How to say “since” in 43 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.
“since” in Spanish: desde · French: depuis · Portuguese: desde · Turkish: beri
It is commonest in English, where of is the 11th most used word.
Since in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans sedert/ˈsiədərt/ #443
- Albanian meqë/mɛcə/ #633
- Armenian որովհետև/voɾoveˈtev/ because, since #792
- Basque zeren/s̻eɾen/ since, because #311
- Bengali যেহেতু/d͡ʒehet̪u/ because, since, as #531
- Bosnian od/ôd/ from, since #26
- Bulgarian защото[zɐʃˈtɔto] because, for, since #76
- Chinese 因為/in⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/ because; since; as #145
- Croatian od/ôd/ from, since #24
- Czech jelikož[ˈjɛlɪkoʃ] as, since, because #2,039
- Danish siden/sidən/ since, later, afterwards, in the time since… #152
- Dutch sinds/sɪn(t)s/ #433
- English of/ʌv/ Since, from #11
- Esperanto ekde/ˈekde/ #239
- Estonian alates/ˈɑlɑtes/ since, from #751
- Finnish koska/ˈkoskɑ/ because, since #77
- French depuis/də.pɥi/ #166
- Galician desde/ˈdesde/ #255
- German denn/dən/ for; because; since #101
- Hebrew כי/ki/ because, for, since #65
- Hungarian óta[ˈoːtɒ] #380
- Icelandic því[θvi] because, for, since #145
- Indonesian sejak/səˈd͡ʒak/ #310
- Korean 그동안[kɯdo̞ŋa̠n] since our last meeting or conversation #510
- Latvian kopš/ˈkuopʃ/ #348
- Lithuanian nes[ˈnʲɛs] because, since #74
- Macedonian бидејќи[biˈdɛjci] because, since #124
- Malay sejak/səˈd͡ʒak/ #329
- Malayalam മുതൽ/mud̪ɐl/ from; since; starting from #277
- Norwegian siden[ˈsiːd(ə)n] #133
- Persian چون[t͡ʃʰon] because, since #63
- Polish skoro/ˈskɔ.rɔ/ #406
- Portuguese desde/ˈde(j)z.d͡ʒi/ #274
- Romanian deoarece/de.o̯a.reˈt͡ʃe/ since, because #724
- Serbian od/ôd/ from, since #26
- Slovak lebo/ʎebɔ/ as, since, because #148
- Spanish desde/ˈdesde/ #162
- Swedish eftersom/ˈɛftɛrˌsɔm/ because, since, as #452
- Tagalog dahil/ˈdahil/ because; since; for the reason that #60
- Telugu ఇటీవల/ˈiʈiːˌʋala/ since that time, lately, recently #681
- Turkish beri/beˈɾi/ #276
- Ukrainian бо[bɔ] because, for, since, as #97
- Vietnamese từ[tɨ˨˩] from, since #89
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), 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.