How to say “base” in 34 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 Bengali, where তো is the 21st most used word.
- Afrikaans gebaseer to base #1,732
- Albanian bazë #966
- Arabic أساس foundation, basis, base #1,873
- Armenian ստոր base, low, despicable #371
- Basque oinarri foundation, base #1,465
- Bengali তো oblique base of তুই #21
- Bulgarian база base, basis, foundation #1,570
- Chinese 基地 #617
- Dutch basis #1,255
- Estonian alus base, bottom #2,482
- Finnish alus underlay, base, under- #1,887
- French base base, basis #1,058
- Galician base #1,073
- German kalt as base rent; excluding utilities #1,033
- Greek βάση base, foundation #804
- Hebrew בסיס a base #1,203
- Hindi कमीना bastardly, lowly, base #2,102
- Indonesian dasar base, basis #385
- Italian base base, alkaline #978
- Korean 기지 base, station #1,752
- Lithuanian pagrindas base, foundation #2,433
- Macedonian основа base, basis #1,176
- Malay asas base, foundation #1,463
- Malayalam അടിസ്ഥാനം foundation, base #1,685
- Norwegian basert to base #2,293
- Persian پایگاه #2,252
- Romanian baza #957
- Slovenian baza base, foundation #1,168
- Swedish basen base; foundation #2,497
- Tagalog base base; basis #1,681
- Tamil அடித்தளம் foundation, base #2,079
- Telugu లే the base of the negative forms లేక, లేని, లేదు #584
- Urdu مبنی foundation, base, origin #1,089
- Vietnamese doanh military base, encampment #1,271
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.