How to say “last” in 49 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.
- последний[pɐs⁽ʲ⁾ˈlʲedʲnʲɪj] Russian
- آخر/ʔaː.xir/ Arabic
- שעבר/ʃeʔaˈvaʁ/ Hebrew
- ბოლო[b̥o̞ɫo̞] Georgian
- അവസാന/ɐʋɐsaːnɐ/ Malayalam
- చివరి/t͡ɕiʋaɾi/ Telugu
“last” in French: dernière · Italian: ultima · Russian: последний · Arabic: آخر · Turkish: son
It is commonest in Arabic, where آخر is the 79th most used word.
Last in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans laaste/ˈlɑːstə/ #216
- Albanian vjet/vjɛt/ last year #238
- Arabic آخر/ʔaː.xir/ last, ultimate, utmost, extreme #79
- Armenian անցյալ/ɑnˈt͡sʰjɑl/ past, last #618
- Basque azken/as̻ken/ #136
- Bosnian sinoć/sînoːt͡ɕ/ last night, yesterday night; yesterday evening #560
- Bulgarian снощи[ˈsnɔʃti] last night #482
- Catalan última[ˈul.ti.mə] final, last #526
- Chinese 昨晚/t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ last night #195
- Croatian sinoć/sînoːt͡ɕ/ last night, yesterday night; yesterday evening #516
- Czech poslední[ˈposlɛdɲiː] #278
- Danish sidste/sistə/ #187
- Dutch eindelijk/ˈɛi̯n.də.lək/ at last, finally #640
- Esperanto finfine/finˈfine/ at last, finally #333
- Estonian viimane/ˈviːmɑne/ last, final #411
- Finnish viime/ˈʋiːme/ last, past #339
- French dernière/dɛʁ.njɛʁ/ #313
- Galician última/ˈultima/ last; final; latest #503
- Georgian ბოლო[b̥o̞ɫo̞] #151
- German letzte/ˈlɛt͡stə/ the last one #377
- Greek τελικά/ˌteliˈka/ finally, at last, after all, all things… #549
- Hebrew שעבר/ʃeʔaˈvaʁ/ last, past, latest: the most recent #720
- Hindi पिछले/pɪt͡ʃʰleː/ previous, last #355
- Hungarian utolsó[ˈutolʃoː] #300
- Icelandic síðast/ˈsiːðast/ #1,787
- Indonesian terakhir/təˈrahir/ Final; latest, last, ultimate #241
- Italian ultima/ˈul.ti.ma/ #423
- Korean 거야[ˈkɘ(ː)ja̠] last night, yesterday evening #9
- Lithuanian pagaliau[pɐɡɐ²ˈlʲɛʊˑ] finally; at last #334
- Macedonian последен[ˈpɔslɛdɛn] last, ultimate #472
- Malayalam അവസാന/ɐʋɐsaːnɐ/ #220
- Norwegian jo/ˈjuː/ yes; in disagreement with the last speaker's… #102
- Persian گذشته[ɡ̥o.zæʃ.t̪ʰé] past, last #289
- Polish ostatni/ɔˈstat.ɲi/ last, final, ultimate #617
- Portuguese última/ˈuw.t͡ʃi.mɐ/ final; last #369
- Romanian ultima[ˈul.ti.ma] ultimate, final, last #336
- Russian последний[pɐs⁽ʲ⁾ˈlʲedʲnʲɪj] last, latest, recent #460
- Serbian sinoć/sînoːt͡ɕ/ last night, yesterday night; yesterday evening #529
- Slovak posledný/pɔsʎedniː/ #469
- Slovenian končno/kɔ̀ːnt͡ʃnɔ/ at last #264
- Spanish última/ˈultima/ final; last #418
- Swedish sista/ˈsɪsta/ #297
- Tagalog huli/huˈli/ last; previously #241
- Tamil கடந்த/kɐɖɐnd̪ɐ/ past, last; preceding, previous #178
- Telugu చివరి/t͡ɕiʋaɾi/ last, final, ultimate #184
- Turkish son/ˈson/ last, final #106
- Ukrainian останній[ɔˈstanʲːii̯] last, final #693
- Urdu آخری/ɑː.xɪ.ɾiː/ final, last #221
- Vietnamese rốt[zot̚˧˦] #1,649
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