How to say “next” in 47 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 Macedonian, where до is the 64th most used word.
- Afrikaans vannag tonight, the next night #1,119
- Albanian ardhshëm future, next #1,148
- Arabic بجوار next to #1,490
- Armenian ապա then, after that, next #122
- Basque datorren #428
- Bengali পাশে beside, next to #369
- Bosnian kraj near, next to, beside #488
- Bulgarian близък near, neighbouring, next door, at short/close… #2,369
- Catalan següent following, next #767
- Chinese 下次 next time #319
- Croatian kraj near, next to, beside #489
- Czech vedle next to, beside, alongside #809
- Dutch volgende following, next, subsequent #350
- English by Near or next to #105
- Estonian kõrval next to #681
- Finnish ensi #559
- French puis then; after; next #274
- Galician seguinte next, following #523
- German neben next to, beside, alongside, adjacent to,… #1,111
- Greek επόμενη next, following #572
- Hebrew ליד Beside, near, by, near to, next to, adjacent… #410
- Hindi अगले #445
- Hungarian legközelebb next time #840
- Icelandic hjá by, near, next to, at place #66
- Indonesian depan #245
- Korean 다음 the next, the following #181
- Lithuanian šalia by, next to; alongside #305
- Macedonian до next to, beside #64
- Malay hadapan #546
- Malayalam വരും coming; next #72
- Norwegian neste #273
- Persian کنار next to, besides #165
- Polish dalej #151
- Portuguese perto close, closely, next #379
- Romanian atunci then, next #93
- Serbian pored beside, next to, alongside #461
- Slovak ďalší #313
- Slovenian naslednji #300
- Spanish entonces then, next, thereupon, at that time, at that… #87
- Swedish vid next to, beside, by, at #135
- Tagalog susunod #227
- Tamil அடுத்த next, upcoming #167
- Telugu తరువాత afterwards, next #113
- Turkish yanında beside, next to #348
- Ukrainian біля next to; near #442
- Urdu اگلا #671
- Vietnamese cạnh right next to; beside #864
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.