How to say “each” in 51 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 Arabic, where كل is the 25th most used word.
- Albanian çdo each, every #107
- Arabic كل each one, everyone #25
- Armenian ամեն each, every #50
- Basque elkarrekin each other; one another #179
- Bengali প্রত্যেক each, every; all #529
- Bosnian svaki every, each #275
- Bulgarian всеки each, every, any #147
- Catalan cada #224
- Chinese 所有人 each person; everybody; per person; everyone #188
- Croatian svaki every, each #288
- Czech každý each, every #270
- Danish hver every, each #245
- Dutch elkaar each other, one another #199
- English both Each of the two; one and the other; referring… #280
- Esperanto ĉiu each one, everyone, each person #167
- Finnish toisiaan each other, one another #2,185
- French chaque #328
- Galician cada #155
- Georgian ერთმანეთს each other #278
- German sich Reciprocal pronoun of the third person… #46
- Greek κάθε every, each #158
- Hebrew מדי each, every #141
- Hindi हर #135
- Hungarian mind all of it, all of them, each of them #230
- Icelandic hittast to meet each other, to concur #1,101
- Indonesian setiap #179
- Italian ogni each, every #176
- Korean 모든 all, every, each #56
- Latvian redzēšanos seeing oneself, seeing each other; meeting;… #1,644
- Lithuanian kiekvienas each, every #431
- Macedonian секој every, each #151
- Malay setiap every; each #183
- Malayalam ഓരോ #135
- Norwegian hver #250
- Persian هر #41
- Polish każdy each, every #291
- Portuguese cada each, every #340
- Romanian fiecare every, each #193
- Russian каждый every, each #292
- Serbian svaki every, each #297
- Slovak každý each, every #154
- Slovenian vsakič every time, each time #497
- Spanish cada each; every #226
- Swedish varje each; every #261
- Tagalog bawat each; every #260
- Tamil ஒவ்வொரு each, every #542
- Telugu ఇద్దరు each of the two; one and the other; both #770
- Turkish ortak each of those who work together and are… #833
- Ukrainian всякий all, any, each, every #2,463
- Urdu ہر #79
- Vietnamese nhau each other, mutually, reciprocally, one… #194
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.