How to say “following” in 32 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 English, where to is the 4th most used word.
- Arabic ألا negate a verb if the following verb is in… #117
- Armenian հաջորդ next, following, subsequent #377
- Bosnian sa alternative form of s; used instead of s when… #20
- Catalan següent following, next #767
- Croatian sa alternative form of s; used instead of s when… #35
- Danish så so, often with a following dependent result… #16
- Dutch volgende following, next, subsequent #350
- English to A particle used for marking the following… #4
- Esperanto sekva following, pertaining to following #1,271
- Estonian pärast after, afterwards, following, later, past,… #76
- Finnish seuraavan next, following, subsequent #1,969
- Galician seguinte next, following #523
- Georgian კი Affirmative particle. Used to affirm… #22
- German zwar Signals a following contrary clause, which is… #707
- Greek επόμενη next, following #572
- Hebrew עקב following, because of, due to #1,464
- Korean 다음 the next, the following #181
- Latvian labs good following accepted moral rules, treating… #179
- Lithuanian paskui following someone, behind #199
- Malay belakang behind; following #282
- Malayalam പിറ്റേന്ന് the next-day; following day #1,758
- Persian بعدی next, following, subsequent #1,000
- Polish trzeba expresses the goodness of the following verb;… #240
- Russian то Optionally used in the following construction… #46
- Serbian sa alternative form of s; used instead of s when… #19
- Slovak nasledujúci following, next, subsequent #2,435
- Spanish siguiente #693
- Swedish nästa next; following in a sequence #305
- Tagalog sunod following another; next; subsequent #843
- Telugu మరుసటి the next, following #970
- Turkish ertesi #1,878
- Ukrainian б alternative form of би following a vowel #55
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.