పక #270
- Turkish kesinlikle by all means, certainly, definitely, exactly,… #229
- Ukrainian авжеж certainly, for sure, indeed, of course #1,093
- Vietnamese hẳn certainly; surely #705
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.