How to say “case” in 45 different 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.
“case” in French: cause · Arabic: قضية · Greek: περίπτωση
It is commonest in Persian, where مورد is the 79th most used word.
Case in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian çështje/ˈt͡ʃəʃtjɛ/ #677
- Arabic قضية/qa.dˤij.ja/ case, lawsuit #429
- Bosnian slučaj/slût͡ʃaːj/ case, occurrence, event, incident #497
- Bulgarian ние[ˈniɛ] we; the first-person plural pronoun in the… #96
- Catalan casos[ˈka.zus] #1,362
- Chinese 要是/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɻ̩¹/ if; in case #82
- Croatian slučaj/slût͡ʃaːj/ case, occurrence, event, incident #421
- Czech případ[ˈpr̝̊iːpat] #596
- Danish hende/ˈhɛnə/ objective case of hun: her #62
- Dutch geval/ɣəˈvɑl/ case, situation, instance #548
- English themselves/ðɛmˈsɛlvz/ The reflexive case of they, the third-person… #1,136
- Esperanto ĉiukaze/t͡ʃiuˈkaze/ in any case; anyhow #1,432
- Estonian puhul/ˈpuhul/ on, for, regarding, in case of #753
- Finnish varalta/ˈʋɑrɑltɑ/ just in case #2,325
- French cause/koz/ #387
- Georgian შემთხვევაში[ʃe̞mtʰχʷe̞väʃi] in case of #395
- German sache/ˈzaxə/ matter, affair, case, question, issue #318
- Greek περίπτωση/peˈɾiptosi/ #568
- Hebrew ובכן/uvˈχen/ well, then, in that case #93
- Hindi ने/neː/ marker of the ergative case with… #121
- Hungarian úgyis[ˈuːɟiʃ] anyway, in any case, one way or another,… #1,122
- Icelandic dæmis[ˈtaiːmɪs] example, case in point #989
- Indonesian kasus/ˈkasus/ #405
- Italian comunque/koˈmun.kwe/ anyhow, in any case, regardless #346
- Korean 그럼[kɯɾʌ̹m] then, in that case #26
- Lithuanian byla/biːˈlɐ/ lawsuit, case #957
- Macedonian случај[ˈsɫut͡ʃaj] case, situation #272
- Malay kalau/ˈkalaw/ if, in case #71
- Malayalam എന്നോട്/enːoːɖɨ̆/ sociative case case of എൻ; me #49
- Norwegian meg/mæɪ̯/ objective case of jeg: me #16
- Persian مورد[mow.ɹéd̪̥] case; instance #79
- Romanian cazul/ˈkazul/ case, circumstance, situation #359
- Russian тебя[tʲæˈbʲa] second-person singular, nominative case: you,… #25
- Serbian slučaj/slût͡ʃaːj/ case, occurrence, event, incident #470
- Slovak prípad/priːpat/ #354
- Slovenian zaboj/zaˈboːj/ crate, trunk, case #1,338
- Spanish yo/ˈʝo/ first-person singular pronoun in the… #30
- Swedish han/hanː/ he, the third person singular, masculine,… #14
- Tagalog sakali/saˈkaliʔ/ in case; if ever; if by chance; perchance #1,313
- Tamil முதல்/mʊd̪ɐl/ from; termination of the ablative case #95
- Telugu యొక్క/jokːa/ marker of the genitive case: of #16
- Turkish öyleyse/øjlejˈse/ then, in that case #374
- Ukrainian якщо[jɐkʃˈt͡ʃɔ] if, in case introduces a real condition; for… #44
- Urdu نے/neː/ The marker of the ergative case with… #12
- Vietnamese giá[zaː˧˦] if; in case; supposing; if only; I wish #361
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