How to say “count” in 36 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 Basque, where kontu is the 230th most used word.
- Afrikaans graaf earl, count #290
- Albanian numëroj to count #1,994
- Arabic عد to count #657
- Armenian հաշվել to count #1,394
- Basque kontu counting, count #230
- Bulgarian души count form of чове́к #779
- Catalan compte #336
- Chinese 不算 to not calculate; to not count #558
- Czech počet count, number #2,350
- Dutch honderden a count of hundred #2,089
- Estonian krahv count, earl #1,664
- Finnish luottaa to trust, rely on, count on #788
- French compte to count #395
- Galician conta to count; to compute #315
- German gilt to be valid; to count; to hold true #1,675
- Hebrew מנה to count #2,219
- Icelandic telja to count #824
- Indonesian berlaku to apply, to count, to be valid #1,535
- Italian conto to count #543
- Korean 백작 #1,809
- Lithuanian skaičiuoti to count #2,103
- Macedonian часа count plural of час m #326
- Malay kira to count #492
- Malayalam എണ്ണം count, number #387
- Persian کنت #1,782
- Polish liczy to count #1,589
- Romanian conta to count, be an example of something #1,956
- Russian счёт count, counting, reckoning, calculation #1,804
- Slovak počet #1,170
- Slovenian grof #1,132
- Spanish cuenta to count; to tally #261
- Swedish räkna to count #1,214
- Tamil எண்ணிக்கை count, numbering, calculation, reckoning #852
- Turkish sayılmaz to count #1,011
- Ukrainian рахунок #1,055
- Vietnamese đếm to count; to number; to enumerate #1,270
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.