How to say “new” in 46 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.
- nuevo/ˈnwebo/ Spanish
- новый[ˈnovɨj] Russian
- جديد/d͡ʒa.diːd/ Arabic
- 새[sʰɛ(ː)] Korean
- नए/nəeː/ Hindi
- חדש/χaˈdaʃ/ Hebrew
“new” in Spanish: nuevo · French: nouveau · German: neue · Italian: nuovo · Korean: 새 · Russian: новый · Arabic: جديد · Hindi: नए
It is commonest in Malayalam, where പുതിയ is the 85th most used word.
New in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans nuwe/ˈnyvə/ #178
- Arabic جديد/d͡ʒa.diːd/ #188
- Bengali নতুন/not̪un/ #153
- Bosnian novi/ˈnovɪ/ #363
- Bulgarian нов[nɔf] #473
- Catalan nova[ˈnɔ.βə] #305
- Chinese 全新/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/ brand new; completely new #1,163
- Croatian novi/ˈnovɪ/ #372
- Czech nový[ˈnoviː] #501
- Danish nye/ˈnyːə/ #273
- Dutch nieuwe/ˈniʋə/ #256
- English news/nuːz/ Things that are new #514
- Esperanto nova/ˈnova/ #298
- Estonian uus/uːs/ #364
- Finnish uuden/ˈuːden/ #486
- French nouveau/nu.vo/ new, novel #295
- Galician nova/ˈnɔβɐ/ #207
- Georgian ახალი[äχäli] new, fresh #226
- German neue/ˈnɔɪ̯ə/ #417
- Hebrew חדש/χaˈdaʃ/ new, recently made #322
- Hindi नए/nəeː/ #364
- Hungarian új[ˈuːj] #130
- Icelandic nýtt[ˈniht] #1,502
- Indonesian adegan[adəˈɡan] the appearance of a new character or a change… #1,947
- Italian nuovo/ˈnwɔ.vo/ #196
- Korean 새[sʰɛ(ː)] new, novel; fresh #194
- Lithuanian naujas/ˈnɐʊjɐs/ #499
- Macedonian нов[nɔf] #325
- Malayalam പുതിയ/pud̪ijɐ/ #85
- Norwegian nye/ˈnyːə/ #282
- Persian جدید[d͡ʒæ.d̪íːd̪̥] new, recent #627
- Polish nowy/ˈnɔ.vɘ/ #430
- Romanian nou/now/ #175
- Russian новый[ˈnovɨj] #526
- Serbian novi/ˈnovɪ/ #372
- Slovak nový/nɔviː/ #323
- Slovenian nov/nɔ́ʋ/ #340
- Spanish nuevo/ˈnwebo/ #184
- Swedish nya/²nyːˌa/ #308
- Tagalog panibago/paniˈbaɡo/ new; fresh; recent #2,486
- Tamil புதிய/pʊd̪ɪjɐ/ #159
- Telugu కొత్త/kot̪ːa/ #143
- Turkish yeni/jeˈni/ #96
- Ukrainian новий[nɔˈʋɪi̯] #521
- Urdu نیا/nə.jɑː/ #422
- Vietnamese tươi[tɨəj˧˧] fresh; new and untainted #1,492
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.