How to say “except” in 45 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 Polish, where tylko is the 26th most used word.
- Albanian përveç except; apart from; besides #495
- Arabic إلا except, save, but, barring; other than,… #226
- Armenian բացի besides, except, apart from #339
- Basque landa #1,661
- Bengali বাদে #997
- Bosnian do only, except #68
- Bulgarian освен except, apart from, besides #246
- Catalan tret #529
- Chinese 除了 except; except for #189
- Croatian do only, except #76
- Czech kromě except, but #692
- Danish undtagen except, bar, barring, save, but #1,885
- Dutch behalve #723
- English but Apart from, except, excluding #36
- Esperanto krom except, save, sans #409
- Finnish paitsi except, other than #485
- French sauf except, save #605
- Galician senón #438
- Georgian გარდა besides; except for #557
- German außer except; besides; apart from #614
- Greek εκτός #261
- Hebrew אלא but, except #330
- Hungarian kivéve except, with the exception of, except for,… #872
- Icelandic nema #221
- Indonesian kecuali #434
- Italian tranne except, but, apart from #1,427
- Lithuanian išskyrus except, excluding #539
- Macedonian освен except, apart from, besides #233
- Malay kecuali #503
- Malayalam ഒഴികെ #938
- Norwegian unntatt #1,791
- Persian جز #498
- Polish tylko except, only, just #26
- Portuguese salvo except, save #1,457
- Russian без without, aside from, except, minus, free… #136
- Serbian do only, except #72
- Slovak okrem except, but #333
- Spanish salvo except, apart from #811
- Swedish förutom #874
- Tagalog kundi except; but; besides #263
- Tamil தவிர except, besides, excluding, save for #270
- Telugu తప్ప save, but, except, unless, without #279
- Turkish başka #74
- Ukrainian крім except, except for, apart from, aside from,… #687
- Vietnamese riêng as to; as regards; except for #653
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.