How to say “friday” 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 Slovenian, where petek is the 590th most used word.
- Afrikaans vrydag #1,373
- Basque ostiral #1,429
- Bengali শুক্রবার #1,419
- Bosnian petak #1,352
- Bulgarian петък #1,244
- Catalan divendres #1,588
- Chinese 星期五 #1,416
- Croatian petak #1,360
- Czech pátek #1,597
- Danish fredag #1,547
- Dutch vrijdag #1,730
- English friday On Friday #1,693
- Estonian reede #1,574
- French vendredi #1,659
- Galician venres #1,821
- German freitag #1,976
- Greek παρασκευή #1,503
- Korean 금요일 #1,289
- Lithuanian penktadienis #2,432
- Macedonian петок #1,124
- Malayalam വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച #937
- Norwegian fredag #1,426
- Persian جمعه #1,269
- Polish piątek #2,204
- Romanian vineri #1,486
- Serbian petak #1,399
- Slovak piatok #814
- Slovenian petek #590
- Spanish viernes #1,670
- Swedish fredag #1,953
- Tagalog biyernes #859
- Tamil வெள்ளிக்கிழமை #964
- Turkish cuma #1,219
- Urdu جمعہ #1,531
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.