How to say “dangerous” 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 Armenian, where վտանգավոր is the 280th most used word.
- Afrikaans gevaarlik #642
- Albanian rrezikshëm #913
- Armenian վտանգավոր dangerous, perilous #280
- Basque arriskutsu #1,190
- Bosnian opasan #1,497
- Bulgarian опасен #1,659
- Catalan perillós dangerous, perilous #869
- Croatian opasan #1,596
- Czech nebezpečný #1,920
- Danish farlig #1,425
- Dutch gevaarlijk #861
- English trouble A distressing or dangerous situation #478
- Esperanto danĝera #1,392
- Estonian ohtlik #636
- Finnish vaarallista dangerous, hazardous #1,403
- French dangereux #909
- Galician perigoso #1,261
- Georgian სახიფათო risky, dangerous #1,085
- German gefährlich dangerous, hazardous #911
- Greek επικίνδυνο dangerous, hazardous, perilous #1,127
- Hebrew מסוכן #651
- Hungarian veszélyes #705
- Icelandic hættulegt #840
- Indonesian berbahaya dangerous; hazardous #551
- Italian pericoloso dangerous, risky, insecure, unsafe #1,242
- Latvian bīstami dangerous, dangerously; adverbial form of… #829
- Lithuanian pavojingas #1,017
- Macedonian опасно #782
- Malay berbahaya dangerous; hazardous #643
- Norwegian farlig dangerous, perilous #663
- Persian خطرناک #923
- Portuguese perigoso risky, unsafe, dangerous #1,078
- Serbian opasan #1,487
- Slovenian nevaren #662
- Spanish peligroso perilous, dangerous #1,099
- Swedish farlig #1,513
- Tagalog mapanganib dangerous; hazardous #984
- Telugu ప్రమాదకరం precarious, dangerous #1,071
- Turkish tehlikeli #584
- Urdu خطرناک #624
- Vietnamese hiểm dangerous; perilous #476
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.