How to say “address” in 44 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Hindi, where पता is the 50th most used word.
- Afrikaans adres address, direction #588
- Albanian adresa #1,863
- Armenian հարցում inquiry, formal address, request #1,199
- Bengali ঠিকানা #793
- Bosnian adresa #1,975
- Bulgarian адрес #1,626
- Catalan adreça #1,567
- Chinese 地址 address; location #521
- Croatian adresa #1,980
- Czech adresu #1,476
- Danish tale speech, talk, address, discourse #149
- Dutch adres #1,052
- English daddy Also used as a term of address: a father;… #611
- Esperanto adreso #2,112
- Estonian aadress #1,292
- French madame a title or form of address for a woman,… #441
- Galician enderezo #2,214
- Georgian დაი used to address a female #1,487
- German adresse #1,391
- Hebrew כתובת address, postal address, e-mail address #1,502
- Hindi पता #50
- Icelandic tala a short address, a speech #78
- Italian indirizzo #1,343
- Korean 성하 A term of respectful address for a pope #888
- Latvian adresi #2,116
- Lithuanian adresas #1,540
- Macedonian адреса #1,412
- Malay cik A form of address to an unfamiliar man or… #311
- Malayalam എടാ a term of address to a male of same age or… #232
- Norwegian elskling Term of address for a love interest, darling,… #1,191
- Persian آدرس #1,103
- Polish adres #1,305
- Portuguese major A term of address for someone #1,607
- Romanian adresa to address #1,094
- Russian адрес #1,294
- Serbian adresa #2,020
- Slovak adresa #1,240
- Swedish adress an address; direction or superscription of a… #1,756
- Tagalog ma term of address for one's mother: mom; mum;… #449
- Tamil முகவரி address, superscription #695
- Telugu చిరునామా The superscription on a letter or address #760
- Turkish adres #2,350
- Urdu پتہ #89
- Vietnamese hỡi vocative particle, used for direct address #2,047
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.