После работы каждый хочет отдохнуть.

Because после requires the genitive case.

The basic form is работа.
After после it changes to работы, which is the genitive singular form.

• работа = work, job
• после работы = after work

This is a very common pattern in Russian:

• после урока = after the lesson
• после обеда = after lunch
• после встречи = after the meeting

So the main thing to remember is: после + genitive.

Here it is genitive singular of работа.

That can be confusing because работы can also be nominative plural or accusative plural in other contexts. But in this sentence, because it follows после, it must be genitive.

So here:

• dictionary form: работа
• after после: работы
• meaning: after work

Yes, каждый literally means each or every, but it can also function like everyone in a sentence like this.

So каждый хочет отдохнуть means:

• each person wants to rest
• more naturally in English: everyone wants to rest

Russian often uses каждый this way when the noun человек is understood but not stated.

You can think of it as:

• каждый (человек) хочет отдохнуть
• every person wants to rest

Because каждый is grammatically singular.

Even though the meaning is close to everyone, Russian treats каждый as a singular subject. So the verb must also be singular:

• каждый хочет = everyone wants

Compare:

• все хотят = everyone / all want
• каждый хочет = each one wants / everyone wants

Both can be translated similarly in English, but the grammar in Russian is different.

Отдохнуть is the perfective infinitive, meaning to have a rest, to rest up, or to get some rest.

Russian has two verb aspects:

• отдыхать = imperfective, to rest / to be resting / to rest in general
• отдохнуть = perfective, to rest and reach the result of being rested

In this sentence, отдохнуть sounds natural because the idea is that after work, a person wants to take a rest as a complete action.

So:

• После работы каждый хочет отдохнуть = After work, everyone wants to have a rest.

If you used отдыхать, it would sound more like wanting to engage in the process of resting in a general or ongoing sense.

In English, the most natural translation is after work.

Russian has no articles like a or the, so работы does not directly tell you whether English should use the or no article. You choose the most natural English wording from the context.

Here:

• После работы = After work

Not usually:

• After the work

unless the context is something very specific.

Because Russian often leaves out words that are easily understood from context.

Here, каждый stands by itself and means something like:

• each one
• every person
• everyone

So the noun is implied rather than spoken.

This is very normal in Russian. You do not need to say каждый человек unless you want extra emphasis or clarity.

• каждый хочет отдохнуть = everyone wants to rest
• каждый человек хочет отдохнуть = every person wants to rest

The second version is more explicit, but less natural in many everyday contexts.

Yes. Russian word order is flexible because case endings show grammatical roles.

The neutral order here is:

• После работы каждый хочет отдохнуть.

But other orders are possible, for example:

• Каждый после работы хочет отдохнуть.
• Отдохнуть после работы хочет каждый.

These versions are not exactly identical in emphasis.

• После работы каждый хочет отдохнуть = neutral, natural statement
• Каждый после работы хочет отдохнуть = slightly more focus on everyone
• Отдохнуть после работы хочет каждый = stronger emphasis on to rest

So the original sentence is a very normal, neutral way to say it.

Good question. Каждый is masculine singular because it is being used in a general human sense, with an implied word like человек or каждый человек.

In Russian, the masculine singular form is often used in general statements about people.

So even if the meaning is everyone, including women, Russian can still say:

• каждый хочет отдохнуть

If you were talking specifically about women, you could say:

• каждая хочет отдохнуть = each woman wants to rest

But in a general statement about people, каждый is normal.

The stress is:

• после → по́сле
• работы → рабо́ты
• каждый → ка́ждый
• хочет → хо́чет
• отдохнуть → отдохну́ть

A rough pronunciation guide:

• ПОС-le ra-BO-ty KAZH-dy KHO-chet at-dakh-NOOT'

A few notes:

• жд in каждый sounds close to zhd
• unstressed о is reduced in pronunciation
• the final -ть in отдохнуть is soft

Yes. Все хотят отдохнуть is also correct and very natural.

The difference is:

• каждый хочет отдохнуть = each person wants to rest; a bit more individual
• все хотят отдохнуть = everyone/all want to rest; more collective

In many contexts, both work. The sentence with каждый slightly highlights that this is true of each individual person.

It can mean any of those depending on context, but in this sentence после работы most naturally means after work, as in after the working day or after finishing work.

So a native speaker would normally understand:

• after the workday
• after one’s job for the day
• after finishing work

It is a very common expression in Russian, just like after work in English.