How to say “bag” in 37 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 Malayalam, where ബാഗ് is the 344th most used word.
- Albanian çantë #1,226
- Arabic حقيبة #795
- Basque poltsa #600
- Bengali ব্যাগ #574
- Bulgarian чанта #1,983
- Catalan bossa bag, pouch #1,081
- Chinese 袋子 bag; pouch; sack #956
- Danish taske #1,459
- Dutch tas #1,167
- English pocket A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used… #1,882
- Estonian kott #1,197
- French sac bag, sack #710
- Galician bolsa #1,623
- German tasche #1,093
- Greek τσάντα bag, purse, handbag #958
- Hebrew תיק bag, satchel #825
- Hindi बैग #884
- Icelandic poka to bag #1,423
- Italian sacco sack, bag #497
- Korean 가방 bag; briefcase #664
- Latvian soma bag, pack #2,208
- Macedonian торба #1,517
- Malay beg A bag #516
- Malayalam ബാഗ് #344
- Persian کیف #1,979
- Portuguese saco bag; sack #1,242
- Romanian sac sack, bag #2,107
- Slovak vrece #1,921
- Slovenian torba #1,306
- Spanish bolsa #1,190
- Swedish väskan a bag #1,628
- Tagalog bag ladies' bag; handbag #883
- Tamil பை bag, sack, satchel, purse #898
- Telugu సంచులు a purse, bag, sack #1,354
- Turkish çanta #2,132
- Ukrainian пакет small bag, parcel #2,157
- Vietnamese túi #818
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.