How to say “concerning” in 32 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 Icelandic, where um is the 14th most used word.
- Arabic متعلق related to, concerning, relevant #1,745
- Armenian նկատմամբ towards, regarding, concerning #646
- Basque aldetik regarding, concerning #612
- Bengali সম্পর্কে regarding, concerning, in relation to #170
- Bulgarian относно about, concerning, regarding #851
- Chinese 關於 concerning; regarding; as for; about #2,230
- Czech ohledně regarding, concerning #828
- Danish angående about, concerning, pertaining to #1,515
- English discuss To converse or debate concerning a particular… #1,559
- Esperanto pri about, regarding, concerning, in relation to #22
- French concernant concerning, regarding #2,234
- Georgian შესახებ about, concerning, regarding #137
- Greek αφορά to be concerning, to be about #801
- Hebrew ציבורי Public: pertaining to the public; or… #1,991
- Icelandic um about, concerning #14
- Indonesian peri about, concerning; with regard to; on account… #1,718
- Italian circa regarding, concerning #786
- Malayalam പറ്റി about; concerning; regarding #69
- Norwegian angående about, concerning to #1,486
- Persian درباره about, concerning, regarding #119
- Polish wobec regarding, concerning, vis-à-vis, in relation… #1,434
- Portuguese sério in a serious manner; in a manner concerning… #196
- Russian про about, concerning #268
- Slovak o about, concerning #15
- Slovenian o about, concerning #35
- Swedish angående about, concerning #1,538
- Tagalog tungkol about; regarding; concerning #120
- Tamil பற்றி of, about, concerning, regarding, respecting,… #30
- Telugu గురించి about, regarding, concerning, on account of #27
- Turkish hakkında about, concerning #128
- Ukrainian про about, concerning #35
- Urdu متعلق concerning, belonging to, relating to,… #1,444
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.