How to say “count” in 36 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.
- cuenta/ˈkwenta/ Spanish
- счёт[ɕːɵt] Russian
- عد/ʕad.da/ Arabic
- 백작[pɛk̚t͡ɕ͈a̠k̚] Korean
- מנה/maˈna/ Hebrew
- հաշվել/hɑʃˈvel/ Armenian
“count” in Spanish: cuenta · French: compte · Italian: conto · Korean: 백작 · Russian: счёт · Arabic: عد · Turkish: sayılmaz
It is commonest in Spanish, where cuenta is the 261st most used word.
Count in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans graaf/ˈxrɑːf/ earl, count #290
- Albanian numëroj/numəɾɔj/ to count #1,994
- Arabic عد/ʕad.da/ to count #657
- Armenian հաշվել/hɑʃˈvel/ to count #1,394
- Basque kontu/kontu/ counting, count #230
- Bulgarian души[ˈduʃi] count form of чове́к #779
- Catalan compte[ˈkom.tə] #336
- Chinese 不算/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ su̯än⁵¹/ to not calculate; to not count #558
- Czech počet[ˈpot͡ʃɛt] count, number #2,350
- Dutch honderden/ˈhɔndɛrdən/ a count of hundred #2,089
- Estonian krahv/krɑhv/ count, earl #1,664
- Finnish luottaa/ˈluo̯tːɑːˣ/ to trust, rely on, count on #788
- French compte/kɔ̃t/ to count #395
- Galician conta/ˈkonta/ to count; to compute #315
- German gilt/ˈɡɪlt/ to be valid; to count; to hold true #1,675
- Hebrew מנה/maˈna/ to count #2,219
- Icelandic telja[ˈtʰɛlja] to count #824
- Indonesian berlaku/bərˈlaku/ to apply, to count, to be valid #1,535
- Italian conto/ˈkon.to/ to count #543
- Korean 백작[pɛk̚t͡ɕ͈a̠k̚] #1,809
- Lithuanian skaičiuoti[skɐɪ¹ˈt͡ʃʲu̟ɔtʲɪ] to count #2,103
- Macedonian часа[ˈt͡ʃasa] count plural of час m #326
- Malay kira/kira/ to count #492
- Malayalam എണ്ണം/eɳːäm/ count, number #387
- Persian کنت[kʰon̪t̪ʰ] #1,782
- Polish liczy/ˈli.t͡ʂɘ/ to count #1,589
- Romanian conta/konˈta/ to count, be an example of something #1,956
- Russian счёт[ɕːɵt] count, counting, reckoning, calculation #1,804
- Slovak počet/pɔt͡ʃet/ #1,170
- Slovenian grof/ɡrɔ́f/ #1,132
- Spanish cuenta/ˈkwenta/ to count; to tally #261
- Swedish räkna/ˈrɛːkna/ to count #1,214
- Tamil எண்ணிக்கை/ɛɳːɪkːɐɪ̯/ count, numbering, calculation, reckoning #852
- Turkish sayılmaz/saˈjɯɫmaz/ to count #1,011
- Ukrainian рахунок[rɐˈxunɔk] #1,055
- Vietnamese đếm[ʔɗem˧˦] to count; to number; to enumerate #1,270
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.