How to say “every” in 43 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.
- каждый[ˈkaʐdɨj] Russian
- κάθε/ˈka.θe/ Greek
- প্রতি/ˈpɾot̪iˑ/ Bengali
“every” in German: alle · Portuguese: toda · Russian: каждый · Turkish: her · Greek: κάθε
It is commonest in Turkish, where her is the 31st most used word.
Every in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans elke/ˈælkə/ #149
- Albanian çdo/t͡ʃdɔ/ each, every #107
- Arabic كلما/kul.la.maː/ every time, whenever #518
- Armenian ամեն/ɑˈmen/ each, every #50
- Basque egunero/eɡuneɾo/ every day #361
- Bengali প্রতি/ˈpɾot̪iˑ/ #240
- Bosnian svaki/sʋâkiː/ every, each #275
- Bulgarian все[fsɛ] every, any #104
- Chinese 一切/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/ all; every; everything; anything #36
- Croatian svaki/sʋâkiː/ every, each #288
- Czech každý[ˈkaʒdiː] each, every #270
- Danish hver/ˈvɛːˀr/ every, each #245
- Dutch elke/ˈɛlkə/ each; every #305
- English all/ɔl/ Every individual or anything of the given… #37
- Esperanto ĉiujn/ˈt͡ʃiui̯n/ every, all, each #215
- Georgian ყოველდღე[χʼo̞ve̞ldʁe̞] daily, every day #1,013
- German alle/ˈalə/ #100
- Greek κάθε/ˈka.θe/ every, each #158
- Hebrew מדי/miˈdei/ each, every #141
- Hindi भर/bʱəɾ/ all, every #559
- Hungarian minden[ˈmindɛn] #44
- Icelandic daglega[ˈtaɣ.lɛːɣa] daily, every day #976
- Italian ogni/ˈoɲ.ɲi/ each, every #176
- Korean 모든[ˈmo̞(ː)dɯn] all, every, each #56
- Latvian katru/ˈkatru/ #267
- Lithuanian kiekvienas/kiəkˈviənɐs/ each, every #431
- Macedonian секој/ˈsæko̞j/ every, each #151
- Malay setiap/səˈtiap/ every; each #183
- Norwegian enhver/ɛnˈvæːr/ any, every, each #1,317
- Polish każdy/ˈkaʐ.dɘ/ each, every #291
- Portuguese toda/ˈto.dɐ/ every; all #183
- Romanian fiecare/fi.eˈka.re/ every, each #193
- Russian каждый[ˈkaʐdɨj] every, each #292
- Serbian svaki/sʋâkiː/ every, each #297
- Slovak každý/kaʒdiː/ each, every #154
- Slovenian vsakič/ʋsáːkit͡ʃ/ every time, each time #497
- Spanish todo/ˈtodo/ all; every #39
- Swedish varje/ˈvarjɛ/ each; every #261
- Tagalog bawat/ˈbawat/ each; every #260
- Tamil ஒவ்வொரு/oʋːoɾɯ/ each, every #542
- Turkish her/hæɾ/ #31
- Ukrainian всі[ʍsʲi] all, every #96
- Vietnamese mỗi[moj˦ˀ˥] each; every #433
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 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.