How to say “next” in 47 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.
- 다음[ta̠ɯm] Korean
- अगले/əɡ.leː/ Hindi
- επόμενη/eˈpomeˌni/ Greek
- அடுத்த/ɐɖʊt̪ːɐ/ Tamil
- اگلا/əɡ.lɑː/ Urdu
“next” in Korean: 다음 · Hindi: अगले · Greek: επόμενη
It is commonest in Polish, where dalej is the 151st most used word.
Next in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vannag/fəˈnaχ/ tonight, the next night #1,119
- Albanian ardhshëm/aɾðʃəm/ future, next #1,148
- Arabic بجوار/bi.d͡ʒi.waːr/ next to #1,490
- Armenian ապա/ɑˈpɑ/ then, after that, next #122
- Basque datorren/datoren/ #428
- Bengali পাশে/paʃe/ beside, next to #369
- Bosnian kraj/krâːj/ near, next to, beside #488
- Bulgarian близък[ˈblizɐk] near, neighbouring, next door, at short/close… #2,369
- Catalan següent[səˈɣwen] following, next #767
- Chinese 下次/ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɹ̩⁵¹/ next time #319
- Croatian kraj/krâːj/ near, next to, beside #489
- Czech vedle[ˈvɛdlɛ] next to, beside, alongside #809
- Dutch volgende/ˈvɔlɣəndə/ following, next, subsequent #350
- English by/baɪ/ Near or next to #105
- Estonian kõrval/ˈkɤrvɑl/ next to #681
- Finnish ensi/ˈensi/ #559
- French puis/pɥi/ then; after; next #274
- Galician seguinte/seˈɡinte/ next, following #523
- German neben/ˈneːbən/ next to, beside, alongside, adjacent to,… #1,111
- Greek επόμενη/eˈpomeˌni/ next, following #572
- Hebrew ליד/leˈjad/ Beside, near, by, near to, next to, adjacent… #410
- Hindi अगले/əɡ.leː/ #445
- Hungarian legközelebb[ˈlɛkːøzɛlɛbː] next time #840
- Icelandic hjá[çau] by, near, next to, at place #66
- Indonesian depan/dəˈpan/ #245
- Korean 다음[ta̠ɯm] the next, the following #181
- Lithuanian šalia[ʃɐˈlʲɛ] by, next to; alongside #305
- Macedonian до[dɔ] next to, beside #64
- Malay hadapan/haˈdapan/ #546
- Malayalam വരും/ʋɐɾum/ coming; next #72
- Norwegian neste/ˈnɛstə/ #273
- Persian کنار[kʰʲe.nɒ́ːɹ] next to, besides #165
- Polish dalej/ˈda.lɛj/ #151
- Portuguese perto/ˈpɛʁ.tu/ close, closely, next #379
- Romanian atunci/aˈtunt͡ʃʲ/ then, next #93
- Serbian pored/pôred/ beside, next to, alongside #461
- Slovak ďalší/ɟalʃiː/ #313
- Slovenian naslednji/nasléːdnji/ #300
- Spanish entonces/enˈtonθes/ then, next, thereupon, at that time, at that… #87
- Swedish vid/viːd/ next to, beside, by, at #135
- Tagalog susunod/ˌsusuˈnod/ #227
- Tamil அடுத்த/ɐɖʊt̪ːɐ/ next, upcoming #167
- Telugu తరువాత/ˈtaruˌʋaːta/ afterwards, next #113
- Turkish yanında/janɯnˈda/ beside, next to #348
- Ukrainian біля[ˈbʲilʲɐ] next to; near #442
- Urdu اگلا/əɡ.lɑː/ #671
- Vietnamese cạnh[kajŋ̟˧˨ʔ] right next to; beside #864
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.