How to say “monday” in 31 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 ponedeljek is the 733rd most used word.
- Afrikaans maandag #1,495
- Basque astelehena #1,610
- Bengali সোমবার #1,528
- Bulgarian понеделник #1,551
- Catalan dilluns #2,186
- Chinese 星期一 #1,564
- Croatian ponedjeljak #1,840
- Czech pondělí #1,932
- Danish mandag #1,806
- Dutch maandag #2,032
- English monday On Monday #2,106
- French lundi #2,041
- Galician luns #1,418
- German montag #2,266
- Greek δευτέρα #1,722
- Hindi सोमवार #1,617
- Icelandic mánudaginn #1,860
- Indonesian senin #2,089
- Korean 월요일 #1,795
- Macedonian понеделник #1,422
- Malayalam തിങ്കളാഴ്ച #825
- Norwegian mandag #1,823
- Persian دوشنبه #1,533
- Serbian ponedeljak #2,093
- Slovak pondelok #1,031
- Slovenian ponedeljek #733
- Spanish lunes #2,115
- Swedish måndag #2,153
- Tagalog lunes #1,192
- Tamil திங்கட்கிழமை #1,778
- Turkish pazartesi #1,667
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.