How to say “decision” in 44 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.
- decisión/deθiˈsjon/ Spanish
- решение[rʲɪˈʂɛnʲɪje] Russian
- قرار/qa.raːr/ Arabic
- 결정[kjʌ̹ʎt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹ŋ] Korean
- निर्णय/nɪɾ.ɳəj/ Hindi
- απόφαση/aˈpo.fa.si/ Greek
“decision” in Spanish: decisión · French: décision · German: entscheidung · Italian: decisione · Portuguese: decisão · Korean: 결정 · Russian: решение · Arabic: قرار
It is commonest in Turkish, where karar is the 300th most used word.
Decision in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian vendim/vɛndim/ #1,133
- Arabic قرار/qa.raːr/ #891
- Armenian որոշում/voɾoˈʃum/ #645
- Bengali সিদ্ধান্ত/ʃid̪ʱːant̪o/ #312
- Bosnian odluka/ôdluka/ #1,185
- Bulgarian решение[rɛˈʃɛniɛ] decision, determination, resolution #703
- Catalan decisió[də.si.ziˈo] #878
- Chinese 決定/t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/ to decide; to make a decision #845
- Croatian odluka/ôdluka/ #1,169
- Danish beslutning/beˈsludneŋ/ #1,152
- Dutch beslissing/bəˈslɪ.sɪŋ/ #1,194
- English choice/tʃɔɪs/ An option; a decision; an opportunity to… #720
- Esperanto decido/deˈt͡sido/ #1,997
- Estonian otsus/ˈotsus/ #984
- Finnish päätös/ˈpæːtøs/ #1,924
- French décision/de.si.zjɔ̃/ #976
- Galician acordo/aˈkoɾdo/ agreement, deal, decision #273
- German entscheidung/ʔɛntˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋ/ #952
- Greek απόφαση/aˈpo.fa.si/ decision, ruling, verdict, judgement,… #892
- Hebrew החלטה/(h)aχlaˈta/ A decision: an act of deciding, or the result… #944
- Hindi निर्णय/nɪɾ.ɳəj/ #691
- Hungarian döntés[ˈdønteːʃ] #1,898
- Icelandic ákvörðun[ˈauː.kʰvœrðʏn] decision, resolution #2,193
- Indonesian pilihan/piˈlihan/ an option; a decision; an opportunity to… #453
- Italian decisione/de.t͡ʃiˈzjo.ne/ #1,109
- Korean 결정[kjʌ̹ʎt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹ŋ] #1,229
- Latvian lēmums/ˈlæːmums/ #1,522
- Macedonian одлука[ˈɔdɫuka] #744
- Malayalam തീരുമാനം/t̪iːɾumaːnɐm/ #318
- Norwegian avgjørelse/ˈɑːvˌjøːɭ̩sə/ a decision #2,229
- Persian تصمیم[t̪ʰæs.miːm] decision, determination #758
- Polish decyzję/dɛˈt͡sɘ.zjɛ/ #1,561
- Portuguese decisão/de.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ #942
- Romanian decizie/detˈʃizje/ #1,373
- Russian решение[rʲɪˈʂɛnʲɪje] decision, solution, answer #723
- Serbian odluka/ôdluka/ #1,235
- Slovak rozhodnutie/ˈrɔzɦɔdnuci̯ɛ/ #591
- Spanish decisión/deθiˈsjon/ #860
- Swedish beslut/bɛˈslʉt/ decision, resolution #899
- Tagalog desisyon/desisˈjon/ #906
- Telugu వ్యవస్థ/ʋjaʋast̪ʰa/ settlement, decision, decree #632
- Turkish karar/ka.ɾaɾ/ #300
- Ukrainian рішення[ˈrʲiʃenʲːɐ] #770
- Urdu فیصلہ/fɛːs.lɑ(ː)/ decision; judgment #353
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