How to say “connection” 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 Bulgarian, where за is the 8th most used word.
- Albanian lidhje #254
- Arabic صلة link, connection #1,253
- Bosnian vezi connection, link #359
- Bulgarian за on the subject of somebody/something, in… #8
- Catalan connexió #1,868
- Chinese 接通 to get a connection; to connect; to put… #1,939
- Croatian veze connection, link #379
- Danish forbindelse #1,256
- Dutch band bond, connection, relationship, liaison, tie #921
- English relationship A connection or association; the condition of… #972
- Estonian seos linkage, connection #2,319
- Finnish yhteyttä #819
- Georgian კავშირი connection, bond, connectivity, ligature,… #1,211
- German verbindung #1,081
- Greek σύνδεση link, connection, login, logon #2,077
- Hebrew לגבי About, regarding, in connection with, with… #236
- Hungarian kapcsolatban link, connection, relationship #561
- Icelandic samband connection, relation, rapport #405
- Indonesian hubungan relation, relationship, connection, link #524
- Italian riguardo respect, connection, regard #774
- Korean 연락 contact, connection, liaison #691
- Latvian sakars #1,554
- Macedonian врска connection, link #209
- Malay hubungan relationship, connection, link #501
- Norwegian forbindelse a connection #2,162
- Persian ارتباط connection, relation #556
- Polish związek connection, relation, relationship #1,096
- Portuguese relação relation, connection, association #668
- Romanian legătură connection, link, correlation, relationship… #487
- Serbian vezi connection, link #361
- Spanish respecto respect, regard, connection, relation,… #1,141
- Tagalog ugnayan relation; relationship; connection #1,372
- Tamil சம்பந்தம் relation, connection, relevancy #1,629
- Telugu సంధి connection, union, combination, junction,… #1,826
- Turkish bağlantı the connection between two things; link #1,201
- Ukrainian відношення connection, bearing #2,466
- Urdu تعلق relation, connection #309
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.