How to say “following” in 32 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.
“following” in Spanish: siguiente · Turkish: ertesi
It is commonest in Dutch, where volgende is the 350th most used word.
Following in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic ألا/ʔal.laː/ negate a verb if the following verb is in… #117
- Armenian հաջորդ/hɑˈd͡ʒoɾtʰ/ next, following, subsequent #377
- Bosnian sa/ˈsa/ alternative form of s; used instead of s when… #20
- Catalan següent[səˈɣwen] following, next #767
- Croatian sa/ˈsa/ alternative form of s; used instead of s when… #35
- Danish så/ˈsɔ/ so, often with a following dependent result… #16
- Dutch volgende/ˈvɔlɣəndə/ following, next, subsequent #350
- English to/ˈtuː/ A particle used for marking the following… #4
- Esperanto sekva/ˈsekva/ following, pertaining to following #1,271
- Estonian pärast/ˈpærɑst/ after, afterwards, following, later, past,… #76
- Finnish seuraavan/ˈseuraːvan/ next, following, subsequent #1,969
- Galician seguinte/seˈɡinte/ next, following #523
- Georgian კი[kʼi] Affirmative particle. Used to affirm… #22
- German zwar/tsvaːr/ Signals a following contrary clause, which is… #707
- Greek επόμενη/eˈpomeˌni/ next, following #572
- Hebrew עקב/ˈekev/ following, because of, due to #1,464
- Korean 다음[ta̠ɯm] the next, the following #181
- Latvian labs/ˈlabs/ good following accepted moral rules, treating… #179
- Lithuanian paskui/pɐsˈkʊɪ/ following someone, behind #199
- Malay belakang/bəˈlakaŋ/ behind; following #282
- Malayalam പിറ്റേന്ന്/pirreːn̪n̪ɨ/ the next-day; following day #1,758
- Persian بعدی[bæʔ.d̪íː] next, following, subsequent #1,000
- Polish trzeba/ˈtʂɛ.ba/ expresses the goodness of the following verb;… #240
- Russian то[to] Optionally used in the following construction… #46
- Serbian sa/ˈsa/ alternative form of s; used instead of s when… #19
- Slovak nasledujúci/nasʎedujuːt͡si/ following, next, subsequent #2,435
- Spanish siguiente/siˈɡjente/ #693
- Swedish nästa/²nɛsːta/ next; following in a sequence #305
- Tagalog sunod/suˈnod/ following another; next; subsequent #843
- Telugu మరుసటి/maɾusaʈi/ the next, following #970
- Turkish ertesi/eɾ.teˈsi/ #1,878
- Ukrainian б[b] alternative form of би following a vowel #55
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.