Feeling “alone” touches on a universal human experience, encompassing everything from solitude and reflection to loneliness and isolation. This complex emotion, nuanced across different contexts and cultures, is expressed uniquely in languages worldwide. Here, we’ll explore how to say “alone” in 70 different languages, highlighting the linguistic diversity that shapes our understanding and expression of being alone.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Vetëm | Pronunciation: Veh-tem
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – وحيد (Wahid) | Pronunciation: Wah-heed
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Եզակի (Yezaki) | Pronunciation: Yeh-zah-kee
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Tək | Pronunciation: Tek
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Bakarrik | Pronunciation: Ba-kar-rik
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Адзін (Adzin) | Pronunciation: Ah-dzin
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – একা (Eka) | Pronunciation: Eh-ka
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Sam | Pronunciation: Sam
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Сам (Sam) | Pronunciation: Sam
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Sol | Pronunciation: Sol
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Sám | Pronunciation: Sahm
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Alene | Pronunciation: Ah-leh-neh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Alleen | Pronunciation: Ah-leen
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Alone | Pronunciation: Ah-loan
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Üksi | Pronunciation: Ük-see
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – تنها (Tanha) | Pronunciation: Tan-ha
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Yksin | Pronunciation: Yk-sin
- French (🇫🇷) – Seul | Pronunciation: Sool
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მარტო (Mart’o) | Pronunciation: Mar-toh
- German (🇩🇪) – Allein | Pronunciation: Ah-line
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Μόνος (Mónos) | Pronunciation: Mo-nos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לבד (Levad) | Pronunciation: Leh-vahd
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – अकेला (Akela) | Pronunciation: A-keh-la
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Egyedül | Pronunciation: E-gye-dül
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Einn | Pronunciation: Ayn
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Sendiri | Pronunciation: Sen-dee-ree
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Leis féin | Pronunciation: Leh sheen
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Solo | Pronunciation: So-lo
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 一人で (Hitori de) | Pronunciation: Hee-toh-ree deh
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жалғыз (Zhalgyz) | Pronunciation: Zhal-giz
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ឯកា (Aeka) | Pronunciation: Aye-ka
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 혼자 (Honja) | Pronunciation: Hon-ja
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Tenê | Pronunciation: Teh-neh
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жалгыз (Zhalgız) | Pronunciation: Zhal-giz
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ດຽວ (Diau) | Pronunciation: Dee-ow
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Viens | Pronunciation: Vee-ens
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Vienas | Pronunciation: Vee-nas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Aleng | Pronunciation: Ah-leng
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Сам (Sam) | Pronunciation: Sam
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Sendirian | Pronunciation: Sen-dee-ree-an
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Waħdu | Pronunciation: Wah-hdoo
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 单独 (Dāndú) | Pronunciation: Dan-doo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – एकटा (Ekṭā) | Pronunciation: Ehk-tah
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Ганцаараа (Gantsaaraa) | Pronunciation: Gahn-tsar-ah
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – एक्लै (Eklai) | Pronunciation: Eh-kly
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Alene | Pronunciation: Ah-leh-neh
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – یواځې (Yawazay) | Pronunciation: Ya-wa-zay
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – تنها (Tanha) | Pronunciation: Tan-ha
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Sam | Pronunciation: Sam
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Sozinho | Pronunciation: So-zee-nyo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Singur | Pronunciation: Seen-goor
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Один (Odin) | Pronunciation: Oh-deen
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Сам (Sam) | Pronunciation: Sam
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – තනිව (Thaniwa) | Pronunciation: Tha-nee-wa
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Sám | Pronunciation: Sahm
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Sam | Pronunciation: Sahm
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Keli | Pronunciation: Keh-lee
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Solo | Pronunciation: So-lo
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Peke yake | Pronunciation: Pe-keh ya-keh
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Ensam | Pronunciation: En-sahm
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Танҳо (Tanho) | Pronunciation: Tan-ho
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – தனியாக (Thaniyāka) | Pronunciation: Tha-nee-yaah-ka
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఒంటరిగా (Oṇṭarigā) | Pronunciation: On-ta-ree-gah
- Thai (🇹🇭) – คนเดียว (Khon diao) | Pronunciation: Khon dee-ow
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Yalnız | Pronunciation: Yal-niz
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Сам (Sam) | Pronunciation: Sam
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – اکیلا (Akela) | Pronunciation: A-ke-la
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Yolg’iz | Pronunciation: Yol-ghiz
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Một mình | Pronunciation: Moht meeng
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Ar ben ei hun | Pronunciation: Ar ben ay heen