
You can call it fall if that’s what you please – but I say I like autumn!
As it’s now well and truly autumn in Europe, let’s look at how to say ‘autumn’ or ‘fall’ in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!
- Albanian – Vjeshta
- Arabic – خريف (Harīf)
- Armenian – աշուն (Ashun)
- Azerbaijani – Payız
- Basque – Udazken
- Belarusian – Восень (Vosyen’)
- Bulgarian – Есен (Esen)
- Catalan – Tardor
- Croatian – Jesen
- Czech – Podzim
- Danish – Efterår
- Dutch – Herfst
- Estonian – Sügis
- Faroese – Heyst
- Finnish – Syksy
- French – Automne
- Georgian – შემოდგომა (Shemodgoma)
- German – Herbst
- Greek – Φθινόπωρο (Fthinóporo)
- Greenlandic – Ukiaq
- Hungarian – Ősz
- Icelandic – Haust
- Irish Gaelic – Fómhar
- Italian – Autunno
- Jèrriais – S’tembre
- Latin – Autumnus
- Latvian – Rudens
- Lithuanian – Ruduo
- Low German – Harvst
- Luxembourgish – Hierscht
- Macedonian – Есен (Esen)
- Maltese – Ħarifa
- Manx – Fouyr
- Monégasque – Autunu
- Northern Sami – Čakča
- Norwegian – Høst
- Polish – Jesień
- Portuguese – Outono
- Romanian – Toamnă
- Russian – Осень (Osyen’)
- Scots Gaelic – Foghar
- Serbian – Јесен (Jesen)
- Slovak – Jeseň
- Slovene – Jesen
- Spanish – Otoño
- Swedish – Höst
- Swiss German – Härbscht
- Turkish – Sonbahar
- Ukrainian – Осінь (Osin’)
- Welsh – Hydref
Author: James Scanlan
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