How to say “dangerous” in 41 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.
- επικίνδυνο/ˌepiˈcinðiˌno/ Greek
- מסוכן/mesuˈkan/ Hebrew
- վտանգավոր/vətɑnɡɑˈvoɾ/ Armenian
- خطرناک[xæ.t̪ʰæɹ.nɒ́ːkʰʲ] Persian
“dangerous” in French: dangereux · German: gefährlich · Italian: pericoloso · Turkish: tehlikeli · Greek: επικίνδυνο
It is commonest in Armenian, where վտանգավոր is the 280th most used word.
Dangerous in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans gevaarlik/χəˈfɑːr.lək/ #642
- Albanian rrezikshëm/rɛzikʃəm/ #913
- Armenian վտանգավոր/vətɑnɡɑˈvoɾ/ dangerous, perilous #280
- Basque arriskutsu/aris̺kut͡s̺u/ #1,190
- Bosnian opasan/ôpaːsan/ #1,497
- Bulgarian опасен[oˈpasɛn] #1,659
- Catalan perillós[pə.ɾiˈʎos] dangerous, perilous #869
- Croatian opasan/ôpaːsan/ #1,596
- Czech nebezpečný[ˈnɛbɛspɛt͡ʃniː] #1,920
- Danish farlig/ˈfɑːli/ #1,425
- Dutch gevaarlijk/ɣəˈvaːr.lək/ #861
- English trouble/ˈt͡ʃɹʌbəl/ A distressing or dangerous situation #478
- Esperanto danĝera/danˈd͡ʒera/ #1,392
- Estonian ohtlik/ˈohtlik/ #636
- Finnish vaarallista/ˈvaːralˌlista/ dangerous, hazardous #1,403
- French dangereux/dɑ̃ʒ.ʁø/ #909
- Galician perigoso/peɾiˈɡoso/ #1,261
- Georgian სახიფათო[säχipʰätʰo̞] risky, dangerous #1,085
- German gefährlich/ɡəˈfɛːɐ̯lɪç/ dangerous, hazardous #911
- Greek επικίνδυνο/ˌepiˈcinðiˌno/ dangerous, hazardous, perilous #1,127
- Hebrew מסוכן/mesuˈkan/ #651
- Hungarian veszélyes[ˈvɛseːjɛʃ] #705
- Icelandic hættulegt/ˈhaihtʏlɛxt/ #840
- Indonesian berbahaya/bərbaˈhaja/ dangerous; hazardous #551
- Italian pericoloso/pe.ri.koˈlo.zo/ dangerous, risky, insecure, unsafe #1,242
- Latvian bīstami[biːstamːi] dangerous, dangerously; adverbial form of… #829
- Lithuanian pavojingas[pɐʋoː¹ˈjɪŋɡɐs] #1,017
- Macedonian опасно[ˈɔpasnɔ] #782
- Malay berbahaya/bə(r)baˈhajə/ dangerous; hazardous #643
- Norwegian farlig/ˈfɑːɭɪ/ dangerous, perilous #663
- Persian خطرناک[xæ.t̪ʰæɹ.nɒ́ːkʰʲ] #923
- Portuguese perigoso/pe.ɾiˈɡo.zu/ risky, unsafe, dangerous #1,078
- Serbian opasan/ôpaːsan/ #1,487
- Slovenian nevaren/nɛʋàːrən/ #662
- Spanish peligroso/peliˈɡɾoso/ perilous, dangerous #1,099
- Swedish farlig/²fɑːrlɪ(ɡ)/ #1,513
- Tagalog mapanganib/mapaˈŋanib/ dangerous; hazardous #984
- Telugu ప్రమాదకరం/ˈpramaːˌdakaran/ precarious, dangerous #1,071
- Turkish tehlikeli[tehliceli] #584
- Urdu خطرناک/xət̪əɾnɑːk/ #624
- Vietnamese hiểm[hiəm˧˩] dangerous; perilous #476
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