How to say “evening” in 44 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 今晚 is the 79th most used word.
- Afrikaans vanaand tonight, this evening #291
- Albanian mbrëmë #581
- Arabic مساء in the evening #481
- Armenian երեկո #148
- Bengali সন্ধ্যা evening, eve, dusk, twilight #718
- Bosnian večeras this evening #313
- Bulgarian вечер in the evening #200
- Catalan vespre late evening #1,126
- Chinese 今晚 tonight; this evening #79
- Croatian večeras this evening #315
- Czech večer evening, night #282
- Danish aften #206
- Dutch vanavond tonight, this evening, the evening of the… #353
- Esperanto vesperon #480
- Estonian õhtul #354
- Finnish iltana #671
- French soir #191
- Galician tardes afternoon or early evening, period between… #2,081
- Georgian საღამო #507
- German abend evening; the time from dusk until midnight #250
- Greek απόψε tonight, this evening #289
- Hebrew הערב This evening, tonight #318
- Hindi शाम #857
- Hungarian este in the evening #165
- Icelandic kvöld #141
- Italian sera #364
- Korean 저녁 #338
- Latvian vakarā in the evening #895
- Lithuanian šįvakar this evening #408
- Macedonian вечер #275
- Malayalam സായാഹ്നം evening, eventide #1,355
- Norwegian kveld #182
- Polish wieczór in the evening #666
- Romanian seara in the evening #277
- Russian вечером in the evening #470
- Serbian večeras this evening #283
- Slovak večer #184
- Slovenian večer #274
- Swedish kväll #246
- Tagalog gabi evening; night #116
- Tamil சாயங்காலம் #2,145
- Turkish akşam #294
- Ukrainian вечір #739
- Urdu شام evening, night #450
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.