How to say “somewhere” in 31 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.
- где-то[ˈɡdʲe‿tə] Russian
- 어딘가[ʌ̹dinɡa̠] Korean
- कहीं/kə.ɦĩː/ Hindi
- κάπου/ˈkapu/ Greek
- איפשהו/ˈefoʃehu/ Hebrew
- სადმე[sädme̞] Georgian
“somewhere” in German: irgendwo · Portuguese: algures · Korean: 어딘가 · Russian: где-то · Hindi: कहीं · Greek: κάπου
It is commonest in Bengali, where কোথাও is the 264th most used word.
Somewhere in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans elders/ˈældərs/ elsewhere, somewhere else #899
- Albanian diku[diˈku] #403
- Bengali কোথাও/kot̪ʰao̯/ #264
- Bosnian negdje/nêɡdje/ #630
- Bulgarian някъде[ˈnʲa̟kɐdɛ] #418
- Chinese 走路/t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/ to walk; to get somewhere by foot #775
- Croatian negdje/nêɡdje/ #493
- Czech někde[ˈɲɛɡdɛ] #512
- Dutch ergens/ˈɛrɣəns/ somewhere, anywhere #391
- Esperanto ie/ˈie/ #738
- Finnish johonkin/ˈjohoŋkɪn/ to somewhere #1,573
- French ailleurs/a.jœʁ/ elsewhere; somewhere else #748
- Georgian სადმე[sädme̞] somewhere, someplace #391
- German irgendwo/ˈɪʁɡəntˌvoː/ #748
- Greek κάπου/ˈkapu/ #440
- Hebrew איפשהו/ˈefoʃehu/ #1,089
- Hindi कहीं/kə.ɦĩː/ somewhere, anywhere #269
- Hungarian valahol[ˈvɒlɒɦol] #662
- Korean 어딘가[ʌ̹dinɡa̠] somewhere; some place #1,076
- Latvian iekļūt[ìɛkʎûːt] to get into, to enter somewhere #2,032
- Lithuanian kažkur/kɐʒkʊr/ #389
- Macedonian некаде[ˈnɛkadɛ] #374
- Polish gdzieś/ˈɡd͡ʑɛɕ/ #372
- Portuguese algures/awˈɡu.ɾis/ somewhere, elsewhere #1,769
- Romanian undeva/un.deˈva/ #574
- Russian где-то[ˈɡdʲe‿tə] #666
- Serbian negde/nêɡde/ #491
- Slovenian nekje/nɛkjèː/ #310
- Spanish lleva/ˈʝeba/ to take somewhere #590
- Swedish lägg/ˈlɛɡ/ to place lying somewhere, to place/put in a… #358
- Ukrainian десь[dɛsʲ] #409
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) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.