How to say “new” in 46 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 Malayalam, where പുതിയ is the 85th most used word.
- Afrikaans nuwe #178
- Arabic جديد #188
- Bengali নতুন #153
- Bosnian novi #363
- Bulgarian нов #473
- Catalan nova #305
- Chinese 全新 brand new; completely new #1,163
- Croatian novi #372
- Czech nový #501
- Danish nye #273
- Dutch nieuwe #256
- English news Things that are new #514
- Esperanto nova #298
- Estonian uus #364
- Finnish uuden #486
- French nouveau new, novel #295
- Galician nova #207
- Georgian ახალი new, fresh #226
- German neue #417
- Hebrew חדש new, recently made #322
- Hindi नए #364
- Hungarian új #130
- Icelandic nýtt #1,502
- Indonesian adegan the appearance of a new character or a change… #1,947
- Italian nuovo #196
- Korean 새 new, novel; fresh #194
- Lithuanian naujas #499
- Macedonian нов #325
- Malayalam പുതിയ #85
- Norwegian nye #282
- Persian جدید new, recent #627
- Polish nowy #430
- Romanian nou #175
- Russian новый #526
- Serbian novi #372
- Slovak nový #323
- Slovenian nov #340
- Spanish nuevo #184
- Swedish nya #308
- Tagalog panibago new; fresh; recent #2,486
- Tamil புதிய #159
- Telugu కొత్త #143
- Turkish yeni #96
- Ukrainian новий #521
- Urdu نیا #422
- Vietnamese tươi fresh; new and untainted #1,492
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.