How to say “early” in 44 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 Persian, where زود is the 168th most used word.
- Afrikaans vroeër #579
- Albanian herët #544
- Arabic مبكر #1,462
- Armenian շուտ early, soon #260
- Bosnian ranije #454
- Bulgarian рано #714
- Chinese 早上 early morning #193
- Croatian ranije #560
- Czech brzy #489
- Danish tidligere #513
- Dutch jeugd young age, early stage of life #2,219
- English morning The early part of the day, especially from… #259
- Esperanto frue #505
- Estonian vara #828
- Finnish aiemmin #557
- French tôt #577
- Galician cedo early, soon, before expected #783
- Georgian ადრე #312
- German früh #615
- Greek νωρίς #847
- Hebrew מוקדם #497
- Hungarian korán #1,181
- Icelandic fyrr #225
- Korean 일찍 #434
- Latvian agri early; adverbial form of agrs #1,415
- Lithuanian anksčiau early, prematurely #242
- Macedonian рано #1,055
- Malayalam നേരത്തെ #219
- Norwegian tidligere #549
- Persian زود #168
- Polish wcześnie #1,293
- Portuguese cedo #649
- Romanian devreme #541
- Russian рано #946
- Serbian ranije #421
- Slovak priskoro too early #2,142
- Slovenian zgodaj #547
- Spanish temprano early, early on #1,064
- Swedish tidigare #493
- Tagalog maaga #1,386
- Turkish erken #582
- Ukrainian рано #627
- Urdu ابتدائی #1,289
- Vietnamese mai early morning #443
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.