How to say “final” 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 Turkish, where son is the 106th most used word.
- Albanian finale #1,837
- Arabic أخير last, final #2,264
- Bosnian poslednji #894
- Bulgarian последен last, final #1,089
- Catalan última final, last #526
- Chinese 唷 Emphatic final particle used to make requests #1,900
- Croatian posljednji #815
- English final A final examination; a test or examination… #1,117
- Estonian viimane last, final #411
- Finnish viimeinen last, final #573
- Galician última last; final; latest #503
- Greek τελική final, last #2,171
- Hebrew סופי Final, terminal, ending: of or pertaining to… #1,268
- Hindi अंतिम final, last #527
- Hungarian végső final, ultimate #2,076
- Indonesian terakhir Final; latest, last, ultimate #241
- Italian finale final, ending #1,755
- Korean 끝 end, final #856
- Lithuanian paskutinis last, final #388
- Malay lah Final particle indicating an imperative,… #436
- Malayalam അന്തിമ last; final, ending #1,643
- Polish ostatni last, final, ultimate #617
- Portuguese última final; last #369
- Romanian ultima ultimate, final, last #336
- Serbian poslednji #598
- Slovak finále #1,776
- Spanish última final; last #418
- Tamil கடைசி final, last, ultimate, terminal #293
- Telugu చివరి last, final, ultimate #184
- Turkish son last, final #106
- Ukrainian останній last, final #693
- Urdu نا final emphatic particle #187
- Vietnamese cơ Final emphatic particle #182
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.