How to say “breakfast” in 36 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 Slovenian, where zajtrk is the 531st most used word.
- Afrikaans ontbyt #883
- Albanian sille #1,127
- Basque gosaldu to have breakfast #1,083
- Bengali নাস্তা breakfast, repast #1,172
- Bosnian doručak #1,373
- Bulgarian закуска #1,242
- Catalan esmorzar to breakfast #1,630
- Chinese 早餐 #587
- Croatian doručak #1,235
- Danish morgenmad #1,335
- Dutch ontbijt a breakfast, first meal of the day, usually… #1,473
- Estonian hommikusöök #1,967
- Galician almorzo breakfast; lunch #1,923
- German frühstück #1,560
- Hindi नाश्ता #2,125
- Indonesian sarapan #1,325
- Italian colazione #1,398
- Latvian brokastis #1,483
- Lithuanian pusryčiai #1,773
- Macedonian појадок #1,657
- Malay sarapan #1,157
- Malayalam പ്രാതൽ breakfast, morning food #2,165
- Norwegian frokost breakfast; the first meal of the day, usually… #1,197
- Persian صبحونه #1,442
- Polish śniadanie #1,551
- Portuguese pequeno-almoço #1,919
- Russian завтрак #1,899
- Serbian doručak #1,214
- Slovak raňajky #739
- Slovenian zajtrk #531
- Spanish desayuno #1,883
- Swedish frukost #1,315
- Tagalog almusal #2,344
- Turkish kahvaltı #1,354
- Ukrainian сніданок #2,061
- Urdu ناشتا #1,821
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.