How to say “monday” in 31 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.
- lunes/ˈlunes/ Spanish
- 星期一/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/ Chinese
- 월요일[wʌ̹ɾjoiɭ] Korean
- सोमवार/soːm.ʋɑːɾ/ Hindi
- δευτέρα/ðeˈfte.ɾa/ Greek
- সোমবার/ʃombaɾ/ Bengali
“monday” in Spanish: lunes · French: lundi · German: montag · Chinese: 星期一 · Korean: 월요일 · Hindi: सोमवार · Turkish: pazartesi · Greek: δευτέρα
It is commonest in Slovenian, where ponedeljek is the 733rd most used word.
Monday in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans maandag/ˈmɑːn.daχ/ #1,495
- Basque astelehena/as̺ˈteleeˌna/ #1,610
- Bengali সোমবার/ʃombaɾ/ #1,528
- Bulgarian понеделник[ponɛˈdɛɫnik] #1,551
- Catalan dilluns[diˈʎuns] #2,186
- Chinese 星期一/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/ #1,564
- Croatian ponedjeljak/ponědjeʎak/ #1,840
- Czech pondělí[ˈponɟɛliː] #1,932
- Danish mandag/ˈmanˀda/ #1,806
- Dutch maandag/ˈmaːn.dɑx/ #2,032
- English monday/ˈmʌn.deɪ/ On Monday #2,106
- French lundi/lœ̃.di/ #2,041
- Galician luns/ˈluŋs/ #1,418
- German montag/ˈmoːnˌtaːk/ #2,266
- Greek δευτέρα/ðeˈfte.ɾa/ #1,722
- Hindi सोमवार/soːm.ʋɑːɾ/ #1,617
- Icelandic mánudaginn/ˈmauːnʏtaijɪn/ #1,860
- Indonesian senin/səˈnin/ #2,089
- Korean 월요일[wʌ̹ɾjoiɭ] #1,795
- Macedonian понеделник[pɔˈnɛdɛɫnik] #1,422
- Malayalam തിങ്കളാഴ്ച/t̪iŋkɐɭaːɻt͡ʃɐ/ #825
- Norwegian mandag/ˈmɑnˌdɑɡ/ #1,823
- Persian دوشنبه[d̪o.ʃæm.bé] #1,533
- Serbian ponedeljak/ponědeʎak/ #2,093
- Slovak pondelok/ˈpɔnɟɛɫɔk/ #1,031
- Slovenian ponedeljek/pɔnɛdéːljək/ #733
- Spanish lunes/ˈlunes/ #2,115
- Swedish måndag/ˈmɔndɑːɡ/ #2,153
- Tagalog lunes/ˈlunes/ #1,192
- Tamil திங்கட்கிழமை/t̪ɪŋɡɐʈkɪɻɐmɐɪ̯/ #1,778
- Turkish pazartesi/paˈzaɾ.te.si/ #1,667
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 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.