How to say “until” in 44 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 Slovak, where do is the 16th most used word.
- Afrikaans tot #126
- Albanian ndjerë until, at, near #1,407
- Arabic حتى until, as far as, to the point of, even up to #48
- Armenian մինչև as far as, till, until, to #95
- Basque arte #77
- Bengali পর্যন্ত till, until #152
- Bosnian dosad until now, so far, thus far #1,916
- Bulgarian досега up until now, so far, heretofore #584
- Catalan fins until, till #108
- Chinese 直到 until; up to #158
- Croatian dosad until now, so far, thus far #1,636
- Czech až until, up #99
- Danish indtil until, till #363
- Dutch totdat until, till #809
- English till Until; to, up to; as late as #624
- Esperanto ĝis #89
- Estonian homseni bye, see you, until tomorrow #2,205
- Finnish kunnes until, till #400
- Galician ata until, till, up to #176
- Georgian აქამდე so far, until now #385
- German bis #153
- Greek μέχρι until; up to; as far as #140
- Hebrew עד Until, till, up until #90
- Hungarian meddig how far? until what point? #1,107
- Icelandic uns #1,303
- Indonesian hingga #582
- Italian fino till, until, as far as #325
- Korean 여태 until now, so far #1,146
- Lithuanian kol while, as long as; until #105
- Macedonian досега heretofore, so far, up until now #781
- Malay sampai #185
- Norwegian inntil #1,208
- Persian تا until; as far as; up to #17
- Polish aż #288
- Portuguese até #95
- Serbian dosad until now, so far, thus far #1,979
- Slovak do into, in, to, until #16
- Slovenian dokler #145
- Swedish tills #315
- Tagalog hanggang until; till #190
- Tamil வரை #61
- Turkish dek until, till, up to #576
- Ukrainian доки how long, until when, until what time #645
- Vietnamese chí to; until #503
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.