How to say “check” in 34 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.
- 확인[ɸwa̠ɡin] Korean
- перевірити[pereˈʋʲirete] Ukrainian
- بررسی[bæɹ.ɹæ.síː] Persian
“check” in German: überprüfen · Italian: controllo · Korean: 확인
It is commonest in Vietnamese, where kiểm is the 368th most used word.
Check in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic حد/ħad.da/ to prevent, to restrain, to check, to hinder #534
- Bosnian provjeriti/prǒʋjeriti/ to check, confirm #1,295
- Catalan control[kunˈtɾɔl] check, inspection #659
- Chinese 支票/ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/ cheque; check #974
- Croatian provjeriti/prǒʋjeriti/ to check, confirm #853
- Czech podívej[ˈpoɟiːvɛj] to look, take a look, check out #239
- Danish tjek[ˈtçɛɡ̊] #1,082
- Dutch controleren/kɔntroːˈleːrə(n)/ to check #1,334
- English arrest/əˈɹɛst/ A check; a stop; an act or instance of… #1,094
- Esperanto kontrolu/konˈtrolu/ to check; to check up; to supervise; to verify #1,049
- Estonian kontrollida/ˈkontrolːid̥ɑ/ to check, to verify #924
- Finnish merkitsee/ˈmerkɪtseː/ to mark, check off, tick off, tag, stamp,… #2,003
- French contrôle/kɔ̃.tʁol/ to check or examine #781
- German überprüfen[yːbɐˈpʁyːfn̩] to check, to verify #1,659
- Greek έλεγχο/ˈeleŋˌxo/ control, check, audit #786
- Icelandic athuga[ˈaːt.hʏːɣa] to look, to check #585
- Indonesian memeriksa[məməˈrɪk̚sa] to examine, to check #637
- Italian controllo/konˈtrɔl.lo/ to check, verify, inspect, examine #588
- Korean 확인[ɸwa̠ɡin] check; confirmation; verification; affirmation #556
- Macedonian провери[ˈprɔvɛɾi] to check, verify #659
- Malay uji/ud͡ʒi/ to test, to check #1,636
- Norwegian sjekke/ˈʃɛkə/ to check #754
- Persian بررسی[bæɹ.ɹæ.síː] check; verification #1,216
- Polish sprawdzić/ˈsprav.d͡ʑit͡ɕ/ to check, to check up #755
- Portuguese cheque/ˈʃɛ.ki/ cheque, check #2,388
- Romanian verifica/veˈɾifiˌka/ to verify, to check #1,512
- Russian проверить[prɐˈvʲerʲɪtʲ] to examine, to check, to control, to verify,… #992
- Serbian provjeriti/prǒʋjeriti/ to check, confirm #2,278
- Swedish kontrollera/ˈkɔntrɔˌleːra/ to check #1,491
- Tagalog tsek/ˈt͡ʃek/ check mark #2,029
- Turkish kontrol/kon.tɾol/ control, check #263
- Ukrainian перевірити[pereˈʋʲirete] to check, to verify, to test #1,310
- Urdu کنٹرول/kən.ʈɾoːl/ check, inspection #509
- Vietnamese kiểm[kiəm˧˩] to check; to verify #368
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.