How to say “country” in 42 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.
- país/paˈis/ Spanish
- بلد/ba.lad/ Arabic
- 國家/ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ Chinese
- 나랑[na̠ɾa̠ŋ] Korean
- ארץ/ʔart͡sˤ/ Hebrew
- ერთ[eɾtʰ] Georgian
“country” in Spanish: país · French: campagne · German: land · Italian: paese · Portuguese: país · Chinese: 國家 · Korean: 나랑 · Arabic: بلد
It is commonest in Georgian, where ერთ is the 158th most used word.
Country in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans land/lant/ country; nation #194
- Arabic بلد/ba.lad/ country, land, homeland #2,268
- Armenian երկիր/jeɾˈkiɾ/ country, state #1,330
- Basque country/kau̯ntri/ country music #1,921
- Bengali দেশ/d̪eʃ/ #664
- Bosnian država/dř̩ʒaʋa/ #1,413
- Catalan país[pəˈis] country, land #592
- Chinese 國家/ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ country; nation; state #1,411
- Croatian država/dř̩ʒaʋa/ #1,534
- Danish landet[ˈlanˀəð] #788
- Dutch landen/ˈlɑn.də(n)/ land, country, realm, territory #1,636
- English national/ˈnæʃ.ə.nəl/ Pertaining to a nation or country, especially… #1,458
- Esperanto lando/ˈlando/ country, land, nation #321
- Estonian riigi/ˈriːɡ̊i/ country, state #995
- French campagne/kɑ̃.paɲ/ country, countryside #1,572
- Galician país/paˈis/ #248
- Georgian ერთ[eɾtʰ] country, nation #158
- German land/lant/ #506
- Greek πατρίδα/paˈtriða/ homeland, country of birth #1,586
- Hebrew ארץ/ʔart͡sˤ/ country, land #1,760
- Hindi देश/d̪eːʃ/ nation, country #408
- Hungarian ország[ˈorsaːɡ] country, land #1,629
- Indonesian negara/nəˈɡara/ country, state, nation, polity #428
- Italian paese/paˈe.ze/ #656
- Korean 나랑[na̠ɾa̠ŋ] country, nation, kingdom #214
- Latvian valsts[vàlsts] state, country #590
- Macedonian држава[ˈdr̩ʒava] state, country #1,098
- Malay negara/nəˈɡara/ country; nation; sovereign state #355
- Malayalam നാട്/n̪aːɖɨ/ state, country, nation, kingdom #649
- Norwegian landet/ˈlɑnə/ #543
- Persian کشور[kʰʲeʃ.vǽɹ] #434
- Polish kraju/ˈkra.ju/ #890
- Portuguese país/paˈis/ country; nation #577
- Serbian država/dř̩ʒaʋa/ #1,508
- Slovenian država/dərʒáːʋa/ #639
- Spanish país/paˈis/ #578
- Swedish land/land/ a country, a land #747
- Tagalog nasyon/nasˈjon/ nation; country #1,640
- Tamil நாடு/nɑːɖɯ/ country, kingdom, nation #567
- Turkish ülke[yl̪ˈcɛ] #1,343
- Ukrainian країна[krɐˈjinɐ] country, land #2,289
- Urdu ملک/mʊlk/ country, land #195
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.