How to say “even” in 49 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.
- hasta/ˈasta/ Spanish
- даже[ˈdaʐɨ] Russian
- زوجي/zaw.d͡ʒijj/ Arabic
- 심지어[ˈɕʰi(ː)md͡ʑiʌ̹] Korean
- भी/bʱiː/ Hindi
- καν/ˈkan/ Greek
“even” in Spanish: hasta · French: même · Korean: 심지어 · Russian: даже · Arabic: زوجي · Hindi: भी · Turkish: bile · Greek: καν
It is commonest in Hindi, where भी is the 27th most used word.
Even in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vlak/flak/ flat, level, even #1,092
- Arabic زوجي/zaw.d͡ʒijj/ #476
- Armenian անգամ/ɑnˈkʰɑm/ #85
- Bosnian ni/ˈni/ even, either #93
- Bulgarian дори[doˈri] even, actually #125
- Catalan inclús[iŋˈklus] #2,452
- Chinese 就是/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ even if #4
- Croatian ni/ˈni/ even, either #102
- Czech i/ˈiː/ and, and even #72
- Danish endda/enˈda/ #1,064
- Dutch zelfs/zɛlfs/ #268
- English any/ɛni/ To even the slightest extent, at all #131
- Esperanto eĉ/et͡ʃ/ #88
- Estonian isegi/ˈiseɡ̊i/ #145
- Finnish edes/ˈedes/ #141
- French même/mɛm/ #103
- Galician mesmo/ˈmɛsmo/ #102
- Georgian თუნდაც[tʰundät͡sʰ] even though, even if #1,433
- German gar/ɡaːr/ at all; even #224
- Greek καν/ˈkan/ #392
- Hebrew אפילו/aˈfilu/ #129
- Hindi भी/bʱiː/ #27
- Hungarian akár[ˈɒkaːr] might as well, even #459
- Icelandic jafnvel/ˈjapvɛl/ #294
- Indonesian bahkan/ˈbahkan/ #154
- Italian nemmeno/nemˈme.no/ not even #349
- Korean 심지어[ˈɕʰi(ː)md͡ʑiʌ̹] even, what is worse/what was worse #443
- Latvian pat/ˈpat/ #99
- Lithuanian net[ˈnʲɛt] #103
- Macedonian дури[ˈduɾi] #167
- Malay siap/ˈsiap/ even; going as far as; including #471
- Malayalam എന്നാലും/en̪ːäːlum/ even though that is the case #178
- Norwegian enda/ˈɛndɑ/ #452
- Persian حتی[hǽt̪ʰ.t̪ʰɒː] #341
- Polish nawet/ˈna.vɛt/ #96
- Portuguese nem/ˈnẽj̃/ not even #128
- Romanian chiar/kjar/ #75
- Russian даже[ˈdaʐɨ] #98
- Serbian ni/ˈni/ even, either #90
- Slovenian celo/t͡sɛlóː/ #171
- Spanish hasta/ˈasta/ #126
- Swedish ens/ˈɛns/ #210
- Tagalog kahit/ˈkahit/ even though; although; even if #78
- Tamil கூட/kuːɖɐ/ #75
- Telugu మరింత/ˈmarinta/ more, some more, even more #100
- Turkish bile/biˈle/ #62
- Ukrainian і[i] and, also, even #10
- Urdu خواہ/xɑːɦ/ even if #423
- Vietnamese thân[tʰən˧˧] close or even best #312
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.