How to say “however” in 41 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.
It is commonest in Catalan, where però is the 25th most used word.
However in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans egter/ˈæxtər/ #1,003
- Albanian por[pɔɹ] but; however #33
- Arabic لكن/laː.kin.na/ but, however #32
- Armenian սակայն/sɑˈkɑjn/ but, however, yet #25
- Basque alta/alta/ #2,047
- Bosnian no/no/ but, however #367
- Bulgarian ама[ɐˈma] but, however, yet #651
- Catalan però[pəˈɾɔ] #25
- Chinese 但是/tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ but; however #14
- Croatian no/no/ but, however #212
- Czech však[ˈfʃak] but, however #781
- Danish dog/ˈdʌw/ #413
- Dutch echter/ˈɛx.tər/ #2,292
- English though/ðoʊ/ Despite that; however #456
- Esperanto do/do/ therefore, then, so, indeed, however #42
- Finnish silti/ˈsilti(ˣ)/ however, still, yet, nevertheless,… #333
- French or/ɔʁ/ yet, however, now, that said, as it happens #823
- Galician porén/poˈɾeŋ/ but; however; notwithstanding #1,532
- Georgian ხოლო[χo̞ɫo̞] however, whereas #1,089
- German aber/ˈaːbɐ/ but; however; though #25
- Greek όπως/ˈo.pos/ as, like, however #114
- Hindi लेकिन/leː.kɪn/ but, however #44
- Hungarian mégis[ˈmeːɡiʃ] yet, still, but, however, nevertheless, all… #261
- Indonesian namun/ˈnamun/ #512
- Italian ma/ma/ but, however #19
- Korean 하지만[ha̠d͡ʑima̠n] but, however #20
- Malay namun/ˈnamon/ #746
- Norwegian men/ˈmɛn/ but, however, though introducing a clause… #30
- Polish jednak/ˈjɛd.nak/ #386
- Romanian însă/ˈɨn.sə/ but, yet, however #704
- Russian правда[ˈpravdə] though, however, but #116
- Serbian ipak/îpaːk/ still, however, but, yet, anyway,… #370
- Slovak avšak/afʃak/ but, however #832
- Slovenian toda/tɔda/ but, however #79
- Spanish cuantos/ˈkwantos/ as much; as many; however much; however many #2,424
- Swedish dock/dɔkː/ though, however, still, nevertheless #2,417
- Tagalog ngunit/ˈŋunit/ but; however #159
- Turkish ama/ˈa.ma/ but; however #11
- Ukrainian проте[prɔˈtɛ] but, however, yet #1,111
- Urdu تاہم/t̪ɑː.ɦəm/ however, yet, nevertheless, nonetheless #1,032
- Vietnamese mà[maː˨˩] but; however; nevertheless #46
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.