How to say “indeed” in 33 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.
- 確實/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂɻ̩³⁵/ Chinese
- 과연[ˈkwa̠(ː)jʌ̹n] Korean
- όντως/ˈondos/ Greek
- אכן/(ʔ)aˈχen/ Hebrew
- справді[ˈsprau̯dʲi] Ukrainian
- راستی[ɹɒːs.t̪ʰiː] Persian
“indeed” in Portuguese: sim · Chinese: 確實 · Korean: 과연 · Greek: όντως
It is commonest in Portuguese, where sim is the 25th most used word.
Indeed in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans darem/ˈdɑː.rəm/ certainly, indeed, really, at least #378
- Arabic أجل/ʔa.d͡ʒal/ yes, indeed, no doubt #33
- Armenian ճշմարիտ/t͡ʃəʃmɑˈɾit/ truly, indeed, really #236
- Bosnian zaista/zâista/ #274
- Chinese 確實/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂɻ̩³⁵/ indeed; really #1,622
- Croatian zaista/zâista/ #395
- Czech no[ˈno] certainly, indeed, of course #46
- Dutch inderdaad/ˌɪn.dərˈdaːt/ #547
- Esperanto do/do/ therefore, then, so, indeed, however #42
- Estonian jah/ˈjɑh/ yes, indeed #16
- Finnish tosiaan/ˈtosiɑːn/ indeed, truly, really, all right #801
- Georgian ნამდვილად[nämdʷiɫätʰ] actually, authentically, indeed, really, sheer #207
- German echt/ɛçt/ really; indeed #358
- Greek όντως/ˈondos/ indeed, really, truly, in fact #745
- Hebrew אכן/(ʔ)aˈχen/ indeed, truly, certainly, yes #631
- Hungarian valóban[ˈvɒloːbɒn] indeed, really, truly, actually #455
- Indonesian memang/ˈmemaŋ/ #228
- Italian proprio/ˈprɔ.prjo/ really, quite, indeed #128
- Korean 과연[ˈkwa̠(ː)jʌ̹n] indeed, really #906
- Latvian patiešām/paˈtieʃaːm/ truly, really, indeed; adverbial form of… #412
- Malay memang/ˈmemaŋ/ indeed; in fact; really #159
- Persian راستی[ɹɒːs.t̪ʰiː] #2,111
- Polish rzeczywiście/ʐɛ.t͡ʂɘˈviɕ.t͡ɕɛ/ actually, forsooth, indeed, really, sure… #1,636
- Portuguese sim/ˈsĩ/ indeed; do #25
- Romanian într-adevăr/ˈɨnˌtradeˈvər/ #636
- Russian неужели[nʲɪʊˈʐɛlʲɪ] really?, is it possible?, indeed #726
- Serbian zaista/zâista/ #268
- Slovenian pač/pát͡ʃ/ indeed, certainly #273
- Tagalog siyanga/siaˈŋaʔ/ certainly; indeed; of course #1,746
- Tamil ஆமாம்/ɑːmɑːm/ yes, quite so, indeed #28
- Turkish sahi/ˈsaːhi/ really, truthfully, indeed #971
- Ukrainian справді[ˈsprau̯dʲi] indeed, really, truly #217
- Urdu یقینا/jə.qiː.nən/ indeed, definitely, for sure, surely,… #642
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 Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.