How to say “end” 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 Tamil, where முடியாது is the 32nd most used word.
- Afrikaans einde #430
- Albanian fund #178
- Arabic توقف to stop, to come to a stop; to come to an end #141
- Armenian վերջին end, ending, finish #195
- Basque amaitu to finish off, end, conclude #185
- Bengali অবসান #2,180
- Bosnian kraju end, ending #504
- Catalan final #455
- Chinese 究竟 after all; in the end; all in all #377
- Croatian kraju end, ending #546
- Czech konec #499
- Danish slut to end, to finish #535
- Dutch uiteindelijk in the end; eventually #990
- English know Used at the end of a sentence to draw… #33
- Esperanto fino end, ending #311
- Estonian lõpp end, ending #624
- Finnish lopeta to stop, end, finish, quit #302
- French fini to finish, end, complete #305
- Galician fin #277
- Georgian ბოლოს finally, at last, in the end #236
- German ende to end #382
- Greek τέλος end, finish #293
- Hebrew סוף An end, a finish #253
- Hungarian végül in the end, lastly, ultimately, eventually #529
- Icelandic ljúka to finish, to end, to conclude #762
- Indonesian akhirnya at the end or conclusion; ultimately, in the… #342
- Italian pace peace be with you; that's it; end of the story #661
- Korean 가 border, edge, end #89
- Latvian galā tip, end #270
- Lithuanian gale end, terminal #522
- Macedonian заврши to end, finish #263
- Malay sial Tagged at the end of a sentence to express… #335
- Malayalam അവസാനം #143
- Norwegian slutter an end, ending, termination, conclusion; the… #934
- Persian انجام end, conclusion #66
- Polish koniec end, death #327
- Portuguese ficar to become; to get; to end up #144
- Romanian capăt termination, end #1,062
- Russian конец #637
- Serbian kraju end, ending #495
- Slovak koniec #288
- Slovenian konec #166
- Spanish fin #385
- Swedish sluta to stop, to end #174
- Tagalog wakas end; finish; conclusion #320
- Tamil முடியாது to end, to conclude, to be complete, as in… #32
- Telugu ముగింపు the end, close, conclusion #208
- Turkish bitti to end, to finish #362
- Ukrainian навіщо why, what for, to what end #252
- Urdu خاتمہ conclusion, end, termination #857
- Vietnamese cuối end, terminal part #296
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.