Russian Time Vocabulary

Here are Russian words for time to start with: день (den, day), вечер (vecher, evening), утро (utro, morning), ночь (noch, night). Below are 32 words (A1–C2) with their English translations, part of speech and a romanization to help you say them, across 4 themed lists.

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Time Basics

A1
EnglishRussianTypeLevel
afternoonпосле обедаposle obedanounA1
dayденьdennounA1
eveningвечерvechernounA1
morningутроutronounA1
nightночьnochnounA1
todayсегодняsegodnyaadvA1
tomorrowзавтраzavtraadvA1
weekнеделяnedelyanounA1

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Time Intermediate

A1
EnglishRussianTypeLevel
FridayпятницаpyatnitsanounA1
MondayпонедельникponedelniknounA1
ThursdayчетвергchetvergnounA1
TuesdayвторникvtorniknounA1
hourчасchasnounA1
minuteминутаminutanounA1
momentмоментmomentnounA1
monthмесяцmesyatsnounA1

Time Advanced

B1–C2
EnglishRussianTypeLevel
chronologicalхронологическийkhronologicheskiyadjB1
contemporaryсовременныйsovremennyyadjB2
punctualпунктуальныйpunktualnyyadjB2
simultaneousодновременныйodnovremennyyadjB2
anachronismанахронизмanakhronizmnounC1
perpetuityнавечноnavechnonounC1
retrospectiveретроспективныйretrospektivnyyadjC1
antiquatedустаревшийustarevshiyadjC2

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Seasons & Natural Time

A1–B1
EnglishRussianTypeLevel
autumnосеньosennounA1
springвеснаvesnanounA1
summerлетоletonounA1
winterзимаzimanounA1
noonполденьpoldennounA2
duskвечерние сумеркиvecherniye sumerkinounB1
sunriseвосходvoskhodnounB1
sunsetзакатzakatnounB1

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A sample of the A1–C2 words. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists show a sample of the A1–C2 words for time. The packs in Watch Your Language hold more and reach the advanced levels, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

Common questions

Which Russian words should I learn for time?

You could start with words like день (den, day), вечер (vecher, evening), утро (utro, morning), ночь (noch, night). This page lists 32 Russian words for time (A1–C2), each with its English translation and part of speech.

How can I remember these Russian words?

Reading a list once is rarely enough. Watch Your Language shows Russian words like these in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and schedules repeats so the words you keep forgetting come back more often.

Are these word lists free?

Yes. The lists on this page are free to read, with no sign-up. The app holds more words for each topic.

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