How to say “danger” in 41 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 Korean, where 위해 is the 83rd most used word.
- Afrikaans gevaar danger, peril #420
- Albanian rrezik #569
- Arabic خطر danger, risk, hazard, peril, calamity,… #434
- Basque arrisku #767
- Bengali বিপদ #636
- Bosnian opasnost #1,442
- Bulgarian опасност danger, peril #934
- Catalan perill #572
- Croatian opasnost #1,515
- Czech nebezpečí #1,145
- Danish fare danger, hazard #801
- Dutch gevaar danger, peril #788
- English safe Not in danger; out of harm's reach #560
- Esperanto danĝero #702
- Estonian ohus danger, hazard #1,069
- Finnish vaarassa danger, risk, peril, hazard, jeopardy #1,648
- Galician perigo #822
- German gefahr danger, hazard, peril, risk #960
- Greek κίνδυνο #1,124
- Hebrew אבטחה The act of protecting from danger;… #1,068
- Hungarian veszélyben #1,900
- Icelandic hætta #241
- Indonesian bahaya #738
- Italian pericolo peril, danger #1,073
- Korean 위해 harm; danger #83
- Latvian briesmas #1,375
- Lithuanian pavojus #765
- Macedonian опасност danger, peril #633
- Malay bahaya #532
- Norwegian fare #624
- Persian خطر #433
- Portuguese perigo #993
- Romanian pericol danger, hazard #856
- Serbian opasnost #1,468
- Spanish peligro danger, peril #949
- Tagalog ligtas safe; free from danger #346
- Tamil ஆபத்து danger, threat, hazard #541
- Telugu ముప్పు #1,292
- Turkish tehlike #1,582
- Urdu خطرہ risk, danger #475
- Vietnamese nạn accident, danger, calamity, disaster,… #543
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.