How to say “within” in 31 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 Arabic, where في is the 3rd most used word.
- Afrikaans in in; inside; within #15
- Arabic في in, within #3
- Bengali অন্তর #1,381
- Bosnian unutar within, inside, in #1,225
- Bulgarian в going inside or within the limits of, into,… #13
- Catalan dins in, within, inside #248
- Croatian unutar within, inside, in #1,106
- Czech uvnitř inside, within #647
- Danish indeni inside, within #2,143
- English through So as to enter, pass within or across, and… #212
- Esperanto en in, within, inside #11
- Finnish aikana during, within #679
- German in in, inside, within, at #16
- Greek εν in, into, at, within #775
- Hebrew בתוך inside, within, in the middle of #348
- Hindi अंदर inside, within, in #219
- Icelandic innan inside, on the inside, within #455
- Indonesian dalam inside, in, within #42
- Italian entro within, by, no later than #1,074
- Malay dalam inside, in, within #28
- Norwegian inne inside, indoors, in, within #261
- Persian در at, in, inside, within #10
- Polish poza denotes an area not within; beyond, out of,… #352
- Portuguese em in; inside; within #20
- Romanian în in, into, within #5
- Serbian unutar within, inside, in #1,358
- Swedish snart soon; within a short time #249
- Tagalog abot within reach #1,755
- Turkish içinde in, within, inside #163
- Ukrainian всередині inside, within #905
- Vietnamese trong in; inside; within #45
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.