How to say “connection” in 37 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.
- კავშირი[kʼäfʃiɾi] Georgian
- సంధి/san̪d̪ʱi/ Telugu
- відношення[ʋʲidˈnɔʃenʲːɐ] Ukrainian
- ارتباط[ʔeɹ.t̪ʰe.bɒ́ːt̪ʰ] Persian
“connection” in German: verbindung
It is commonest in Macedonian, where врска is the 209th most used word.
Connection in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian lidhje/liːðjɛ/ #254
- Arabic صلة/sˤila/ link, connection #1,253
- Bosnian vezi/ˈvɛzɪ/ connection, link #359
- Bulgarian за[za] on the subject of somebody/something, in… #8
- Catalan connexió[kun.nək.siˈo] #1,868
- Chinese 接通/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ to get a connection; to connect; to put… #1,939
- Croatian veze/ˈvɛzɛ/ connection, link #379
- Danish forbindelse/fɒˈbenˀəlsə/ #1,256
- Dutch band/bɑnt/ bond, connection, relationship, liaison, tie #921
- English relationship/ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/ A connection or association; the condition of… #972
- Estonian seos/seo̯s/ linkage, connection #2,319
- Finnish yhteyttä/ˈyhteytːæ/ #819
- Georgian კავშირი[kʼäfʃiɾi] connection, bond, connectivity, ligature,… #1,211
- German verbindung/fɛɐ̯ˈbɪndʊŋ(k)/ #1,081
- Greek σύνδεση/ˈsinðeˌsi/ link, connection, login, logon #2,077
- Hebrew לגבי/lɡaˈbe/ About, regarding, in connection with, with… #236
- Hungarian kapcsolatban[ˈkɒpt͡ʃolɒdbɒn] link, connection, relationship #561
- Icelandic samband[ˈsam.pant] connection, relation, rapport #405
- Indonesian hubungan[huˈbʊŋan] relation, relationship, connection, link #524
- Italian riguardo/riˈɡwar.do/ respect, connection, regard #774
- Korean 연락[jʌ̹ɭɭa̠k̚] contact, connection, liaison #691
- Latvian sakars/ˈsakars/ #1,554
- Macedonian врска[ˈvr̩ska] connection, link #209
- Malay hubungan/huˈbuŋan/ relationship, connection, link #501
- Norwegian forbindelse/fɔrˈbɪnl̩sə/ a connection #2,162
- Persian ارتباط[ʔeɹ.t̪ʰe.bɒ́ːt̪ʰ] connection, relation #556
- Polish związek/ˈzvjɔw̃.zɛk/ connection, relation, relationship #1,096
- Portuguese relação/ʁe.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ relation, connection, association #668
- Romanian legătură/le.ɡəˈtu.rə/ connection, link, correlation, relationship… #487
- Serbian vezi/ˈvɛzɪ/ connection, link #361
- Spanish respecto/resˈpeɡto/ respect, regard, connection, relation,… #1,141
- Tagalog ugnayan/ʔuɡˈnajan/ relation; relationship; connection #1,372
- Tamil சம்பந்தம்/tʃɐmbɐnd̪ɐm/ relation, connection, relevancy #1,629
- Telugu సంధి/san̪d̪ʱi/ connection, union, combination, junction,… #1,826
- Turkish bağlantı/baː.ɫanˈtɯ/ the connection between two things; link #1,201
- Ukrainian відношення[ʋʲidˈnɔʃenʲːɐ] connection, bearing #2,466
- Urdu تعلق/t̪ə.ʔəl.lʊq/ relation, connection #309
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