How to say “building” in 47 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 Armenian, where տուն is the 152nd most used word.
- Afrikaans geboue #1,958
- Albanian ndërtesë building, facility #1,222
- Arabic بيت house, building #316
- Armenian տուն house, building #152
- Basque eraikin #725
- Bengali ঘর a house, building, residence #456
- Bosnian zgrada #1,676
- Bulgarian дом residential building, home, house #552
- Catalan edifici #828
- Chinese 公寓 multi-storied apartment building #408
- Croatian zgrada #1,761
- Czech budovy #1,762
- Danish bygningen a building; closed structure with walls and a… #1,399
- Dutch gebouw building, structure, construction #929
- English door A portal of entry into a building, room, or… #291
- Esperanto teatro a building where theatrical productions are… #947
- Estonian hoone building, edifice #1,240
- French bâtiment building, edifice #1,776
- Galician edificio building, edifice #887
- German hause house, building #245
- Greek κτίριο #1,074
- Hebrew בניין #1,556
- Hindi निर्माण building, construction #714
- Hungarian ház house, building #719
- Indonesian gedung #832
- Italian edificio #1,397
- Korean 건물 building, construction, edifice #744
- Latvian sienas wall that limits a building, a room, etc #1,218
- Lithuanian pastatas #1,261
- Macedonian зграда #1,073
- Malay bangunan #564
- Malayalam കെട്ടിടം #849
- Norwegian bygningen a building #1,538
- Persian ساختمان #1,261
- Polish budynku #1,390
- Portuguese edifício building, edifice #1,396
- Romanian clădire #1,508
- Russian дом house, building #260
- Serbian zgrada #1,790
- Slovak budova #1,137
- Slovenian stavba building, structure #1,217
- Spanish edificio #1,018
- Swedish hos at someone's place or building, usually their… #270
- Tagalog opis office or building used for non-manual work #1,157
- Tamil கட்டிடம் #522
- Turkish eve A building for a family to reside in; house,… #194
- Urdu عمارت #540
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.