How to say “well” 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 Turkish, where de is the 7th most used word.
- Afrikaans ook also, too, as well #52
- Albanian mirë #20
- Arabic حسنا well, fine, okay, good #37
- Armenian բարի all right!, very well!, agreed!, OK #55
- Basque ondo well, good, alright #20
- Bengali ভালো #59
- Bosnian dobro #32
- Bulgarian добре #25
- Catalan bé #27
- Chinese 以及 as well as; along with; and #242
- Croatian dobro #32
- Czech dobře #39
- Danish godt #52
- Dutch goed #51
- English good Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly #71
- Esperanto bone #37
- Estonian hästi well, good, fine, all right #75
- Finnish hyvin #70
- French bien #37
- Galician ben #24
- Georgian კარგი nice, okay, well, good #30
- German gut #52
- Greek καλά #58
- Hebrew טוב well, good #22
- Hindi अच्छा #69
- Hungarian is also, too, as well #9
- Icelandic vel #51
- Indonesian ya well, so #23
- Italian bene well, nicely, OK, right #34
- Korean 잘 #21
- Latvian labi well; adverbial form of labs #23
- Lithuanian gerai #18
- Macedonian добро well, alright, fine, okay #25
- Malay turut also; too; as well #1,039
- Malayalam സുഖം well being #276
- Norwegian bra #78
- Persian خوب #36
- Polish dobrze #41
- Portuguese bem well; accurately; competently #21
- Romanian bine #22
- Russian ну #39
- Serbian dobro #32
- Slovak dobre #24
- Slovenian dobro well, good #42
- Spanish bien #26
- Swedish med also, as well, too #15
- Tagalog mabuti well; all right #183
- Tamil நன்றாக well, in a good or beneficial manner #62
- Telugu సురక్షిత well guarded, secure, safe, comfortable #206
- Turkish de as well, too, also #7
- Ukrainian добре #47
- Urdu بھی too, also, as well #28
- Vietnamese hay #112
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.