How to say “deed” in 31 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 Turkish, where iş is the 139th most used word.
- Afrikaans daad deed; act #926
- Albanian vepër piece, deed, creation #2,077
- Arabic سيئة bad deed, misdeed #273
- Armenian արարք action; act, deed #1,374
- Bengali কর্ম deed, action, work #1,797
- Bosnian čin action, act, deed #2,002
- Bulgarian дело work, deed, act #1,182
- Croatian čin action, act, deed #1,896
- Czech činu action, act, deed #1,312
- English favor A kind or helpful deed; an instance of… #1,168
- Estonian tegu action, deed, doing #689
- French action action, act, deed #1,414
- Greek πράξη act, deed #1,650
- Hebrew מעשה deed, action, act #1,206
- Hindi करनी deed, act #521
- Hungarian tettek action, act, deed #1,896
- Indonesian perbuatan act, deed #1,840
- Italian azione action, deed #1,627
- Macedonian дело work, deed, act #1,082
- Malay perbuatan act, deed #1,214
- Persian سند document, deed #2,437
- Romanian act act, deed, action #1,884
- Serbian čin action, act, deed #1,903
- Slovak čin action, act, deed #1,462
- Spanish acción action, act, deed #1,221
- Swedish lön reward, something given to someone for a deed… #2,254
- Tagalog kagagawan deed; doing #2,466
- Tamil செய்தி act, deed, action #222
- Telugu చర్య act, deed, conduct, mode, rite, fashion #414
- Turkish iş work, task, deed #139
- Urdu عمل action, deed #357
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.