How to say “birthday” in 32 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 పుట్టినరోజు is the 315th most used word.
- Afrikaans verjaardag #852
- Albanian ditëlindje #2,484
- Bengali জন্মদিন #673
- Bosnian rođendan #783
- Bulgarian торта birthday cake #1,969
- Chinese 生日 #409
- Croatian rođendan #802
- Czech narozeniny #1,335
- Danish fødselsdag #1,214
- Dutch verjaardag #1,197
- Esperanto naskiĝtago #1,395
- Estonian sünnipäev #1,238
- French anniversaire #773
- German geburtstag #1,155
- Greek γενέθλια #1,614
- Hindi जन्मदिन #818
- Icelandic afmæli #909
- Italian compleanno #981
- Korean 생일 #549
- Lithuanian gimtadienis #938
- Macedonian роденден #661
- Malayalam ജന്മദിനം #1,520
- Persian تولد #865
- Polish urodziny #1,426
- Portuguese parabéns happy birthday! #902
- Serbian rođendan #784
- Slovak narodeniny #677
- Spanish cumpleaños #846
- Swedish födelsedag a birthday #1,718
- Tagalog kaarawan #445
- Tamil பிறந்தநாள் #878
- Telugu పుట్టినరోజు #315
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.