Between in different languages

Between in Different Languages

Discover 'Between' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Between


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Afrikaans
tussen
Albanian
ndërmjet
Amharic
መካከል
Arabic
ما بين
Armenian
միջեւ
Assamese
মাজত
Aymara
ukataypina
Azerbaijani
arasında
Bambara
Basque
artean
Belarusian
паміж
Bengali
মধ্যে
Bhojpuri
बीच में
Bosnian
između
Bulgarian
между
Catalan
entre
Cebuano
taliwala sa
Chinese (Simplified)
之间
Chinese (Traditional)
之間
Corsican
trà
Croatian
između
Czech
mezi
Danish
mellem
Dhivehi
ދެމެދު
Dogri
बिच्च
Dutch
tussen
English
between
Esperanto
inter
Estonian
vahel
Ewe
titina
Filipino (Tagalog)
sa pagitan
Finnish
välillä
French
entre
Frisian
tusken
Galician
entre
Georgian
შორის
German
zwischen
Greek
μεταξύ
Guarani
mbyte
Gujarati
વચ્ચે
Haitian Creole
ant
Hausa
tsakanin
Hawaiian
ma waena o
Hebrew
בֵּין
Hindi
के बीच
Hmong
nruab nrab ntawm
Hungarian
között
Icelandic
milli
Igbo
n'etiti
Ilocano
baet
Indonesian
antara
Irish
idir
Italian
fra
Japanese
の間に
Javanese
antarane
Kannada
ನಡುವೆ
Kazakh
арасында
Khmer
រវាង
Kinyarwanda
hagati
Konkani
मजगतीं
Korean
중에서
Krio
bitwin
Kurdish
navber
Kurdish (Sorani)
لەنێوان
Kyrgyz
ортосунда
Lao
ລະຫວ່າງ
Latin
inter
Latvian
starp
Lingala
na kati ya
Lithuanian
tarp
Luganda
mu masekkati
Luxembourgish
tëscht
Macedonian
помеѓу
Maithili
बीच मे
Malagasy
eo
Malay
antara
Malayalam
ഇടയിൽ
Maltese
bejn
Maori
i waenga
Marathi
यांच्यातील
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯃꯔꯛꯇ
Mizo
karah
Mongolian
хооронд
Myanmar (Burmese)
အကြား
Nepali
बीचमा
Norwegian
mellom
Nyanja (Chichewa)
pakati
Odia (Oriya)
ମଧ୍ୟରେ
Oromo
gidduu
Pashto
تر منځ
Persian
بین
Polish
pomiędzy
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
entre
Punjabi
ਵਿਚਕਾਰ
Quechua
chawpipi
Romanian
între
Russian
между
Samoan
va
Sanskrit
मध्ये
Scots Gaelic
eadar
Sepedi
magareng
Serbian
између
Sesotho
pakeng tsa
Shona
pakati
Sindhi
وچ ۾
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
අතර
Slovak
medzi
Slovenian
med
Somali
u dhexeeya
Spanish
entre
Sundanese
antawis
Swahili
kati
Swedish
mellan
Tagalog (Filipino)
sa pagitan ng
Tajik
байни
Tamil
இடையில்
Tatar
арасында
Telugu
మధ్య
Thai
ระหว่าง
Tigrinya
አብ መንጎ
Tsonga
exikarhi
Turkish
arasında
Turkmen
arasynda
Twi (Akan)
ntam
Ukrainian
між
Urdu
کے درمیان
Uyghur
between
Uzbek
o'rtasida
Vietnamese
giữa
Welsh
rhwng
Xhosa
phakathi
Yiddish
צווישן
Yoruba
laarin
Zulu
phakathi

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansFrom the Middle Dutch word "tusschen", akin to the English word "twixt"
Albanian"Ndërmjet" is the Albanian equivalent of the Greek word "μεταξύ" (metáxy), which means "in between" or "among".
Amharicመካከል can mean either 'between', or 'during'
Arabicما بين (bayna) can also refer to an unspecified period, amount, distance, or space, as in ما بين العصر والمغرب (between afternoon and sunset).
AzerbaijaniIn the phrase
BasqueArtean can also mean 'with' or 'together' in Basque.
BengaliThe word "মধ্যে" (madhye) in Bengali can also refer to "within" or "among" depending on the context.
Bosnian"Između" in Bosnian originally referred to a gap between two rivers.
BulgarianBulgarian "между" corresponds to Russian "между" and Serbian "између."
CatalanIn Catalan, "entre" also means the "internal part of something"
CebuanoTaliwala sa is also the name of a popular Filipino song released in 1982, which became a hit in both the Philippines and Japan.
Chinese (Simplified)The character 间 is also used to form compound words such as 空间 (space), 时间 (time), and 期间 (period).
Chinese (Traditional)The original meaning of “之間” is an interval of time and later came to mean space and logic.
Corsican"Trà" è anche utilizzato per esprimere un rapporto di parentela (fratello, cugino ecc.) o per designare il marito.
CroatianThe Croatian word "između" is a cognate of the English word "among" and also has the alternate meaning of "aside".
CzechThe word 'mezi' has the same origin as the German preposition 'mit', meaning 'with'.
DanishIn Swedish, 'mellem' means 'among' or 'in the middle', and 'mellan' means 'between'.
DutchIn Dutch, "tussen" can refer to the physical or abstract space between two entities or indicate a time period that lies between two points in time.
EsperantoInter also implies 'at a time between', as seen in intertagme 'in the meantime'.
Estonian"Vahel" derives from a Proto-Finnic "*väli-", meaning "space", and is also found in Finnish, Karelian, and Veps, where it carries similar meanings.
Finnish"Välillä" can also mean "sometimes" or "occasionally".
FrenchThe French word "entre" can also refer to the entrance, gap, interval, or opening of something.
FrisianFrisian "tusken" is related to Dutch "tussen" and German "zwischen", all meaning "between".
GalicianIn Galician, "entre" can also mean "during" or "within".
Georgianშორის is derived from the Proto-Kartvelian root *kwari, meaning "among, between" and can also refer to "through" or "across".
GermanIn German, "zwischen" also means "meanwhile" or "in the meantime".
GreekThe word μεταξύ, 'between' in English, is derived from the Ancient Greek word metà, meaning 'with' or 'among' and the preposition xύ, meaning 'together' or 'close to'.
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "વચ્ચે" is also used to mean "inside" or "within".
Haitian CreoleIn Haitian Creole, "ant" also means "among" or "in the midst of".
HausaThe Hausa word "tsakanin" can also mean "among" or "within".
HawaiianIn Hawaiian, the word "ma waena o" can also mean "within" or "in the middle of".
HebrewThe name of the Jewish month of "Iyar" is derived from the Akkadian word "ayar" (meaning "light"), and may be related to the Hebrew word "בֵּין" (meaning "between") referring to its position between the months of Nisan and Sivan.
HindiThe word "के बीच" can also be used to mean "in the midst of" or "during".
HmongThe two words can also mean "the middle" or "the center".
HungarianThe Hungarian word "között" can refer to a spatial relationship between two or more objects, a temporal relationship between two or more events, or a logical relationship between two or more concepts.
IcelandicIn Icelandic, "milli" also means "among, during, into, or within".
IgboThe Igbo word "n'etiti" can be broken down into "n'" (meaning "in") and "etiti" (meaning "center"), suggesting its literal translation as "in the center".
IndonesianThe word "antara" can also mean "barrier" or "divider" in Indonesian.
IrishIdir can also mean 'among', 'through', 'via', 'versus', 'during', 'in the midst of', 'by turns', 'alternately', 'intermittently', or 'reciprocally'.
ItalianIn Italian, "fra" can also refer to a friar or a member of a monastic order.
JapaneseThe word "の間に" can also mean "during" or "while" in Japanese.
Javanese"Antarane" in Javanese can also mean "the middle one" among siblings.
KannadaThe word "ನಡುವೆ" can also mean "middle" when used as a noun.
Kazakh"Арасында" also means "in the presence of" or "among" in Kazakh.
KhmerIn addition to "between," "រវាង" can also mean "during" and "from among."
Korean"중에서" (between) is derived from the Sino-Korean word "中" (inside, center) and the native Korean word "에서" (in, on).
Kurdish"Navber" in Kurdish can also mean "boundary" or "middle" in some contexts.
KyrgyzThe Kyrgyz word "ортосунда" can also refer to the time between two events or the interval between two places.
LatinIn Latin, "inter" not only means "between," but also "among" or "within."
LatvianAnother meaning of "starp" is "among or within" instead of "between".
LithuanianWhile the Lithuanian word "tarp" has the primary meaning of "between", it also denotes space inside a container without necessarily indicating a separation.
LuxembourgishIn the German language used in Luxembourg, "tëscht" can also mean "among", "through", "over", "on" or "into" depending on the context.
MacedonianThe word "помеѓу" can also mean "among" or "amidst".
MalagasyThe Malagasy word "eo" can also mean "by" or "with".
MalayThe word "antara" is also used figuratively to mean "a difference of opinion" or "a compromise".
MalayalamThe word "ഇടയിൽ" ("between") is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *iṭi, meaning "in the inside of" or "within".
Maltese"Bejn" can also mean "among" or "amidst."
MaoriI waenga means 'between' in Maori but also refers to the space within something, like the space between two people or the space between two ideas.
MongolianThe word "хооронд" can also mean "within" or "among".
Myanmar (Burmese)The word "အကြား" can refer to an intervening space or period of time or the state of being interposed.
Nepali"बीचमा" (between) in Nepali, from Sanskrit "madhya," also means "middle" or "center."
NorwegianIn Old Norse, "mellom" also meant "middle" and is related to the English word "middle"
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word `pakati' means `between,' originates from the root word `paka,' and can also mean to cut into two pieces.
PashtoThe Pashto word "تر منځ" is also used to describe the relationship between two things or persons who are emotionally connected.
PersianIn Persian, "بین" (bein) also means "nose" and is a common ingredient in Persian compound words indicating "separation".
PolishIn old Polish language, 'pomiędzy' could also mean 'after some time', 'later', or 'in certain period of time'.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The word "entre" in Portuguese can also mean "among", "inside" or "within".
RomanianÎntre is often used in idiomatic expressions, such as entre timp ("in the meantime") or se întîmplă ("it happens").
RussianThe word "между" can also mean "among" or "during".
SamoanThe word "va" in Samoan can also mean "with" or "together with".
Scots GaelicEadar, meaning "between" in Scots Gaelic, also refers to "mutual" or "equally".
SerbianThe word "између" derives from the Old Slavic word "mędъ", meaning "among" or "in the middle".
ShonaThe word "pakati" is also used to mean "in the middle of" or "amongst" something.
SindhiSindhi word "وچ ۾" also means "among", "during", "within", or "inside" in English.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)අතර is also used to mean on the way to or from somewhere
SlovakIn some dialects, "medzi" can also mean "among" or "during".
SlovenianThe word "med" also means "honey" in Slovenian and has cognates across the Slavic languages.
SomaliThe word "u dhexeeya" can also mean "through" or "among" in Somali.
SpanishThe word "Entre" is derived from the Latin "inter" meaning "among" or "within".
SundaneseThe word "antawis" can also refer to the space separating two objects or the time between two events.
SwahiliThe word 'kati' can also refer to waist in some East African dialects and has similar etymological roots to the Greek 'ketos' (whale), possibly due to historical trade connections.
SwedishMellan (between) is also a preposition used in Swedish to express a relationship between two things, and as a noun meaning "interval".
TajikIn the Tajik word "байни" (between), the root "байн" means "separation" or "interval".
TamilThe word "இடையில்" can also mean "in the middle" or "during" in Tamil.
TeluguThe word 'మధ్య' ('between') in Telugu can also mean 'middle' or 'center'.
Thaiระหว่าง" is a homonym with two meanings - one meaning between and the other "while"
Turkish"Arasındaki" can also mean "among" or "in the middle of".
Ukrainian"Між" is related to "міра" (measure), meaning the space between two measurements.
UrduThe Urdu word "کے درمیان" literally means "in the middle of" or "amongst". However, it can also be used figuratively to mean "in the course of" or "during".
UzbekThe word "o'rtasida" has Arabic roots, deriving from "wasat," meaning "middle."
VietnameseThe word "giữa" shares the same etymological origin as the words "trung" (middle) and "chính" (right).
WelshThe word "rhwng" in Welsh can also mean "among" or "amidst".
XhosaThe word '*phakathi* (between) can also mean middle, central, or interior (of a country/place/etc.).
YiddishThe word 'צווישן' in Yiddish can also mean 'amongst' or 'amidst'.
YorubaLaarin is cognate with 'l'aarin', 'arin' or 'aarin', all meaning "interior", "midst" or "in between" depending on context.
ZuluUsed in the phrase 'phakathi kwe' to mean 'in the midst of' or 'amongst'.
EnglishHistorically "between" only applied to two objects but now can be used for any number, and its original meaning, "in the midst of" remains in phrases like "there was a great feast between them"

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