How to say “due” 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 Bengali, where জন্য is the 15th most used word.
- Afrikaans weens on account of, because of, due to #675
- Armenian շնորհիվ thanks to, owing to, due to #466
- Bengali জন্য for; on behalf of; about; due to; because of;… #15
- Bosnian zbog because of, due to, owing to #99
- Bulgarian заради because of, due to #164
- Croatian zbog because of, due to, owing to #101
- Czech kvůli due to, because of #165
- Danish skyldes be due to, be caused by #2,198
- Dutch toe due for, ready for, in need of #214
- English lonely Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact… #1,679
- Esperanto pro caused by, because of, owing to, due to #63
- Estonian tänu due to, thanks to #434
- Finnish takia because of, due to #231
- French plein #470
- Galician i an antihiatical particle that, due to sandhi,… #1,710
- Georgian გადასახდელი to be paid, due, payable, owed #939
- Greek λόγω because of, due to, owing to, on account of #826
- Hebrew בגלל Because of, due to #136
- Indonesian oleh due to #162
- Italian debito due, proper #2,345
- Macedonian поради because of, due to #162
- Malay sebab Due to; because #156
- Malayalam മൂലം because of, due to #376
- Romanian datorită thanks to, due to #1,319
- Russian благодаря thanks to, owing to, through, due to #1,115
- Serbian zbog because of, due to, owing to #96
- Swedish bråttom urgency due to lack of time, hurry #1,647
- Tagalog mawalang-galang with all due respect #1,561
- Telugu గుండెపోటు pain due to heart attack #955
- Turkish yüzünden because of, due to #339
- Ukrainian завдяки thanks to, due to, owing to #1,175
- Vietnamese tồn to remain in stock due to weak sale #956
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.