How to say “sunday” in 33 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 Tagalog, where linggo is the 231st most used word.
- Afrikaans sondag #1,028
- Basque igande #1,200
- Bengali রবিবার #1,705
- Bosnian nedelja #1,454
- Bulgarian неделя #1,492
- Catalan diumenge #2,068
- Chinese 星期天 #1,532
- Czech neděli #2,186
- Danish søndag #1,914
- Dutch zondag #2,027
- English sunday On Sunday #1,629
- French dimanche #1,796
- Galician domingo #937
- Georgian კვირას on Sunday, Sunday #1,042
- German sonntag #2,129
- Greek κυριακή #1,841
- Hindi रविवार #2,091
- Hungarian vasárnap on Sunday #2,152
- Italian domenica #2,021
- Korean 일요일 #1,896
- Macedonian недела #331
- Malayalam ഞായറാഴ്ച #859
- Norwegian søndag #1,881
- Portuguese domingo on a Sunday #2,114
- Romanian duminică #1,861
- Serbian nedelja #953
- Slovak nedeľa #2,328
- Slovenian nedelja #1,501
- Spanish domingo #1,931
- Swedish söndag #2,291
- Tagalog linggo #231
- Turkish pazar #1,186
- Urdu اتوار #971
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.