How to say “naturally” 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.
- естественно/ɪsʲˈtʲesʲːnə/ Russian
- طبعا/tˤab.ʕan/ Arabic
- 自然/t͡sɹ̩⁵¹ ɻän³⁵/ Chinese
- φυσικά/fisiˈka/ Greek
“naturally” in German: natürlich · Italian: naturalmente · Chinese: 自然 · Russian: естественно · Arabic: طبعا · Greek: φυσικά
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where natuurlik is the 150th most used word.
Naturally in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans natuurlik/naˈtyr.lək/ #150
- Arabic طبعا/tˤab.ʕan/ naturally, of course #1,097
- Bosnian prirodno/prǐːrodno/ #2,085
- Bulgarian естествено[ɛˈstɛstvɛno] #974
- Catalan naturalment[nə.tuˌɾalˈmen] #1,955
- Chinese 自然/t͡sɹ̩⁵¹ ɻän³⁵/ naturally; in a natural manner #443
- Croatian prirodno/prǐːrodno/ #2,143
- Danish selvfølgelig[sɛlˈføljəli] of course, naturally, sure #237
- Dutch natuurlijk/naːˈtyrlək/ #206
- English rock/ɹɑk/ The naturally occurring aggregate of solid… #807
- Esperanto nature/naˈture/ #2,246
- Estonian loomulikult/ˈloːmulikult/ #521
- Finnish tietysti/ˈtie̯tystiˣ/ of course, naturally #514
- Galician naturalmente/natuɾalˈmente/ #2,032
- German natürlich/naˈtyːʁlɪç/ #221
- Greek φυσικά/fisiˈka/ #186
- Hebrew כמובן/kamuˈvan/ of course, naturally, certainly #196
- Hungarian persze[ˈpɛrsɛ] of course, naturally #106
- Italian naturalmente/na.tu.ralˈmen.te/ naturally, of course, sure #1,383
- Korean 물론[muɭɭo̞n] of course, certainly, naturally #182
- Macedonian природно[ˈpriɾɔdnɔ] #1,951
- Norwegian selvfølgelig/sɛlˈfœlːɡ(ə)liː/ of course, naturally #503
- Polish jasne/ˈjas.nɛ/ of course, naturally, sure, sure thing #221
- Russian естественно/ɪsʲˈtʲesʲːnə/ #2,327
- Serbian prirodno/prǐːrodno/ #1,952
- Slovenian seveda/sɛʋéːda/ of course, naturally #89
- Spanish claro/ˈklaɾo/ certainly, naturally, of course #165
- Swedish förstås[fɶˈʂtɔs] of course, naturally #1,275
- Tagalog natural/natuˈɾal/ obviously; naturally #545
- Turkish elbette/elbetˈte/ of course, certainly, naturally, surely #250
- Vietnamese dại[zaːj˧˨ʔ] wildly; naturally; in an uncontrolled way #1,791
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