How to say “naturally” 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 seveda is the 89th most used word.
- Afrikaans natuurlik #150
- Arabic طبعا naturally, of course #1,097
- Bosnian prirodno #2,085
- Bulgarian естествено #974
- Catalan naturalment #1,955
- Chinese 自然 naturally; in a natural manner #443
- Croatian prirodno #2,143
- Danish selvfølgelig of course, naturally, sure #237
- Dutch natuurlijk #206
- English rock The naturally occurring aggregate of solid… #807
- Esperanto nature #2,246
- Estonian loomulikult #521
- Finnish tietysti of course, naturally #514
- Galician naturalmente #2,032
- German natürlich #221
- Greek φυσικά #186
- Hebrew כמובן of course, naturally, certainly #196
- Hungarian persze of course, naturally #106
- Italian naturalmente naturally, of course, sure #1,383
- Korean 물론 of course, certainly, naturally #182
- Macedonian природно #1,951
- Norwegian selvfølgelig of course, naturally #503
- Polish jasne of course, naturally, sure, sure thing #221
- Russian естественно #2,327
- Serbian prirodno #1,952
- Slovenian seveda of course, naturally #89
- Spanish claro certainly, naturally, of course #165
- Swedish förstås of course, naturally #1,275
- Tagalog natural obviously; naturally #545
- Turkish elbette of course, certainly, naturally, surely #250
- Vietnamese dại wildly; naturally; in an uncontrolled way #1,791
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.