How to say “everything” in 33 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 Ukrainian, where все is the 14th most used word.
- Afrikaans alles #71
- Albanian gjithçka #136
- Arabic عدا except, everything exceeding … #512
- Basque guztiak everything, everybody #101
- Bengali সবকিছু #179
- Bulgarian всичко neuter singular of вси́чък: everything, all #49
- Catalan tot #37
- Chinese 一切 all; every; everything; anything #36
- Czech všechno #87
- Danish alting #833
- Dutch alles #90
- English universe The sum of everything that exists in the… #1,602
- Esperanto ĉio #80
- Finnish kaikki #31
- Galician todo #32
- Georgian ყველაფერი #41
- German alles everything; all #69
- Greek όλα #72
- Hungarian mindent all, everything #126
- Indonesian segala #534
- Korean 전부 everything, all #147
- Latvian viss all, everything, anything #44
- Lithuanian viskas #39
- Malay segala #568
- Norwegian alt everything, all, anything #66
- Persian کل #293
- Polish wszystko #46
- Portuguese tudo #48
- Russian всё #48
- Slovenian vse #32
- Swedish allt everything, all #71
- Telugu అన్నీ all things; everything #694
- Ukrainian все all, everything #14
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.