How to say “exit” in 34 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 Malay, where keluar is the 92nd most used word.
- Afrikaans uitgaan go out; exit #816
- Albanian dal to exit, go out #416
- Arabic مخرج exit, place of issue #1,506
- Armenian ել to go out; to leave; to exit #552
- Bosnian izlaz #1,281
- Bulgarian изляза to exit, to go out, to come out, to be out,… #1,194
- Chinese 退出 to withdraw; to leave; to exit; to abort; to… #750
- Croatian izlaz #1,328
- Czech východ #2,072
- Esperanto eliru to go out, exit #510
- Finnish lähdössä departure, leaving, exit #1,451
- French sortir to exit, go out, come out #285
- Galician saír to exit, leave #341
- Greek βγει to go out, come out, exit #812
- Hebrew יצא To go out, come out, exit, leave, depart, get… #543
- Hindi निकल to emerge, come out, exit #661
- Indonesian keluar to go out, to get out, to exit #96
- Italian uscire to go out, leave, exit #415
- Korean 출입 entrance and exit #2,038
- Latvian iziet to leave, to exit, to go out #1,609
- Lithuanian išeiti to exit, leave, go out #399
- Macedonian излезе to exit, go out #416
- Malay keluar to go out, to exit #92
- Persian ترک exit, leaving #334
- Polish wyjść exit, way out #620
- Portuguese sair to exit; to leave; to get out #207
- Romanian ies to exit, to get out #858
- Russian выйти to exit, to go out #870
- Serbian izlaz #1,356
- Slovak východ #957
- Tagalog lumabas to leave; to exit; to go out #259
- Turkish çıktı to leave, exit, quit, get out #409
- Ukrainian вихід departure, exit, leaving #1,147
- Vietnamese thoát to escape, to exit #517
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.