How to say “sunday” in 33 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.
- domingo/doˈminɡo/ Spanish
- 星期天/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ Chinese
- 일요일[iɾjoiɭ] Korean
- रविवार/ɾə.ʋɪ.ʋɑːɾ/ Hindi
- κυριακή/cirʝaˈci/ Greek
- রবিবার/robibaɾ/ Bengali
“sunday” in Spanish: domingo · French: dimanche · German: sonntag · Italian: domenica · Chinese: 星期天 · Korean: 일요일 · Hindi: रविवार · Turkish: pazar
It is commonest in Tagalog, where linggo is the 231st most used word.
Sunday in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans sondag/ˈsɔn.daχ/ #1,028
- Basque igande/iɡande/ #1,200
- Bengali রবিবার/robibaɾ/ #1,705
- Bosnian nedelja/nědeʎa/ #1,454
- Bulgarian неделя[nɛˈdɛlʲɐ] #1,492
- Catalan diumenge[diwˈmeɲ.ʒə] #2,068
- Chinese 星期天/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ #1,532
- Czech neděli[ˈnɛɟɛlɪ] #2,186
- Danish søndag/ˈsœnˀda/ #1,914
- Dutch zondag/ˈzɔnˌdɑx/ #2,027
- English sunday/ˈsʌn.deɪ/ On Sunday #1,629
- French dimanche/di.mɑ̃ʃ/ #1,796
- Galician domingo/doˈmiŋɡo/ #937
- Georgian კვირას[kʼʷiɾäs] on Sunday, Sunday #1,042
- German sonntag/ˈzɔntaːk/ #2,129
- Greek κυριακή/cirʝaˈci/ #1,841
- Hindi रविवार/ɾə.ʋɪ.ʋɑːɾ/ #2,091
- Hungarian vasárnap[ˈvɒʃaːrnɒp] on Sunday #2,152
- Italian domenica/doˈme.ni.ka/ #2,021
- Korean 일요일[iɾjoiɭ] #1,896
- Macedonian недела[ˈnɛdɛɫa] #331
- Malayalam ഞായറാഴ്ച/ɲaːjɐraːɻt͡ʃɐ/ #859
- Norwegian søndag/ˈsœnˌdɑːɡ/ #1,881
- Portuguese domingo/duˈmĩ.ɡu/ on a Sunday #2,114
- Romanian duminică/duˈminikə/ #1,861
- Serbian nedelja/nědeʎa/ #953
- Slovak nedeľa/ˈɲeɟelʲa/ #2,328
- Slovenian nedelja/nɛdèːlja/ #1,501
- Spanish domingo/doˈminɡo/ #1,931
- Swedish söndag/ˈsœndɑːɡ/ #2,291
- Tagalog linggo/liŋˈɡo/ #231
- Turkish pazar/pɑ.zɑɾ/ #1,186
- Urdu اتوار/ɪt̪.ʋɑːɾ/ #971
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), 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.