How to say “common” in 37 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 Korean, where 갈 is the 149th most used word.
- Arabic صغار common plural of صَغِير #1,754
- Armenian սովորական usual, common, ordinary, customary, habitual,… #591
- Basque arrunt common, widespread, commonplace #846
- Bengali সাধারণ common, general, ordinary #413
- Bosnian običan common, usual #2,084
- Bulgarian чест frequent, common, usual #682
- Catalan comú #1,509
- Chinese 感冒 cold; common cold #1,336
- Croatian običan common, usual #2,034
- Danish fælles common, communal #1,733
- Dutch gemeen in common #1,442
- English community A group sharing common characteristics, such… #1,749
- Esperanto ordinara ordinary, common #1,466
- Estonian ühine common, joint #1,532
- French commun #1,952
- Galician común #948
- Georgian საერთო common, shared #899
- Hebrew מלח salt, the common substance used as a condiment #1,727
- Hindi सामान्य common, general #689
- Hungarian közös common, joint, shared, collective, communal #1,012
- Indonesian umum usual; common: occurring or happening… #1,018
- Italian comune mutual, common #1,275
- Korean 갈 common reed #149
- Macedonian чест common, frequent #626
- Malayalam സാധാരണ #206
- Norwegian vanlig common, usual, typical #784
- Persian مشترک common; joint #1,414
- Portuguese comum common; frequent #1,307
- Romanian comun common; communal #1,441
- Serbian običan common, usual #1,704
- Slovak bežný common, ordinary, everyday #2,022
- Spanish común common, ordinary #1,268
- Swedish vanligt common, usual #1,098
- Tagalog pangkaraniwan common; ordinary #1,000
- Tamil வாழ்த்துக்கள் common misspelling of வாழ்த்துகள் #292
- Urdu عام #352
- Vietnamese chung general; common; public #742
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.