How to say “class” in 39 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 Basque, where mota is the 423rd most used word.
- Afrikaans werkersklas working class #2,108
- Albanian klasë class, classroom #1,554
- Armenian դաս class; category; order #1,307
- Basque mota type, kind, class #423
- Bengali রকম type; class; kind #462
- Bosnian razred #2,492
- Bulgarian класа #1,404
- Catalan classe class; kind #675
- Czech třídy #1,747
- Danish klasse #1,410
- Dutch klas a school class #1,429
- Esperanto klaso #845
- Estonian saksa An upper class person, lord #1,221
- French classe class, type, group #921
- Galician criminal that can be very bad in its class or that can… #1,739
- Greek σειρά #639
- Hebrew כיתה A class, a course #1,715
- Hindi श्रेणी class, rank, division #2,391
- Indonesian naga naga: a member of a class of semi-divine… #1,103
- Italian classe #1,177
- Korean 수업 a class #894
- Latvian klases grade, class #1,602
- Lithuanian klasė socioeconomic class #1,702
- Macedonian класа #1,376
- Malayalam ക്ലാസ് #689
- Norwegian klasse a class #1,794
- Persian کلاس #596
- Polish klasy #1,783
- Portuguese classe class, kind #1,666
- Romanian clasă #1,700
- Russian класс #1,590
- Slovenian razred class, grade, form #793
- Swedish kurs course, class #2,287
- Tagalog uri type; class; kind #485
- Tamil வகுப்பு #1,513
- Telugu రకాల sort, kind, class, style, quality #696
- Turkish sınıf #1,101
- Ukrainian клас #1,166
- Vietnamese cấp rank; level; class #504
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.