How to say “outside” in 51 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 Tamil, where வெளியே is the 40th most used word.
- Afrikaans uit out; outside #74
- Albanian jashtë out of; outside #125
- Arabic خارج outside, out of #178
- Armenian դուրս #147
- Bengali বাইরে #199
- Bosnian napolje #656
- Bulgarian навън out, outside #506
- Catalan fora out, outside #165
- Chinese 外面 outside; out #137
- Croatian vani outside, outdoors, out #490
- Czech venku #473
- Danish udenfor #573
- Dutch uit out, from the inside to the outside #60
- English outside To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an… #526
- Esperanto ekstere #477
- Estonian väljas out, outside #359
- Finnish ulos out, outside; outdoors #162
- French dehors #425
- Galician fóra #199
- Georgian გარეთ #602
- German draußen #405
- Greek έξω out, outside #133
- Hebrew החוצה outside, outwards #284
- Hindi बाहर #71
- Hungarian kívül outside, outdoors #653
- Icelandic úti outside, outdoors #277
- Indonesian luar #186
- Italian fuori #140
- Korean 바깥 outside; outdoors #1,434
- Latvian ārā out, outside #189
- Lithuanian laukan out, outside #1,632
- Macedonian надвор #176
- Malayalam പുറത്ത് on the outside; outdoors #114
- Norwegian utenfor #472
- Persian بیرون outside, out #217
- Polish zewnątrz #710
- Portuguese fora #187
- Romanian afară #232
- Russian снаружи on the outside, from the outside, outwardly #1,349
- Serbian napolje #541
- Slovak vonku #278
- Slovenian zunaj #217
- Spanish fuera #159
- Swedish ute outside, outdoors #250
- Tagalog palabas towards outside; outward #153
- Tamil வெளியே outside, out #40
- Telugu బయట on the outside, on the plain #296
- Turkish dışarı #275
- Ukrainian поза outside, out of #1,266
- Urdu باہر #55
- Vietnamese ngoài #204
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.