the early bird gets the worm

English

Alternative forms

the early bird catches the worm

Proverb

the early bird gets the worm

Whoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are only available to the first competitors.

Related terms

early to bed, early to rise

Translations

whoever arrives first has the best chance of success

Arabic: مِنْ سَبَق أَكْل النَبْق‎ (min sabaq ʾakl an-nabq), مِنْ سَبَقْ شَمْ الحَبْقْ‎ (min sabaq šam al-ḥabq)
Catalan: qui matina fa farina
Chinese:
Mandarin: 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃, 早起的鸟儿有虫吃 (zǎoqǐ de niǎor yǒu chóng chī), 先下手為強 (zh), 先下手为强 (zh) (xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng), 捷足先登 (zh) (jiézúxiāndēng), 近水樓台先得月, 近水楼台先得月, 先到先得 (zh)
Czech: ranní ptáče dál doskáče
Dutch: wie het eerst komt, wie het eerst maalt
Esperanto: unua venis, unua prenis (eo)
Finnish: aikainen lintu madon nappaa
French: l'avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt (fr) (literally “Future is for those who get up early”), le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt (fr), la vache la première au pré, lèche toute la rosée (literally “the first cow to the meadow licks up all the dew”)
German: der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm (de), Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund (de)
Hebrew: הציפור המשכימה קום תופסת את התולעת‎, המשכים קום, אלוהים נותן לו שילום‎, כל הקודם זוכה‎ (he)
Hungarian: ki korán kel, aranyat lel (hu)
Italian: chi primo arriva meglio alloggia (literally “he who arrives first, stays better”), chi dorme non piglia pesci (literally “he who sleeps doesn't catch any fish”)
Japanese: 早起きの鳥は虫を捕らえる (hayaoki-no tori-wa mushi-o toraeru), 早起きは三文の徳 (ja) (hayaoki-wa sanmon-no toku)
Korean: 일찍 일어나는 새가 벌레를 잡는다. (Iljjik ireonaneun saega beollereul jamneunda.)

Macedonian: кој рано рани, две среќи граби (koj ráno ráni, dve sréḱi grábi)
Malay: siapa cepat dia dapat
Navajo: hashkééł ndaakaiígíí ayóo baa daʼneedééh
Norman: l'heûsi n'a janmais ieu à emprunter du tardi
Norwegian: den som kommer først til mølla, får først malt, morgenstund har gull i munn (no)
Bokmål: morgenstund har gull i munn (no)
Polish: kto rano wstaje, temu Pan Bóg daje (pl)
Portuguese: Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga
Russian: кто ра́но встаёт, тому́ бог подаёт (kto ráno vstajót, tomú box podajót)
Serbo-Croatian: ко рано рани две среће граби (ko rano rani dve sreće grabi), птица раноранилица прва црва нађе (ptica ranoranilica prva crva nađe)
Slovak: komu sa nelení, tomu sa zelení
Spanish: a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda
Swedish: först till kvarn får först mala (literally “first to the mill get to grind first”), morgonstund har guld i mund, ^{(please verify)} den som sätter igång först når mest framgång
Turkish: erken kalkan yol alır, erken kalktım işime, şeker kattım aşıma

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