How to say “even” in 49 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 Chinese, where 就是 is the 4th most used word.
- Afrikaans vlak flat, level, even #1,092
- Arabic زوجي #476
- Armenian անգամ #85
- Bosnian ni even, either #93
- Bulgarian дори even, actually #125
- Catalan inclús #2,452
- Chinese 就是 even if #4
- Croatian ni even, either #102
- Czech i and, and even #72
- Danish endda #1,064
- Dutch zelfs #268
- English any To even the slightest extent, at all #131
- Esperanto eĉ #88
- Estonian isegi #145
- Finnish edes #141
- French même #103
- Galician mesmo #102
- Georgian თუნდაც even though, even if #1,433
- German gar at all; even #224
- Greek καν #392
- Hebrew אפילו #129
- Hindi भी #27
- Hungarian akár might as well, even #459
- Icelandic jafnvel #294
- Indonesian bahkan #154
- Italian nemmeno not even #349
- Korean 심지어 even, what is worse/what was worse #443
- Latvian pat #99
- Lithuanian net #103
- Macedonian дури #167
- Malay siap even; going as far as; including #471
- Malayalam എന്നാലും even though that is the case #178
- Norwegian enda #452
- Persian حتی #341
- Polish nawet #96
- Portuguese nem not even #128
- Romanian chiar #75
- Russian даже #98
- Serbian ni even, either #90
- Slovenian celo #171
- Spanish hasta #126
- Swedish ens #210
- Tagalog kahit even though; although; even if #78
- Tamil கூட #75
- Telugu మరింత more, some more, even more #100
- Turkish bile #62
- Ukrainian і and, also, even #10
- Urdu خواہ even if #423
- Vietnamese thân close or even best #312
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.