How to say “easily” in 34 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 einfach is the 133rd most used word.
- Afrikaans maklik #252
- Basque erraz #581
- Bosnian lako #462
- Bulgarian лесно #420
- Catalan fàcilment #2,272
- Croatian lako #469
- Czech snadno #1,643
- Danish sagtens easily, with no difficulty #2,361
- Dutch gemakkelijk #1,427
- English easier more easily #1,561
- Esperanto facile #433
- Estonian kergesti #1,829
- Finnish helposti #1,491
- French facilement #1,999
- Galician facilmente #2,492
- Georgian მარტივად simply, easily, plainly, in an uncomplicated… #1,392
- German einfach #133
- Greek εύκολα readily; easily #942
- Hebrew בקלות #875
- Hungarian könnyen easily, effortlessly #1,151
- Italian facilmente #2,257
- Korean 간단히 simply, easily #1,440
- Lithuanian lengvai #639
- Macedonian лесно #341
- Persian حساس sensitive, easily affected #1,964
- Polish łatwo #920
- Portuguese facilmente #2,377
- Romanian ușor #2,100
- Russian нелегко not easily, with difficulty #2,402
- Serbian lako #440
- Spanish fácil #485
- Swedish lätt #498
- Tagalog maramdamin sensitive; easily offended #2,009
- Turkish rahat #427
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.