How to say “crime” in 40 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 Arabic, where جريمة is the 406th most used word.
- Afrikaans misdaad #856
- Albanian faji misdeed, wrong; crime #555
- Arabic جريمة crime, transgression, offense, fault #406
- Armenian հանցանք crime; offense #908
- Bengali অপরাধ crime, offence, fault #577
- Bosnian zločin #1,476
- Bulgarian престъпление #1,179
- Catalan crim violent crime #894
- Chinese 犯罪 to commit a crime #475
- Croatian zločin #1,287
- Czech zločin #1,609
- Danish forbrydelse crime, felony #1,953
- Dutch aanklacht indictment, charge against a crime #1,955
- Estonian kuritegu #1,466
- Georgian დანაშაული #794
- German tatort crime scene #2,420
- Greek έγκλημα crime, felony #1,229
- Hebrew עבירה crime, violation #2,055
- Hindi अपराध crime, offence #996
- Icelandic glæpur #1,513
- Indonesian kejahatan #724
- Italian crimine #1,147
- Korean 범죄 #853
- Latvian noziegums #1,957
- Lithuanian nusikaltimas crime, offense #1,474
- Macedonian криминал crime, criminal activity #1,981
- Malay jenayah #707
- Norwegian åstedet a crime scene #2,418
- Persian جرم crime; offense #683
- Portuguese crime #684
- Romanian crimă major crime, offence, or wrongdoing; felony #774
- Russian преступление crime, criminal act, offense #1,926
- Serbian zločin #1,348
- Slovenian zločin #609
- Spanish crimen #977
- Tagalog krimen #1,254
- Tamil பாவம் sin, crime, evil #1,322
- Turkish suç crime, offense #662
- Urdu جرم crime; sin #850
- Vietnamese phạm to commit a crime, or to violate #484
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.