How to say “beach” in 30 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 Telugu, where బీచ్ is the 346th most used word.
- Afrikaans strand #1,379
- Albanian plazh #1,346
- Basque hondartza #1,280
- Catalan platja #1,938
- Czech pláži #2,162
- Danish stranden #1,692
- Dutch strand beach, strand #1,588
- Esperanto plaĝo #1,760
- Estonian randa #1,970
- French plage #1,685
- Galician praia #1,308
- German strand #1,813
- Greek παραλία beach, seashore #1,439
- Hebrew חוף beach, shore, coast #2,169
- Indonesian pantai #935
- Italian spiaggia #1,892
- Korean 해변 beach, seashore #2,335
- Macedonian плажа #1,773
- Malay pantai beach, coast #796
- Malayalam തീരം #1,571
- Norwegian stranden a beach or shore #2,316
- Polish plaży #2,398
- Portuguese praia #1,569
- Romanian plajă #1,588
- Slovak pláž #1,428
- Slovenian plaža #1,925
- Spanish playa #1,569
- Swedish stranden #1,543
- Tamil கடற்கரை beach, shore #1,182
- Telugu బీచ్ #346
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.