7,032 most common Albanian words
Ranked by how often each word turns up in everyday Albanian, with its meaning in English.
These are the 7,032 words that come up most often in everyday Albanian (Shqip), counted as they are actually said rather than as dictionary headwords — so where Albanian changes a word's ending, each ending is counted on its own. Work down from the top: the first few hundred carry most ordinary conversation.
| # | Word | In English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | të | indefinite masculine and feminine singular adjectives in… |
| 2 | e | and |
| 3 | në | at |
| 4 | do | some |
| 5 | nuk | Negates the meaning of the modified verb: not, don't |
| 6 | është | to live, stay alive |
| 7 | i | masculine singular preposition |
| 8 | më | more, some more, any more |
| 9 | po | yes |
| 10 | që | that, which |
| 11 | një | one |
| 12 | dhe | and |
| 13 | për | for |
| 14 | me | with |
| 15 | se | that, as, than |
| 16 | unë | I |
| 17 | ti | you |
| 18 | jo | negates non-verbal phrases: no, not |
| 19 | ka | from, out, out of, to |
| 20 | mirë | well |
| 21 | te | at |
| 22 | mund | can, to be able to; to have the opportunity, power or… |
| 23 | çfarë | what |
| 24 | nga | at, from, to |
| 25 | ju | you |
| 26 | si | how; in what way; in what state |
| 27 | duhet | to do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain… |
| 28 | ne | we, us |
| 29 | kjo | this, used also for neuter |
| 30 | kam | to have |
| 31 | këtë | accusative masculine/feminine singular of ky and kjo |
| 32 | shumë | very, really; quite |
| 33 | por | but; however |
| 34 | ai | he |
| 35 | jam | to live, stay alive |
| 36 | di | to know |
| 37 | këtu | here, on this side |
| 38 | je | to live, stay alive |
| 39 | ke | to have |
| 40 | atë | it, that, him, her |
| 41 | u | the reflexive pronoun |
| 42 | mos | don't |
| 43 | ajo | she |
| 44 | tani | now; at present |
| 45 | ishte | to live, stay alive |
| 46 | a | or |
| 47 | vetëm | alone |
| 48 | nëse | whether, if |
| 49 | ku | where |
| 50 | kur | when |
| 51 | janë | to live, stay alive |
| 52 | dua | to want |
| 53 | mua | me |
| 54 | edhe | and |
| 55 | ata | they |
| 56 | rregull | rule |
| 57 | kemi | to have |
| 58 | sa | how much |
| 59 | gjithë | all, everybody |
| 60 | na | we |
| 61 | ty | you |
| 62 | pse | why |
| 63 | duke | A particle which precedes a participle to form a gerundive… |
| 64 | apo | or |
| 65 | gjë | thing |
| 66 | eshte | misspelling of është |
| 67 | tij | his |
| 68 | ky | this |
| 69 | diçka | something |
| 70 | jemi | to live, stay alive |
| 71 | parë | beforehand, first, previously |
| 72 | pak | few |
| 73 | bëj | to do, make |
| 74 | im | my, of mine |
| 75 | keq | poorly |
| 76 | kush | who |
| 77 | faleminderit | thank you |
| 78 | jetë | to live, stay alive |
| 79 | qe | ox |
| 80 | lutem | to long for something to happen; to wish |
| 81 | tjetër | other, another |
| 82 | bërë | done, finished |
| 83 | para | before |
| 84 | vjen | to arrive |
| 85 | dy | two |
| 86 | mendoj | to think |
| 87 | kështu | so |
| 88 | atje | yonder |
| 89 | jeni | to live, stay alive |
| 90 | kanë | to have |
| 91 | sepse | because |
| 92 | them | to say |
| 93 | keni | to have |
| 94 | së | not, don't |
| 95 | tek | there, where |
| 96 | vërtetë | true, real |
| 97 | pa | without, minus |
| 98 | duket | to seem, appear, look |
| 99 | eja | to arrive |
| 100 | asgjë | nothing |
| 101 | disa | some; several |
| 102 | shkojmë | to go, pass |
| 103 | pas | behind, beyond |
| 104 | ndoshta | maybe, perhaps |
| 105 | kohë | time |
| 106 | bukur | beautiful |
| 107 | çdo | each, every |
| 108 | zotëri | mister, gentleman |
| 109 | këto | this |
| 110 | ashtu | so |
| 111 | qenë | to live, stay alive |
| 112 | kurrë | never |
| 113 | dreqin | damnit |
| 114 | njeri | anyone |
| 115 | prit | to cut, carve, slice, hew |
| 116 | ato | they |
| 117 | atëherë | then |
| 118 | zot | master, headman |
| 119 | ose | or |
| 120 | marrë | to take, grab |
| 121 | aty | there |
| 122 | tyre | their |
| 123 | thotë | to say |
| 124 | saj | her |
| 125 | jashtë | out of; outside |
| 126 | kaq | this much |
| 127 | shkoj | to go, pass |
| 128 | shtëpi | house |
| 129 | deri | to |
| 130 | hajde | come on, c'mon |
| 131 | isha | to live, stay alive |
| 132 | prej | from |
| 133 | aq | so much, so, to a certain degree |
| 134 | ditë | day |
| 135 | gati | almost, around |
| 136 | gjithçka | everything |
| 137 | punë | work; labour; job |
| 138 | as | not, neither, nor |
| 139 | çka | what |
| 140 | shoh | to see |
| 141 | yt | your |
| 142 | vdekur | died |
| 143 | brenda | inside, in |
| 144 | vend | place |
| 145 | le | let |
| 146 | pastaj | afterwards, after that, then |
| 147 | thjesht | simply |
| 148 | shko | to go, pass |
| 149 | akoma | still |
| 150 | herë | time |
| 151 | bësh | to do, make |
| 152 | fal | to forgive, pardon |
| 153 | dikush | someone, somebody |
| 154 | dreq | devil |
| 155 | drejtë | direct |
| 156 | zoti | master, headman |
| 157 | asnjë | neither, none |
| 158 | sot | today |
| 159 | dashur | to want |
| 160 | njerëz | man |
| 161 | ndodh | to happen, occur |
| 162 | nevojë | need, necessity |
| 163 | njerëzit | man |
| 164 | shpejt | quickly, fast |
| 165 | poshtë | down, downwards |
| 166 | juaj | your |
| 167 | besoj | to believe |
| 168 | marr | to take, grab |
| 169 | gjithmonë | always, all the time |
| 170 | madh | big, large |
| 171 | thënë | to say |
| 172 | doja | to want |
| 173 | mjaft | enough, sufficiently |
| 174 | o | O |
| 175 | jep | to give |
| 176 | përse | why |
| 177 | gjatë | during |
| 178 | fund | end |
| 179 | vogël | small, little |
| 180 | madhe | big, large |
| 181 | shkon | to go, pass |
| 182 | babi | dad, father |
| 183 | thuaj | to say |
| 184 | thashë | to say |
| 185 | jesh | to live, stay alive |
| 186 | mi | my |
| 187 | tre | three |
| 188 | përsëri | again |
| 189 | thua | nail, fingernail, toenail |
| 190 | merr | to take, grab |
| 191 | shoku | male friend |
| 192 | ende | still, yet, therefore |
| 193 | ndodhi | event, occurrence |
| 194 | vonë | late |
| 195 | mbi | on, onto, upon |
| 196 | babai | dad, father |
| 197 | ardhur | to arrive |
| 198 | ketë | to have |
| 199 | bëjë | to do, make |
| 200 | tu | pant leg |
| 201 | ishe | to live, stay alive |
| 202 | askush | no one, nobody |
| 203 | zemër | heart |
| 204 | jetën | life |
| 205 | ishin | to live, stay alive |
| 206 | re | young |
| 207 | jem | to live, stay alive |
| 208 | kujdes | regard |
| 209 | kuptoj | to understand |
| 210 | pasur | to have |
| 211 | thuash | to say |
| 212 | fare | totally, wholly, completely |
| 213 | fëmijë | child, offspring, toddler |
| 214 | koha | age |
| 215 | bëni | to do, make |
| 216 | mënyrë | way, manner |
| 217 | mundem | can, to be able to; to have the opportunity, power or… |
| 218 | ndonjëherë | sometimes |
| 219 | cili | which, who |
| 220 | përshëndetje | hello, greetings, goodbye |
| 221 | vajza | girl |
| 222 | mami | mom |
| 223 | flas | to speak |
| 224 | kësaj | this |
| 225 | rreth | around, surrounding |
| 226 | sonte | tonight |
| 227 | larg | far, far away, afar, away. in space or time |
| 228 | ri | young |
| 229 | doni | second-person plural present indicative/imperative of dua |
| 230 | vetë | self |
| 231 | kaluar | to pass, walk by |
| 232 | minuta | minute |
| 233 | nesër | tomorrow |
| 234 | gjej | to find |
| 235 | fat | luck |
| 236 | këta | this |
| 237 | djalë | boy |
| 238 | vjet | last year |
| 239 | ca | some |
| 240 | puna | work; labour; job |
| 241 | flet | to speak |
| 242 | mend | mind |
| 243 | dot | Expresses impossibility, thus it corresponds to "Can't" in… |
| 244 | siç | like, as |
| 245 | gjetur | to find |
| 246 | vajzë | girl |
| 247 | jap | to give |
| 248 | orë | hour |
| 249 | dija | to know |
| 250 | dakord | agreed, OK |
| 251 | shkuar | to go, pass |
| 252 | djali | boy |
| 253 | natën | night |
| 254 | lidhje | connection |
| 255 | vështirë | difficult |
| 256 | humbur | to lose, misplace |
| 257 | rri | to stay |
| 258 | gjithashtu | also, too |
| 259 | atij | him |
| 260 | gjallë | alive, living |
| 261 | shikon | to look at, gaze at |
| 262 | flasim | to speak |
| 263 | menduar | to think |
| 264 | dëgjuar | to hear |
| 265 | dikë | someone, somebody |
| 266 | tillë | such |
| 267 | emrin | name |
| 268 | keqe | bad, evil, wicked, naughty |
| 269 | frikë | fear |
| 270 | duart | hand |
| 271 | ndihmë | help |
| 272 | vrarë | to kill |
| 273 | pjesë | part |
| 274 | bëra | to have become |
| 275 | kesh | to have |
| 276 | tregoj | to show, indicate, point at |
| 277 | mes | middle |
| 278 | lumtur | happy, joyous |
| 279 | shkosh | to go, pass |
| 280 | bëri | to do, make |
| 281 | tërë | all, everyone, everybody, each |
| 282 | menjëherë | immediately |
| 283 | shkoni | to go, pass |
| 284 | bëre | to do, make |
| 285 | ik | to go |
| 286 | bashkë | together |
| 287 | ndihmoj | to help |
| 288 | çmendur | mad, insane |
| 289 | kthehem | to turn, turn over, flip |
| 290 | lëviz | to move, set in motion, transfer |
| 291 | fjalë | word |
| 292 | pyetje | question |
| 293 | pashë | to watch, look, observe |
| 294 | mundësi | possibility, chance |
| 295 | tjera | other, another |
| 296 | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 297 | vjetër | old |
| 298 | fëmijët | child, offspring, toddler |
| 299 | vij | to arrive |
| 300 | dreqi | devil |
| 301 | eshtë | fiber, muscle fiber |
| 302 | makinë | car |
| 303 | njeriu | man |
| 304 | baba | dad, father |
| 305 | cila | which, who |
| 306 | kërkon | to look for, to seek, to search for |
| 307 | mbrapa | alternative form of prapa |
| 308 | vete | self |
| 309 | sytë | eye |
| 310 | mbaj | to hold |
| 311 | vendin | place |
| 312 | lë | to leave, to leave behind |
| 313 | prandaj | therefore, thus |
| 314 | kërkoj | to look for, to seek, to search for |
| 315 | rrugë | road, street |
| 316 | shpresoj | to hope |
| 317 | mbase | maybe, perhaps |
| 318 | fortë | strong |
| 319 | nën | under |
| 320 | mundur | possible |
| 321 | zonja | lady in a wealthy family with servants |
| 322 | lehtë | lightweight |
| 323 | jonë | Belonging to us |
| 324 | njoh | to know; recognize; be familiar with |
| 325 | mendoja | to think |
| 326 | burrë | man |
| 327 | duan | to want |
| 328 | meje | me |
| 329 | vesh | ear |
| 330 | sheh | head of a Muslim religious group. sheik |
| 331 | gruaja | woman |
| 332 | pasi | after |
| 333 | mëngjes | morning |
| 334 | pesë | five |
| 335 | bir | son |
| 336 | drejt | straight |
| 337 | gabim | mistake, error, fault |
| 338 | tepër | too much, overmuch |
| 339 | shpejtë | quick, fast |
| 340 | grua | woman |
| 341 | shikoj | to look at, gaze at |
| 342 | emri | name |
| 343 | din | to break |
| 344 | sy | eye |
| 345 | hë | now |
| 346 | prapa | behind |
| 347 | armë | weapon |
| 348 | vijë | line |
| 349 | ejani | to arrive |
| 350 | vras | to kill |
| 351 | lartë | high |
| 352 | mik | friend |
| 353 | marrësh | to take, grab |
| 354 | dorë | hand |
| 355 | vijnë | to arrive |
| 356 | bëja | to do, make |
| 357 | muaj | month |
| 358 | tung | hi, hello |
| 359 | lloj | sort, kind, type |
| 360 | jenë | to live, stay alive |
| 361 | qetë | second-person plural simple perfect indicative of jam |
| 362 | vdes | to die |
| 363 | vëlla | brother |
| 364 | këtej | on this way |
| 365 | jeta | life |
| 366 | dashuri | love |
| 367 | folur | to speak |
| 368 | botë | Earth |
| 369 | lënë | to leave, to leave behind |
| 370 | atyre | them |
| 371 | shkojë | to go, pass |
| 372 | rëndësi | heaviness |
| 373 | kundër | opposite |
| 374 | katër | four |
| 375 | javë | week |
| 376 | ishim | to live, stay alive |
| 377 | njeh | to know; recognize; be familiar with |
| 378 | vendi | place |
| 379 | lër | to leave, to leave behind |
| 380 | shpirt | soul, spirit |
| 381 | arsye | reason |
| 382 | dhënë | to give |
| 383 | shtëpia | house |
| 384 | lirë | independent, unimpeded, unrestrained; free |
| 385 | qoftë | to live, stay alive |
| 386 | qytet | city, particularly as a former administrative level |
| 387 | donte | to want |
| 388 | vish | to arrive |
| 389 | thjeshtë | simple |
| 390 | pres | to cut, carve, slice, hew |
| 391 | ah | beech |
| 392 | djalosh | adolescent boy, youth, juvenile |
| 393 | ynë | our |
| 394 | nëna | mother |
| 395 | tashmë | already |
| 396 | ana | side |
| 397 | rrugën | road, street |
| 398 | kuptova | to understand |
| 399 | ha | to eat |
| 400 | kem | incense |
| 401 | ujë | water |
| 402 | kërkuar | to look for, to seek, to search for |
| 403 | diku | somewhere |
| 404 | zgjuar | awake |
| 405 | bënë | to do, make |
| 406 | dalë | back, backwards |
| 407 | duam | to want |
| 408 | cilën | which, who |
| 409 | mirupafshim | alternative form of mirë u pafshim |
| 410 | saktë | flawless, perfect |
| 411 | dëgjoj | to hear |
| 412 | nëpër | among; through, throughout |
| 413 | intereson | to attract attention |
| 414 | gjeta | to find |
| 415 | zonjë | lady in a wealthy family with servants |
| 416 | dal | to exit, go out |
| 417 | ej | a call for attention. hey!, oi! |
| 418 | mora | to take, grab |
| 419 | makina | car |
| 420 | vë | to put, to place |
| 421 | njohur | to know; recognize; be familiar with |
| 422 | natë | night |
| 423 | budalla | fool, crazy person |
| 424 | doktor | a male doctor |
| 425 | kthyer | to turn, turn over, flip |
| 426 | gabuar | to err, to make a mistake |
| 427 | çuditshme | strange, odd, peculiar, weird |
| 428 | dil | to exit, go out |
| 429 | jete | life |
| 430 | kohën | time |
| 431 | kë | here |
| 432 | bej | lord |
| 433 | hapur | to open |
| 434 | fjalën | word |
| 435 | dëgjon | to hear |
| 436 | dytë | second |
| 437 | pyes | to ask, make a question |
| 438 | pare | scale |
| 439 | derën | door |
| 440 | dakort | in agreement |
| 441 | qartë | clear |
| 442 | erdha | to arrive |
| 443 | sjell | to bring |
| 444 | miku | friend |
| 445 | shkoi | to go, pass |
| 446 | mu | me |
| 447 | jetës | life |
| 448 | iki | to go |
| 449 | shkak | reason, cause |
| 450 | ec | walk |
| 451 | vënë | to put, to place |
| 452 | minutë | minute |
| 453 | more | man!, mate!, dude!, bro! |
| 454 | njerëzve | man |
| 455 | burg | jail, prison |
| 456 | dhomën | room, chamber |
| 457 | shaka | joke, prank |
| 458 | pret | to cut, carve, slice, hew |
| 459 | prapë | again, back, anew, afresh |
| 460 | djalin | boy |
| 461 | tanë | Gheg form of tërë |
| 462 | ndaj | to divide, separate two or more things or people that are… |
| 463 | hap | to open |
| 464 | shkojnë | to go, pass |
| 465 | bënte | to do, make |
| 466 | forca | force |
| 467 | punuar | to work |
| 468 | fillim | start, beginning |
| 469 | tokë | land, earth, world; ground, floor |
| 470 | neve | us; dative of ne |
| 471 | gëzuar | cheers |
| 472 | telefon | telephone |
| 473 | doje | to want |
| 474 | kapiten | captain, a third grade military rank, officer of a lower… |
| 475 | histori | history |
| 476 | gjashtë | six |
| 477 | sërish | again, anew |
| 478 | cilin | which, who |
| 479 | emër | name |
| 480 | mësuar | to teach, instruct, train |
| 481 | familjen | family |
| 482 | patjetër | by all means, definitely |
| 483 | farë | seed |
| 484 | rruga | road, street |
| 485 | del | to exit |
| 486 | këtij | this |
| 487 | ra | it fell |
| 488 | pikërisht | precisely, exactly |
| 489 | mbyllur | to close, shut, seal |
| 490 | ditur | to know |
| 491 | filluar | to start, to begin |
| 492 | zënë | to take, occupy |
| 493 | ora | hour |
| 494 | pije | drink |
| 495 | përveç | except; apart from; besides |
| 496 | don | you want, need |
| 497 | vit | year |
| 498 | ndal | to stop, hold up |
| 499 | luftë | war, fight |
| 500 | burri | man |
| 501 | mbaruar | to complete, to finish |
| 502 | dita | to know |
| 503 | shkollë | school |
| 504 | bie | to fall |
| 505 | mbetur | to stay, remain |
| 506 | gjak | blood |
| 507 | vendosur | to decide |
| 508 | pune | work; labour; job |
| 509 | dhomë | room, chamber |
| 510 | gjesh | to gird |
| 511 | ndërsa | while, whilst, as |
| 512 | punoj | to work |
| 513 | fol | to speak |
| 514 | zotërinj | mister, gentleman |
| 515 | sipas | according to |
| 516 | dëgjova | to hear |
| 517 | vëllai | brother |
| 518 | këmbë | leg |
| 519 | duash | to want |
| 520 | bota | Earth |
| 521 | lojë | play, performance |
| 522 | dha | to give |
| 523 | pastër | clean |
| 524 | nder | honour |
| 525 | familje | family |
| 526 | gjeni | to find |
| 527 | shum | alternative spelling of shumë |
| 528 | betohem | to swear, take an oath |
| 529 | ndihem | to feel emotionally |
| 530 | gjithnjë | constantly, continually |
| 531 | kokë | head |
| 532 | ikur | escaped; fugitive; refugee |
| 533 | dije | knowledge, learning |
| 534 | rast | chance |
| 535 | mrekulli | miracle |
| 536 | premtoj | to promise |
| 537 | zjarr | fire |
| 538 | bardhë | white |
| 539 | erë | wind |
| 540 | sjellë | to bring |
| 541 | vjeç | years of age |
| 542 | ore | hour |
| 543 | mëdha | big, large |
| 544 | herët | early |
| 545 | pritur | to cut, carve, slice, hew |
| 546 | mënyra | way, manner |
| 547 | pranë | near, close, beside |
| 548 | here | time |
| 549 | kohës | time |
| 550 | urrej | to hate |
| 551 | pe | thread |
| 552 | vendos | to decide |
| 553 | cilat | which, who |
| 554 | takuar | to meet; to encounter |
| 555 | faji | misdeed, wrong; crime |
| 556 | vajzat | girl |
| 557 | ngadalë | slow, slowly |
| 558 | nënë | mother |
| 559 | prindërit | parent |
| 560 | qenka | to live, stay alive |
| 561 | ushqim | food |
| 562 | pi | from |
| 563 | frymë | breath |
| 564 | vrau | to kill |
| 565 | tash | now, currently, at present, presently, just now, this… |
| 566 | pjesa | part |
| 567 | vdekje | death |
| 568 | vet | his, her or their own |
| 569 | rrezik | danger |
| 570 | takim | meeting |
| 571 | dhoma | room, chamber |
| 572 | vrasin | to kill |
| 573 | përdor | to use; to utilize |
| 574 | dje | yesterday |
| 575 | prek | to touch |
| 576 | mendja | mind |
| 577 | vini | to arrive |
| 578 | madje | Reinforces what has already been said; even, in fact,… |
| 579 | cilët | which, who |
| 580 | jepni | to give |
| 581 | mbrëmë | evening |
| 582 | mbreti | king |
| 583 | besim | belief |
| 584 | anije | ship, large watercraft, vessel |
| 585 | ftohtë | cold |
| 586 | veçantë | specific, particular |
| 587 | fjala | word |
| 588 | luaj | to play, perform |
| 589 | mut | shit |
| 590 | numër | number |
| 591 | dite | day |
| 592 | veshur | to dress, clothe |
| 593 | qejf | pleasure |
| 594 | kuptim | understanding |
| 595 | shok | male friend |
| 596 | ki | to have |
| 597 | jetoj | to live |
| 598 | urime | congratulations, congrats |
| 599 | mbajtur | to hold |
| 600 | ulur | to sit down, put on a seat |
| 601 | sekonda | second |
| 602 | ndryshuar | to change, to alter, to modify |
| 603 | djemtë | boy |
| 604 | lidhur | to bind, connect, tie, fasten |
| 605 | spital | hospital |
| 606 | motra | sister |
| 607 | dinte | to know |
| 608 | beso | to believe |
| 609 | fshehur | to hide |
| 610 | djall | devil |
| 611 | ngrënë | to eat |
| 612 | dhjetë | ten |
| 613 | gjendje | situation, state, condition |
| 614 | kafe | a plant of the genus Coffea, coffee bean |
| 615 | plotë | full |
| 616 | fundi | end |
| 617 | trap | raft, ferry |
| 618 | seks | sex |
| 619 | shtatë | seven |
| 620 | armët | weapon |
| 621 | plot | fully, to full capacity, to the brim |
| 622 | fituar | to profit, earn |
| 623 | sëmurë | in an ailing/sick/diseased condition |
| 624 | hera | time |
| 625 | mijë | thousand |
| 626 | dërguar | to send, dispatch |
| 627 | qen | dog |
| 628 | bëhem | to become |
| 629 | zemra | heart |
| 630 | qyteti | city, particularly as a former administrative level |
| 631 | kap | kap |
| 632 | miq | friend |
| 633 | meqë | since |
| 634 | thoshte | to say |
| 635 | rënë | to fall |
| 636 | pikë | drop, droplet |
| 637 | kuptove | to understand |
| 638 | arsyeja | reason |
| 639 | shkruar | to write |
| 640 | zë | voice |
| 641 | darkë | supper, dinner |
| 642 | pirë | to drink, to suck |
| 643 | heq | to pull out |
| 644 | pranoj | to accept |
| 645 | këtyre | this |
| 646 | miqtë | friend |
| 647 | harruar | to forget |
| 648 | kënaqësi | pleasure, gratification, satisfaction |
| 649 | shokë | male friend |
| 650 | mesazh | message |
| 651 | kaloj | to pass, walk by |
| 652 | flasësh | to speak |
| 653 | ndihmuar | to help |
| 654 | pëlqente | to like |
| 655 | dilni | to exit, go out |
| 656 | fytyrë | face |
| 657 | biri | son |
| 658 | paguaj | to pay |
| 659 | parasysh | in mind, into account |
| 660 | shokët | male friend |
| 661 | zgjidhje | solution |
| 662 | vije | to arrive |
| 663 | shkëlqyeshëm | excellent, brilliant |
| 664 | futur | to insert, to put in |
| 665 | arritur | to arrive |
| 666 | nxjerr | to extract, to pull out |
| 667 | ndjej | to forgive compassionately |
| 668 | thanë | cranberry shrub |
| 669 | takoj | to meet; to encounter |
| 670 | thërras | to call, name |
| 671 | pushim | vacation |
| 672 | lindur | to be born |
| 673 | falje | forgiveness |
| 674 | thyer | to break |
| 675 | disi | somehow, in some way |
| 676 | sipër | over; above |
| 677 | çështje | case |
| 678 | tutje | there, on the other side |
| 679 | sekondë | second |
| 680 | thellë | deep, profound, abstruse |
| 681 | festë | celebration, party |
| 682 | shenjë | sign |
| 683 | ndryshme | different |
| 684 | iku | to go |
| 685 | ndjek | to run |
| 686 | përdorur | to use; to utilize |
| 687 | shkëlqyer | excellent, superb |
| 688 | anë | side |
| 689 | burra | man |
| 690 | vrasës | murderer |
| 691 | telefonin | telephone |
| 692 | filloj | to start, to begin |
| 693 | aspak | absolutely not, not at all |
| 694 | fle | to sleep |
| 695 | vrasje | killing, murder |
| 696 | mendje | mind |
| 697 | at | saddle horse, steed |
| 698 | kujdesem | to take care of |
| 699 | gjaku | blood |
| 700 | kot | worthlessly |
| 701 | qeshur | to laugh |
| 702 | ishit | to live, stay alive |
| 703 | jetuar | to live |
| 704 | djem | boy |
| 705 | paguar | to pay |
| 706 | andej | thither, on that way, over there |
| 707 | borxh | loan |
| 708 | mbushur | to fill, stuff |
| 709 | dërgoj | to send, dispatch |
| 710 | japim | to give |
| 711 | shpesh | often |
| 712 | ëmbël | sweet |
| 713 | përpiqem | to try |
| 714 | nxehtë | hot, warm |
| 715 | tetë | eight |
| 716 | kenë | to have |
| 717 | luajtur | to play, perform |
| 718 | krejt | everything, at all |
| 719 | mrekullueshëm | miraculous |
| 720 | merrem | to do; to work |
| 721 | ndihmën | help |
| 722 | hedh | to throw, toss, hurl |
| 723 | brënda | Tosk form of brenda |
| 724 | lëmë | floor, threshing |
| 725 | zi | in black |
| 726 | vret | to kill |
| 727 | ska | there isn't |
| 728 | flokët | hair |
| 729 | ndaluar | to forbid, to ban, to stop |
| 730 | dhimbje | alternative form of dhembje |
| 731 | dikujt | someone, somebody |
| 732 | zakonisht | usually |
| 733 | vinte | to go |
| 734 | jan | abbreviation of janar |
| 735 | gjumë | sleep |
| 736 | lëvizje | to move, set in motion, transfer |
| 737 | rëndë | heavy |
| 738 | desha | to want |
| 739 | gjysmë | halfway, partially |
| 740 | dëshirë | desire |
| 741 | tretë | third |
| 742 | dashuria | love |
| 743 | natës | night |
| 744 | imi | mine |
| 745 | dukem | to seem, appear, look |
| 746 | flisni | to speak |
| 747 | zhdukur | to disappear, to hide |
| 748 | dhuratë | gift, present |
| 749 | lufta | war, fight |
| 750 | burrat | man |
| 751 | lexuar | to read |
| 752 | ferr | hell, heck |
| 753 | luan | lion |
| 754 | plotësisht | fully, completely, entirely, totally, thoroughly, wholly |
| 755 | njeriun | man |
| 756 | lajme | news |
| 757 | kamë | double-edged dagger carried as a sidearm |
| 758 | dobët | weak, feeble |
| 759 | mbarë | favourably, propitiously; felicitously; frontally |
| 760 | dashura | feminine plural of dashur |
| 761 | mezi | hardly, scarcely |
| 762 | qëndroj | to stay, to linger |
| 763 | përgjigje | answer |
| 764 | quajtur | to call, name |
| 765 | tend | alternative form of dend |
| 766 | ikni | to go |
| 767 | fjalët | word |
| 768 | çoj | to awaken, send, carry on, dispatch, stir up |
| 769 | telefonoj | to telephone |
| 770 | vdekja | death |
| 771 | shkova | to go, pass |
| 772 | dëshiroj | to desire |
| 773 | dhemb | to smart, feel pain |
| 774 | udhëtim | travel, journey |
| 775 | marre | shame |
| 776 | falë | thanks to, owing to |
| 777 | ëndërr | dream |
| 778 | fjetur | to sleep |
| 779 | goditje | hit, punch |
| 780 | desh | ram |
| 781 | qetësi | calmness, tranquility |
| 782 | vija | to go |
| 783 | mbyll | to close, shut, seal |
| 784 | dreqit | devil |
| 785 | paqe | peace |
| 786 | gratë | woman |
| 787 | tri | three |
| 788 | kënaqur | to make happy; to fulfill a wish; to gratify, please,… |
| 789 | bëmë | to do, make |
| 790 | biznes | business |
| 791 | flasin | to speak |
| 792 | blerë | to purchase; to cheat; to barter |
| 793 | gatshëm | ready |
| 794 | kthej | to turn, turn over, flip |
| 795 | trupi | object |
| 796 | letër | paper |
| 797 | njeriut | man |
| 798 | mjeshtër | master, professional |
| 799 | rrish | to stay |
| 800 | shtrat | bed |
| 801 | midis | between, among |
| 802 | koka | head |
| 803 | president | president |
| 804 | thatë | dry |
| 805 | kuti | box |
| 806 | kurse | whereas, while |
| 807 | kafshë | animal |
| 808 | çuditshëm | strange, odd, peculiar, weird |
| 809 | fuqi | strength, force, might |
| 810 | patur | to have |
| 811 | uji | water |
| 812 | shikojmë | to look at, gaze at |
| 813 | turp | shame |
| 814 | historinë | history |
| 815 | fut | to insert, to put in |
| 816 | hotel | hotel |
| 817 | film | film |
| 818 | përfshirë | to include, involve, imply |
| 819 | shikuar | to look at, gaze at |
| 820 | ushtar | soldier |
| 821 | zgjedhur | to choose |
| 822 | gjuaj | to hunt |
| 823 | leje | permission, allowance, authorization |
| 824 | shenjtë | holy, sacred |
| 825 | kushdo | whoever |
| 826 | hyrë | to enter, to go in, to get in |
| 827 | humb | to lose, misplace |
| 828 | vrave | to kill |
| 829 | interesuar | interested |
| 830 | mbrëmje | evening |
| 831 | bushtër | dragoness; mythological creature imagined as a… |
| 832 | lamtumirë | goodbye, farewell, leave-taking, parting |
| 833 | vende | place |
| 834 | zezë | black |
| 835 | sulm | attack, charge |
| 836 | larguar | to leave |
| 837 | era | wind |
| 838 | arrij | to arrive |
| 839 | punët | work; labour; job |
| 840 | femër | a female |
| 841 | fati | mythological figure, imagined as one of three women that… |
| 842 | absolutisht | absolutely |
| 843 | shkolla | school |
| 844 | shumica | majority |
| 845 | përfunduar | to finish, conclude, end |
| 846 | rehat | calmly, quitely |
| 847 | dielli | sun |
| 848 | tungjatjeta | hello, hi |
| 849 | rrotull | around, about |
| 850 | majtë | left hand |
| 851 | rreshter | sergeant, an enlisted first-grade military rank below a… |
| 852 | verë | wine |
| 853 | zgjedhje | choice, selection |
| 854 | duar | hand |
| 855 | mënyrën | way, manner |
| 856 | ajër | air |
| 857 | shembull | example |
| 858 | pamje | appearance, sight, view |
| 859 | këqija | bad, evil, wicked, naughty |
| 860 | gjeneral | general |
| 861 | fëmija | child, offspring, toddler |
| 862 | blu | blue, deep blue |
| 863 | viti | year |
| 864 | de | Denotes intensity, often after imperatives or some adverbs |
| 865 | toka | to cut or hit meat to mince it or make meatballs |
| 866 | shkruaj | to write |
| 867 | kapiteni | captain, a third grade military rank, officer of a lower… |
| 868 | ditës | day |
| 869 | mish | flesh; meat |
| 870 | jepja | to give |
| 871 | ndeshje | fight |
| 872 | veri | north |
| 873 | veta | self |
| 874 | dehur | participle of deh |
| 875 | nëntë | nine |
| 876 | oficer | officer |
| 877 | luftës | war, fight |
| 878 | copë | bluntly, frankly |
| 879 | djathtë | right |
| 880 | eh | to sharpen |
| 881 | quhem | to be called; my name is |
| 882 | ditët | day |
| 883 | derë | door |
| 884 | lësho | to let, let go, release |
| 885 | dyshim | suspicion, doubt |
| 886 | shans | chance |
| 887 | marrtë | to take, grab |
| 888 | zyra | office, bureau |
| 889 | japin | to give |
| 890 | provoj | to try; to try out; to try on |
| 891 | mësoj | to teach, instruct, train |
| 892 | shkonte | to go, pass |
| 893 | gjeti | to find |
| 894 | mbaroj | to complete, to finish |
| 895 | përsosur | participle of përsos perfect, perfected |
| 896 | ndryshim | difference |
| 897 | planet | planet |
| 898 | paske | to have |
| 899 | megjithatë | however |
| 900 | blej | to purchase; to cheat; to barter |
| 901 | detyrë | duty, task, assignment |
| 902 | librin | book |
| 903 | drejtuar | to straighten |
| 904 | historia | history |
| 905 | shpirti | soul, spirit |
| 906 | kuq | red |
| 907 | gjeja | to find |
| 908 | qenke | to live, stay alive |
| 909 | njësoj | alike; in the same way |
| 910 | libër | book |
| 911 | hedhur | to throw, toss, hurl |
| 912 | loja | play, performance |
| 913 | rrezikshëm | dangerous |
| 914 | thosha | to say |
| 915 | ndjekur | to run |
| 916 | fitoj | to profit, earn |
| 917 | ari | bear |
| 918 | huaj | húa f |
| 919 | hequr | to pull out |
| 920 | zhurmë | noise |
| 921 | shkurtër | short, brief |
| 922 | qëllim | goal, aim |
| 923 | burrin | man |
| 924 | ndërtuar | to build |
| 925 | përdorim | use |
| 926 | ngushtë | narrow, tight |
| 927 | fillimi | start, beginning |
| 928 | fytyra | face |
| 929 | shkoje | to go, pass |
| 930 | mërzitur | to annoy, bother, get bored, to become sad |
| 931 | flasë | to speak |
| 932 | pata | to have |
| 933 | djalit | boy |
| 934 | vrasim | to kill |
| 935 | mirëmëngjes | good morning |
| 936 | çast | moment |
| 937 | fuqishëm | powerful, mighty, strong; vigorous |
| 938 | nevoje | need, necessity |
| 939 | kurth | trap |
| 940 | këngë | song |
| 941 | ndarë | to divide, separate two or more things or people that are… |
| 942 | egër | wild |
| 943 | çelësat | key |
| 944 | përtej | beyond, on the other side |
| 945 | shkoja | to go, pass |
| 946 | vajze | girl |
| 947 | paksa | a little, a bit |
| 948 | merrja | to take, grab |
| 949 | profesor | professor |
| 950 | krye | head, cranium |
| 951 | gjysëm | alternative form of gjysmë |
| 952 | lisa | oak |
| 953 | bar | grass |
| 954 | kurvë | prostitute, hooker, call girl |
| 955 | domethënë | that is to say, that is, which means |
| 956 | rëndësishëm | important |
| 957 | drita | light |
| 958 | brengos | to afflict, vex, grieve, worry |
| 959 | zbuluar | to discover |
| 960 | muzikë | music |
| 961 | avion | aeroplane |
| 962 | shitur | to sell, estimate |
| 963 | ndaloj | to forbid, to ban, to stop |
| 964 | preferuar | to prefer |
| 965 | shfaqje | show, play |
| 966 | bazë | base |
| 967 | ish | used to chase chicken away |
| 968 | nxjerrë | to extract, to pull out |
| 969 | vlerë | value, worth |
| 970 | vranë | to kill |
| 971 | ndihma | help |
| 972 | takova | to meet; to encounter |
| 973 | detyra | duty, task, assignment |
| 974 | zjarri | fire |
| 975 | merak | great curiosity |
| 976 | polici | police |
| 977 | rruge | street |
| 978 | femra | a female |
| 979 | vazhdoj | to continue |
| 980 | mbret | king |
| 981 | urdhër | return, favour, answer |
| 982 | qëlluar | to hit |
| 983 | rinj | young |
| 984 | qesh | to laugh |
| 985 | drejtim | direction |
| 986 | zërin | voice |
| 987 | hyj | to enter, to go in, to get in |
| 988 | qëndruar | to stay, to linger |
| 989 | forcat | force |
| 990 | nevoja | need, necessity |
| 991 | merrte | to take, grab |
| 992 | letra | paper |
| 993 | motër | sister |
| 994 | dritat | light |
| 995 | dritë | light |
| 996 | nata | night |
| 997 | ushtri | army |
| 998 | aftë | able, proficient, skilled |
| 999 | birrë | beer |
| 1,000 | mençur | wise |
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