During in Different Languages
Discover 'During' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
During
Afrikaans tydens | ||
Albanian gjatë | ||
Amharic ወቅት | ||
Arabic أثناء | ||
Armenian ընթացքում | ||
Assamese সেই সময়ত | ||
Aymara ukhapacha | ||
Azerbaijani zamanı | ||
Bambara senfɛ | ||
Basque zehar | ||
Belarusian падчас | ||
Bengali সময় | ||
Bhojpuri ओही समय | ||
Bosnian tokom | ||
Bulgarian по време на | ||
Catalan durant | ||
Cebuano sa panahon sa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 中 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 中 | ||
Corsican duranti | ||
Croatian tijekom | ||
Czech po dobu | ||
Danish i løbet af | ||
Dhivehi މެދުތެރޭގައި | ||
Dogri दरम्यान | ||
Dutch gedurende | ||
English during | ||
Esperanto dum | ||
Estonian ajal | ||
Ewe le esime | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) habang | ||
Finnish aikana | ||
French pendant | ||
Frisian tidens | ||
Galician durante | ||
Georgian დროს | ||
German während | ||
Greek στη διάρκεια | ||
Guarani aja | ||
Gujarati દરમિયાન | ||
Haitian Creole pandan | ||
Hausa a lokacin | ||
Hawaiian i loko o | ||
Hebrew בְּמַהֲלָך | ||
Hindi दौरान | ||
Hmong thaum | ||
Hungarian alatt | ||
Icelandic á meðan | ||
Igbo n'oge | ||
Ilocano bayat | ||
Indonesian selama | ||
Irish le linn | ||
Italian durante | ||
Japanese 中 | ||
Javanese sak | ||
Kannada ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ | ||
Kazakh кезінде | ||
Khmer កំឡុងពេល | ||
Kinyarwanda mugihe | ||
Konkani मजगती | ||
Korean ...동안 | ||
Krio we | ||
Kurdish dema | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) لەماوەی | ||
Kyrgyz учурунда | ||
Lao ໃນລະຫວ່າງ | ||
Latin in | ||
Latvian laikā | ||
Lingala na boumeli | ||
Lithuanian metu | ||
Luganda mukasera | ||
Luxembourgish während | ||
Macedonian за време на | ||
Maithili दौरान | ||
Malagasy nandritra | ||
Malay semasa | ||
Malayalam സമയത്ത് | ||
Maltese waqt | ||
Maori i roto i | ||
Marathi दरम्यान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯡꯊꯣꯛꯂꯤꯉꯩ ꯃꯅꯨꯡꯗ | ||
Mizo laiin | ||
Mongolian үеэр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စဉ်အတွင်း | ||
Nepali समयमा | ||
Norwegian under | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nthawi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମୟରେ | ||
Oromo yeroo | ||
Pashto په جریان کې | ||
Persian در حین | ||
Polish podczas | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) durante | ||
Punjabi ਦੌਰਾਨ | ||
Quechua durante | ||
Romanian pe parcursul | ||
Russian в течение | ||
Samoan i le taimi | ||
Sanskrit अन्तरेण | ||
Scots Gaelic rè | ||
Sepedi nakong ya | ||
Serbian у току | ||
Sesotho nakong | ||
Shona panguva | ||
Sindhi دوران | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තුළ | ||
Slovak počas | ||
Slovenian med | ||
Somali inta lagu jiro | ||
Spanish durante | ||
Sundanese salilana | ||
Swahili wakati | ||
Swedish under | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) habang | ||
Tajik дар давоми | ||
Tamil போது | ||
Tatar вакытында | ||
Telugu సమయంలో | ||
Thai ระหว่าง | ||
Tigrinya አብ እዋን | ||
Tsonga hi nkarhi | ||
Turkish sırasında | ||
Turkmen wagtynda | ||
Twi (Akan) mu | ||
Ukrainian під час | ||
Urdu دوران | ||
Uyghur during | ||
Uzbek davomida | ||
Vietnamese suốt trong | ||
Welsh yn ystod | ||
Xhosa ngexesha | ||
Yiddish בעשאַס | ||
Yoruba nigba | ||
Zulu ngesikhathi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "tydens" is derived from the Dutch word "tijdens" and also means "while" or "at the time of". |
| Albanian | The etymology of "gjatë" in Albanian is uncertain, but it may be related to the Latin "juxta" meaning "near" or "during" |
| Amharic | The word “ወቅት” can also mean “time period” or “era”. |
| Arabic | The word "أثناء" also means "time" or "period". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "zamanı" in Azerbaijani shares its root with the word "zamana" in Turkic languages, both meaning "time" or "period." |
| Basque | The Basque word "zehar" can also mean "through" or "across". |
| Belarusian | The word "падчас" derives from the Old Church Slavonic word "прѣждє", meaning "before" or "during." |
| Bengali | সময় may also mean 'time period' and has been derived from the Sanskrit word 'samaya' |
| Bosnian | "Tokom" evolved from Old Church Slavonic "tokmo" (только) which meant "only" |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "по време на" (during) literally translates to "at the time of". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "durant" also means "lasting", "permanent", or "durable". |
| Cebuano | Originally meant 'to the time (of)' hence can also be used as 'until' |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In mathematics and statistics, 中 (zhong) can mean 'average'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 中 also means 'hit' or 'win' and is the first component in the word 'China' (中國). |
| Corsican | Corsican "duranti" is based on the Latin "dūrō" meaning "to endure" or "to last". |
| Croatian | The etymology of "tijekom" dates back to the 12th century, and it has also been used to refer to "course", "way" and "passage". |
| Czech | Czech "po dobu" (during) also appears in "pozdě" (late), "podvečer" (afternoon), "podmínky" (conditions), "pomoc" (help), "poradit" (to advise), all sharing the sense of "being under" something |
| Danish | "I løbet af" literally translates as "in the run of," referring to a sequence of events. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "gedurende" derives from the Old Dutch "geduren," meaning "to last" or "to continue." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "dum" also has the meaning of "through" or "by means of". |
| Estonian | The word "ajal" can also mean "at the time of" or "in the course of" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word 'aikana' comes from the Finnish word 'aika', which means 'time' and can also mean 'during'. |
| French | The French word "pendant" has two distinct meanings: "during" and "pendant" (a hanging ornament). |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "tidens" is likely derived from the Middle Dutch word "tiden", meaning "times". |
| Galician | In Galician, "durante" derives from the Latin "dura" and also means "hard" or "tough." |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "დროს" is also used to indicate time in general and has the meaning of "era, age". |
| German | The word "während" in German is derived from the Middle High German "werende," meaning "lasting" or "continuing." |
| Greek | The word "στη διάρκεια" is derived from the Greek word "διάρκεια" which means "duration" or "length of time". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "pandan" can also mean "in front of" or "in the presence of." |
| Hausa | Hausa "a lokacin" "during": from prepositive "-a" ("at, in, to") and verb "lokaci" ("time") |
| Hawaiian | "I loko o" can also mean "in spite of" or "although." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "בְּמַהֲלָך" also means "in the course of" or "in the act of". |
| Hindi | The word "दौरान" also means "rotation" or "a period of time" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "thaum" is a cognate of the Chinese word "dàng", meaning "time" or "period". |
| Hungarian | The word "alatt" can also refer to a layer or stratum, or to the action of covering or concealing something. |
| Icelandic | Á meðan was originally an expression meaning “as long as,” or “until,” which is still its meaning in the Faroese and Norn languages. |
| Igbo | The prefix 'n' of 'n'oge' is a derivational prefix used to indicate noun instrumentality or purpose |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "selama" is also used as a preposition in formal written language to mean "as long as". |
| Irish | The Irish word "le linn" also means "in company with" or "along with". |
| Italian | **Durante** also means "lasting" or "permanent" in Italian. |
| Japanese | Although "中" means "inside" in Chinese, it means "duration" in Japanese as a kun'yomi reading. |
| Javanese | The word "sak" in Javanese can also mean "one" or "as many as". |
| Kannada | The word "ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ" also means "at the time of" or "in time for" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "кезінде" can also refer to the time of day or a particular moment in time. |
| Khmer | កំឡុងពេល is also a verb that means "to travel", but it is more often used in the context of time, with the meaning "during". |
| Korean | The word "동안" can also mean "inside" or "within", referring to the space occupied by something or someone. |
| Kurdish | The word "dema" in Kurdish also means "for" in some dialects. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "учурунда" also means "at the time of" or "when" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | The Latin word "in" can also mean "towards, into, against, upon," and "at, near." |
| Latvian | Latvian "laikā" also means "in time" or "in the nick of time" and is related to Lithuanian "laikas" for "weather" and "laiku" for "time". |
| Lithuanian | The word "metu" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *me-, meaning "interval of time" or "measure of time". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "während" is often used for more than just the concept of "during", for example in "währendens de Vakanz" (during the holidays). |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "за време на" can also mean "at the time of" or "during the time of" in English. |
| Malagasy | Nandritra is a contraction of the words "amin'ny andry", meaning "in the time of". |
| Malay | The word "semasa" in Malay also means "season", "period" and "reign". |
| Malayalam | "സമയത്ത്" also means "at the time of," "during the time of," "in the time of," "while," "when" |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "waqt" also means "time" and is derived from the Arabic word "waqtun" meaning "specific time or period". |
| Maori | The phrase "I Roto I" can also refer to an internal space or location. |
| Marathi | The word "दरम्यान" is also used as a preposition meaning "between" or "among" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | 'Үеэр' can also mean 'in the presence of' and is commonly used when discussing a group of respected people, as opposed to a single person. |
| Nepali | समाया is derived from Sanskrit, meaning "to fit" or "to enter". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word 'under' can also mean 'wonder' or 'miracle'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | While |
| Pashto | په جریان کې ("during") is also used to mean "in the meanwhile" or "in the meantime" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "در حین" in Persian, meaning "during," can also be used as a preposition meaning "in the process of" or "in the middle of." |
| Polish | Podczas is also a rank in the Polish military, equivalent to Colonel in the US military. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Durante" may derive from the Latin "durans, durantis", the present participle of "durare" ("to last") or "duri" ("hard"). It can also mean "endurance" or "firmness". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਦੌਰਾਨ" in Punjabi originates from the Sanskrit word "द्वारा" (dvara), which means "through" or "by way of". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "pe parcursul" comes from the French "par cours". It can also mean "along the way" or "in the course of". |
| Russian | В течение may also mean "within" and has the same etymology as the words "interval" and "interrupt". |
| Samoan | Can also mean "by the time". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word “rè” can also be used to refer to the time of day or night. |
| Serbian | "У току" doslovno znači "у кругу" i označava kontinuirano odvijanje nekog događaja. |
| Sesotho | The word "nakong" can also mean "among" or "in the midst of" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word 'panguva' also carries the meaning of a span of existence in the past or present. |
| Sindhi | The word "دوران" can also mean "revolution" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "තුළ" can also mean "within" or "inside". |
| Slovak | The word "počas" also means "time" in Slovak and its equivalent in other Slavic languages, such as Russian "пора" or Polish "pora". |
| Slovenian | The word 'med' can also refer to the period between two events or the state of being between two things. |
| Somali | The Somali word "inta lagu jiro" is derived from the root word "jiro," which can also mean "time" or "period." |
| Spanish | "Durante" derives from the Latin word "durant," meaning "lasting" or "enduring." |
| Sundanese | Salilana can also mean "in the process of" or "while something is happening." |
| Swahili | The word "wakati" originally meant "time" in ancient Swahili, reflecting its usage as a way to quantify the passage of time. |
| Swedish | Under also means 'below' or 'subsequent' |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'habang' also means 'while' in Tagalog, and it is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *habaŋ, which means 'long' or 'lengthy'. |
| Tajik | The word "дар давоми" can also mean "in the course of" or "in the midst of" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | "போது" also means "the time when" in addition to meaning "during" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "సమయంలో" in Telugu can also mean "in the right place at the right time". |
| Thai | ระหว่าง is also used to mean “between” (when referring to time) and “while”. |
| Turkish | "Sırasında" can also be used to mean “while”, “in the course of”, “while doing something” and “at that particular moment”. |
| Ukrainian | The word "під час" in Ukrainian can also mean "at the time of" or "during the time of". |
| Urdu | دوران can also mean the time when a person is in power or influence, such as a king's reign or a politician's term in office. |
| Uzbek | The word "davomida" can also mean "in the process" or "in progress." |
| Vietnamese | Suốt trong is derived from the Chinese word for "throughout" and means "during" or "in the course of." |
| Welsh | Historically the word "yn ystod" also meant "while" or "at the same time as" |
| Xhosa | "Ngexesha" is derived from the Xhosa word "ixesha" (time) and is also used as a synonym for "ixesha" in some contexts. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "בעשאַס" can also mean "in the meantime" or "at the same time". |
| Yoruba | The word "nigba" in Yoruba can also mean "time" or "season". |
| Zulu | "Ngesikhathi" is a Zulu word used to describe a period of time, and it can also be used to mean "while" or "at the same time as." |
| English | The Middle English word 'durante,' from which 'during' derives, could apply to time, space, or causality. |