How to say “side” in 49 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 Albanian, where këtu is the 37th most used word.
- Afrikaans linkerkant left-hand side #1,690
- Albanian këtu here, on this side #37
- Arabic بجانب along, side by side with #562
- Armenian կողմից side; direction #303
- Basque aldera part, zone, side #592
- Bengali দিক direction, side #474
- Bosnian strane #423
- Bulgarian страна side, facet #291
- Catalan costat #363
- Chinese 方面 aspect; side; hand; facet; respect #437
- Croatian bok #223
- Czech straně #731
- Danish side side; a bounding straight edge or surface #365
- Dutch kant to make/ give side, edge etc #343
- English right On the right side #49
- Esperanto flanko #798
- Estonian külg #1,893
- French face surface, side #647
- Galician lado #343
- Georgian მხრივ from the side #1,127
- German seite #527
- Greek πλευρά #664
- Hebrew צד A side #1,041
- Hindi ओर side, face, direction #255
- Hungarian oldalon #1,707
- Icelandic framan on the front side #433
- Indonesian kanan the right side or direction #696
- Italian lato #1,206
- Korean 쪽 #598
- Lithuanian šonas side, flank #2,219
- Macedonian страна #231
- Malay sebelah side; direction #444
- Malayalam അപ്പുറത്ത് on that side of #785
- Persian طرف #178
- Polish strony side; face #652
- Portuguese lado #226
- Romanian dincolo over there; on the other side #1,240
- Russian рядом alongside, beside, side by side, nearby #412
- Serbian strane #428
- Slovak strane #381
- Spanish lado #284
- Swedish sidan side; a bounding straight edge or surface #577
- Tagalog baybay border; edge; side #1,520
- Tamil வலம் right side #1,681
- Telugu పక్క a side, quarter, or direction #304
- Turkish üst something's face or side looking upwards or… #783
- Ukrainian боку side, flank #952
- Urdu طرف #82
- Vietnamese vệ edge, side #332
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.