How to Say Nothing in Other Languages

Afrikaans: niks (niks)

Albanian: asgjë (ahs-gyeh)

Amharic: አንዳች (an-dach)

Arabic: لا شيء (laa shay’)

Armenian: ոչինչ (voh-chinch)

Azerbaijani: heç nə (hech neh)

Basque: ezer (e-zehr)

Belarusian: нічога (nee-cho-ha)

Bengali: কিছু না (ki-chu na)

Bosnian: ništa (neesh-ta)

Bulgarian: нищо (nee-shto)

Catalan: res (res)

Cebuano: wala’y bisan unsa (wa-lay bee-san un-sa)

Chinese (Mandarin): 没有东西 (méi yǒu dōngxi)

Croatian: ništa (neesh-ta)

Czech: nic (nits)

Danish: intet (een-tet)

Dutch: niets (neets)

Estonian: mitte midagi (mit-te mee-da-gee)

Finnish: ei mitään (ey mee-tan)

French: rien (ryan)

Galician: nada (na-da)

Georgian: არაფერი (ara-peri)

German: nichts (nikhts)

Greek: τίποτα (tee-po-ta)

Gujarati: કશું નહીં (ka-shu nah-hin)

Haitian Creole: anyen (ahn-yen)

Hausa: ba komai (ba ko-mai)

Hebrew: כלום (kloom)

Hindi: कुछ नहीं (kuch nahin)

Hungarian: semmi (she-mi)

Icelandic: ekkert (eh-kert)

Igbo: ihe ọ bụla (ee-heh oh buh-leh)

Indonesian: tidak ada (tee-dak ah-da)

Irish: rud ar bith (rood ar bih)

Italian: niente (nyehn-teh)

Japanese: 何も (na-ni-mo)

Javanese: ora ana (oh-rah ah-nah)

Kannada: ಏನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ (ae-nu il-la)

Kazakh: ештеңе (yesh-tehn-ge)

Khmer: គ្មានអ្វី (kmee-an ah-vey)

Korean: 아무것도 (a-mu-geot-do)

Kurdish: nehin (neh-hin)

Kyrgyz: эч нерсе (ech ner-seh)

Lao: ບໍ່ມີຫຍັງ (bo mi nyaang)

Latvian: nekas (neh-kas)

Lithuanian: nieko (nye-ko)

Macedonian: ништо (nishto)

Malagasy: tsy misy (tsee meesee)

Malay: tiada (tee-ya-da)

Malayalam: ഒന്നുമില്ല (onn-um illa)

Maltese: xejn (shay-yn)

Maori: kahore (ka-ho-reh)

Marathi: काहीही नाही (ka-hee-hee na-hee)

Mongolian: юу ч байхгүй (yoo ch bay-khoy)

Nepali: केही छैन (ke-hee chhain)

Norwegian: ingenting (in-gen-ting)

Odia: କିଛି ନାହିଁ (ki-chi nah-hin)

Pashto: هیڅ (hech)

Persian: هیچ (heech)

Polish: nic (neets)

Portuguese: nada (na-da)

Punjabi: ਕੁਝ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ (kuch vi nahin)

Romanian: nimic (nee-mik)

Russian: ничего (nee-che-vo)

Samoan: leai se mea (lay-eye seh meh-ah)

Serbian: ништа (nishta)

Sesotho: ha ho letho (ha ho leh-tho)

Shona: hapana (ha-pa-na)

Sinhala: කිසිවක් නැත (kisivak naetha)

Slovak: nič (nee-ch)

Slovenian: nič (nee-ch)

Somali: waxba (wah-ba)

Spanish: nada (na-da)

Sundanese: euweuh (e-u-weh)

Swahili: hakuna kitu (ha-ku-na kee-tu)

Swedish: ingenting (in-gen-ting)

Tajik: ҳеҷ чиз (hech chiz)

Tamil: எதுவும் இல்லை (ye-du-vum ill-lai)

Telugu: ఏమీలేదు (ee-mee-le-du)

Thai: ไม่มีอะไร (mai mee a-rai)

Turkish: hiçbir şey (heech-beer shay)

Ukrainian: нічого (nee-cho-ho)

Urdu: کچھ نہیں (kuch nahin)

Uzbek: hech narsa (hech nar-sa)

Vietnamese: không có gì (khong koh zee)

Welsh: dim (deem)

Xhosa: akukho nto (a-ku-kho n-toh)

Yiddish: גאָרנישט (gor-nisht)

Yoruba: kò si nkan (koh see nkan)

Zulu: akukho lutho (a-ku-kho loo-tho)

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