How to say “time” in 53 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 Catalan, where a is the 6th most used word.
- Afrikaans toe then; at that time; at that moment #68
- Albanian kohë #105
- Arabic قد Indicates nearness in time or recentness,… #45
- Armenian հիմա now, at present, at this moment in time #41
- Basque batean at the same time #54
- Bengali ধরে for a period of time #134
- Bosnian vremena #176
- Bulgarian време #79
- Catalan a in, at; indicating a particular time or place #6
- Chinese 一下 one time; once #20
- Croatian vrijeme #124
- Czech čas #232
- Danish efter after; subsequent; later in time than #83
- Dutch dan then, at that time #34
- English now At the present time #55
- Esperanto je Indicating a time #67
- Estonian korda time, occasion #194
- Finnish aikaa #148
- French temps #116
- Galician vez #79
- Georgian მაშინ At the time or immediately after something… #111
- German zeit for the entire time of, during #136
- Greek ποτέ ever; at any time #82
- Hebrew פעם A time: an instance, an occurrence #86
- Hindi बारे time, turn #62
- Hungarian akkor then, at that time #36
- Icelandic aldrei never, at no time #63
- Indonesian tahun a solar year, the time it takes the Earth to… #104
- Italian tempo #130
- Korean 때 time; occasion #60
- Latvian laiku time, era #154
- Lithuanian tada at the time #87
- Macedonian време #71
- Malay hari day: A period of time equal or almost equal… #64
- Malayalam സമയം #67
- Norwegian tid #170
- Persian وقت #71
- Polish czas #123
- Portuguese tempo #102
- Romanian timp #94
- Russian раз once, one day, once upon a time #90
- Serbian vreme #135
- Slovak stále always, all the time #80
- Slovenian nikoli never, at no time #77
- Spanish vez time, instance #71
- Swedish här here; at this time or at this place #21
- Tagalog nang when, at the time of #56
- Tamil நேரம் #55
- Telugu ఇప్పుడు now, at this time #26
- Turkish zaman #37
- Ukrainian раз once, one day, once upon a time #93
- Urdu کو in, at the time of #10
- Vietnamese lúc moment, time #144
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.