How to say “clock” in 33 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 Estonian, where kell is the 367th most used word.
- Afrikaans klok #1,044
- Basque erloju #1,391
- Bengali ঘড়ি #1,738
- Bosnian sat clock, watch #441
- Bulgarian часовник timepiece, clock #1,967
- Catalan rellotge clock, watch #1,638
- Croatian sat clock, watch #438
- Czech hodiny #589
- Danish ur #1,971
- Dutch klok #2,288
- Esperanto horloĝo clock, watch, timepiece #1,909
- Estonian kell #367
- Galician reloxo clock, watch, timepiece #1,661
- Greek ρολόι clock, timepiece #1,340
- Hebrew שעון clock, watch #1,445
- Hindi घड़ी clock, watch #1,137
- Hungarian óra clock, watch #407
- Italian orologio clock, watch #1,913
- Korean 시계 a clock, a watch, a timepiece #1,184
- Latvian pulkstenis clock, watch #1,266
- Lithuanian laikrodis clock, watch #1,260
- Macedonian саат #1,465
- Malayalam ക്ലോക്ക് #1,766
- Portuguese relógio #1,551
- Serbian sat clock, watch #452
- Spanish reloj #1,485
- Swedish klockan clock, watch; an instrument used to measure… #492
- Tagalog orasan clock; timepiece #1,589
- Tamil கடிகாரம் clock, timepiece #931
- Telugu గడియారములు a clock #1,201
- Turkish alarm alarm clock #1,914
- Ukrainian годинник #2,033
- Urdu گھڑی clock, watch #574
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.