How to say “country” in 42 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 Georgian, where ერთ is the 158th most used word.
- Afrikaans land country; nation #194
- Arabic بلد country, land, homeland #2,268
- Armenian երկիր country, state #1,330
- Basque country country music #1,921
- Bengali দেশ #664
- Bosnian država #1,413
- Catalan país country, land #592
- Chinese 國家 country; nation; state #1,411
- Croatian država #1,534
- Danish landet #788
- Dutch landen land, country, realm, territory #1,636
- English national Pertaining to a nation or country, especially… #1,458
- Esperanto lando country, land, nation #321
- Estonian riigi country, state #995
- French campagne country, countryside #1,572
- Galician país #248
- Georgian ერთ country, nation #158
- German land #506
- Greek πατρίδα homeland, country of birth #1,586
- Hebrew ארץ country, land #1,760
- Hindi देश nation, country #408
- Hungarian ország country, land #1,629
- Indonesian negara country, state, nation, polity #428
- Italian paese #656
- Korean 나랑 country, nation, kingdom #214
- Latvian valsts state, country #590
- Macedonian држава state, country #1,098
- Malay negara country; nation; sovereign state #355
- Malayalam നാട് state, country, nation, kingdom #649
- Norwegian landet #543
- Persian کشور #434
- Polish kraju #890
- Portuguese país country; nation #577
- Serbian država #1,508
- Slovenian država #639
- Spanish país #578
- Swedish land a country, a land #747
- Tagalog nasyon nation; country #1,640
- Tamil நாடு country, kingdom, nation #567
- Turkish ülke #1,343
- Ukrainian країна country, land #2,289
- Urdu ملک country, land #195
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.