How to say “damage” in 34 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 Estonian, where kahju is the 215th most used word.
- Afrikaans skade #763
- Albanian dëm #1,455
- Arabic خسارة #1,357
- Armenian վնասել to harm, damage #1,103
- Basque kalte #659
- Bengali ক্ষতি harm, damage, detriment #478
- Bosnian šteta damage, harm #815
- Croatian šteta damage, harm #796
- Danish skade damage, harm #650
- Dutch schade damage, detrimental effect #1,508
- English attack An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or… #783
- Estonian kahju harm, damage #215
- French dommage #1,100
- Greek ζημιά damage, harm #1,731
- Hebrew נזק Damage, detriment #1,200
- Hungarian kár damage, loss, detriment #1,060
- Icelandic grand damage, harm, destruction #1,896
- Indonesian serangan an attempt to cause damage, injury to, or… #654
- Italian danni damage, harm, injury #2,074
- Korean 피해 harm; damage #835
- Macedonian штета harm, damage #606
- Malay serangan an attempt to cause damage, injury to, or… #488
- Malayalam ഉപദ്രവം harm, causing damage, torture #2,397
- Norwegian skade #705
- Persian خسارت loss, damage #2,208
- Polish szkoda damage, harm #858
- Portuguese danos #2,319
- Romanian strica to spoil, ruin, damage, mar #2,442
- Serbian šteta damage, harm #748
- Spanish daño #690
- Swedish skada scathe; damage, an injury, a harm, a wound #704
- Tagalog sira damage; tear; rupture; defect; break #542
- Tamil சேதம் damage, ruin #842
- Turkish zarar damage, harm #465
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.