How to say “end” in 51 different 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.
- fin/ˈfin/ Spanish
- конец[kɐˈnʲet͡s] Russian
- τέλος/ˈte.los/ Greek
- סוף/ˈsof/ Hebrew
- վերջին/veɾˈt͡ʃʰin/ Armenian
- অবসান/obʃan/ Bengali
“end” in Spanish: fin · German: ende · Russian: конец · Turkish: bitti · Greek: τέλος
It is commonest in Tamil, where முடியாது is the 32nd most used word.
End in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans einde/ˈəi̯n.də/ #430
- Albanian fund[fund] #178
- Arabic توقف/ta.waq.qa.fa/ to stop, to come to a stop; to come to an end #141
- Armenian վերջին/veɾˈt͡ʃʰin/ end, ending, finish #195
- Basque amaitu/amai̯tu/ to finish off, end, conclude #185
- Bengali অবসান/obʃan/ #2,180
- Bosnian kraju/ˈkrɑjʊ/ end, ending #504
- Catalan final[fiˈnal] #455
- Chinese 究竟/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/ after all; in the end; all in all #377
- Croatian kraju/ˈkrɑjʊ/ end, ending #546
- Czech konec[ˈkonɛt͡s] #499
- Danish slut/slut/ to end, to finish #535
- Dutch uiteindelijk/ˌœy̯tˈɛi̯n.də.lək/ in the end; eventually #990
- English know/noʊ/ Used at the end of a sentence to draw… #33
- Esperanto fino/ˈfino/ end, ending #311
- Estonian lõpp/ˈlɤpː/ end, ending #624
- Finnish lopeta/ˈlopeta/ to stop, end, finish, quit #302
- French fini/fi.ni/ to finish, end, complete #305
- Galician fin/ˈfiŋ/ #277
- Georgian ბოლოს[b̥o̞ɫo̞s] finally, at last, in the end #236
- German ende/ˈɛndə/ to end #382
- Greek τέλος/ˈte.los/ end, finish #293
- Hebrew סוף/ˈsof/ An end, a finish #253
- Hungarian végül[ˈveːɡyl] in the end, lastly, ultimately, eventually #529
- Icelandic ljúka[ˈljuːka] to finish, to end, to conclude #762
- Indonesian akhirnya/akˈhirɲa/ at the end or conclusion; ultimately, in the… #342
- Italian pace/ˈpa.t͡ʃe/ peace be with you; that's it; end of the story #661
- Korean 가[ka̠(ː)] border, edge, end #89
- Latvian galā/ˈɡalaː/ tip, end #270
- Lithuanian gale/ɡɐˈlʲɛ/ end, terminal #522
- Macedonian заврши[ˈzavr̩ʃi] to end, finish #263
- Malay sial/ˈsial/ Tagged at the end of a sentence to express… #335
- Malayalam അവസാനം/ɐʋɐsaːnɐm/ #143
- Norwegian slutter/ˈslʉtː.ər/ an end, ending, termination, conclusion; the… #934
- Persian انجام[ʔæn.d͡ʒɒːm] end, conclusion #66
- Polish koniec/ˈkɔ.ɲɛt͡s/ end, death #327
- Portuguese ficar/fiˈka(ʁ)/ to become; to get; to end up #144
- Romanian capăt[ˈka.pət] termination, end #1,062
- Russian конец[kɐˈnʲet͡s] #637
- Serbian kraju/ˈkrɑjʊ/ end, ending #495
- Slovak koniec/kɔɲɪ̯et͡s/ #288
- Slovenian konec/kɔ̀ːnət͡s/ #166
- Spanish fin/ˈfin/ #385
- Swedish sluta/²slʉːta/ to stop, to end #174
- Tagalog wakas/waˈkas/ end; finish; conclusion #320
- Tamil முடியாது/mʊɖɪjɑːd̪ɯ/ to end, to conclude, to be complete, as in… #32
- Telugu ముగింపు/ˈmuɡinpu/ the end, close, conclusion #208
- Turkish bitti/bitˈti/ to end, to finish #362
- Ukrainian навіщо[nɐˈʋʲiʃt͡ʃɔ] why, what for, to what end #252
- Urdu خاتمہ/xɑː.t̪ɪm.ɑ(ː)/ conclusion, end, termination #857
- Vietnamese cuối[kuəj˧˦] end, terminal part #296
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