How to say “other” in 52 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 Latvian, where viņš is the 16th most used word.
- Albanian tjetër other, another #81
- Arabic كذلك Used other than figuratively or… #50
- Armenian այլ #94
- Basque beste #32
- Bengali অন্য other, something else #157
- Bosnian ostalo the other #646
- Bulgarian друг other, another, else #177
- Catalan altre #142
- Chinese 真是 Used other than figuratively or… #39
- Croatian in #1,806
- Czech ostatní #458
- Danish anden other, another, else #160
- Dutch andere #161
- English us Me and at least one other person, excluding… #85
- Esperanto alia other, another #159
- Estonian teine other, another #300
- Finnish muuta other, another #185
- French autres #189
- Galician outra other, another #137
- Georgian სხვა #78
- German sich Reciprocal pronoun of the third person… #46
- Greek δε on the other hand used together with μεν #54
- Hebrew כזה Used other than figuratively or… #168
- Hindi दूसरे other, another #303
- Hungarian szóval that is, that is to say, in other words #71
- Icelandic annan other, another, another one #317
- Indonesian lain other, another, else #90
- Italian altro other, another, more, further, else #119
- Korean 다른 different, other #48
- Latvian viņš he; third person pronoun, referring to… #16
- Lithuanian kitas other; another #262
- Macedonian те at times... at other times #27
- Malay lain #94
- Malayalam വേറെ other, another #84
- Norwegian andre #126
- Persian دیگه #73
- Polish znaczy in other words, namely, that is, that is to… #206
- Portuguese outra #162
- Romanian altă other, another #394
- Russian другой other, another, different, next, else, second #331
- Serbian ostalo the other #638
- Slovak iné #242
- Slovenian drug other, another, different #265
- Spanish otra other, another #140
- Swedish andra other, else, other one #131
- Tagalog magtulungan to help each other #2,059
- Tamil மற்ற other, the rest #182
- Telugu వేరే other, separate, distinct #340
- Turkish yani in other words, actually, namely, to wit,… #57
- Ukrainian інший other, another, the other #637
- Urdu غیر #225
- Vietnamese khác different, other #127
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.