How to say “debt” in 32 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 պարտք is the 228th most used word.
- Armenian պարտք #228
- Basque zor #430
- Bengali ধার debt, loan #965
- Bosnian duže #1,135
- Bulgarian дълг #1,961
- Catalan deute #2,392
- Croatian duže #1,194
- Danish gæld debt, debts #1,759
- Dutch schuld debt, account payable #479
- Esperanto ŝuldojn #2,457
- Finnish velkaa #822
- German schuld #513
- Greek χρωστάω to owe, be in debt #1,863
- Hindi ऋण debt, loss #1,239
- Icelandic skuld a debt #2,177
- Indonesian berutang to owe money, to be in debt #1,677
- Lithuanian kaltė guilt, debt #588
- Malay hutang #1,279
- Malayalam കടം #399
- Norwegian gjeld debt, indebtedness #2,155
- Persian بدهکار in debt #2,414
- Romanian datorie #2,380
- Russian долг #1,797
- Serbian duže #1,015
- Slovak dlh #1,389
- Swedish skuld #1,685
- Tagalog utang debt; account; liability or obligation to… #847
- Tamil கடன் debt, loan #241
- Telugu అప్పు loan, debt #1,103
- Turkish borç #1,859
- Urdu قرض debt; loan; credit #1,267
- Vietnamese nợ #913
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.