How to say “event” in 39 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 Latvian, where jau is the 50th most used word.
- Afrikaans gebeurtenis #1,406
- Albanian ndodhi event, occurrence #193
- Arabic طارئة unforeseen event, emergency, casus maior vel… #1,665
- Armenian դեպքում incident, event, occurrence #279
- Basque gertaera event, episode #977
- Bengali ঘটনা #416
- Bosnian slučaj case, occurrence, event, incident #497
- Bulgarian факт fact, event, phenomenon #1,901
- Chinese 事件 event; incident; occurrence #349
- Croatian slučaj case, occurrence, event, incident #421
- Czech každopádně in any case, in any event, either way #1,411
- Danish smutter an unfortunate incident or event #1,234
- English live Of an event, as it happens; in real time;… #275
- Estonian üritus #2,067
- Finnish tapauksessa event, incident, occurrence, occasion, episode #835
- German falls if, in the event that #562
- Greek γεγονός event, fact, occurrence #903
- Hebrew אירוע #1,506
- Hindi घटना event, occurrence #1,482
- Hungarian esetben case, instance, event, occurrence #1,171
- Icelandic atvik event, occurrence, incident #2,364
- Indonesian kecelakaan an unexpected event with negative… #675
- Italian accaduto event, happening #2,059
- Korean 만약 if, in the event that #115
- Latvian jau used to indicate that an action or event has… #50
- Lithuanian įvykis event, occurrence, happening #1,421
- Macedonian настан event, happening #2,000
- Malay kecelakaan An unexpected event with negative… #2,025
- Malayalam പരിപാടി #250
- Persian اتفاق occurrence, happening, event, accident,… #174
- Portuguese casos an actual event, situation or fact #1,571
- Romanian eveniment #2,049
- Serbian slučaj case, occurrence, event, incident #470
- Slovak príbeh event, incident, story #347
- Slovenian dogodek event, occurrence, happening, incident #832
- Tagalog pangyayari event; happening; occurrence #884
- Turkish olay event, happening, incident, phenomenon #441
- Ukrainian випадок case, occurrence, event #848
- Urdu واقعہ event, incident #1,459
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.