How to say “demand” 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 Telugu, where ప్రశ్న is the 243rd most used word.
- Arabic اطلب to demand or beg repeatedly and instantly #1,185
- Armenian պահանջել to demand, require #500
- Basque eskari petition, demand #1,347
- Bengali তলব a call; a summons; a demand #1,719
- Bosnian zahtjev request, demand #2,279
- Chinese 需求 demand; need; requirement #1,541
- Croatian zahtjev request, demand #1,690
- Danish kræver to demand #921
- Dutch verzoek request, friendly demand, petition #1,895
- English hmm A demand for an answer to a question #600
- Esperanto postulas to require, claim, demand #1,245
- Finnish vaatii to demand, insist, call for, order #1,332
- Georgian მოითხოვს to demand, to ask for, to require #788
- German verlangt to ask for, demand #1,827
- Greek απαιτεί to demand, to call for, to require #2,461
- Hebrew תביעה demand, claim #2,326
- Icelandic krefst to demand, to request #1,005
- Indonesian tuntutan #2,407
- Italian richiesta request, demand, claim, call #1,702
- Latvian prasa to ask for, to request, to demand #1,603
- Norwegian krever to demand #1,072
- Persian تقاضا demand; request #2,455
- Slovak pýtal to ask, to demand #775
- Slovenian zahteva #603
- Swedish krävs to demand, to forcefully request #1,177
- Tagalog pangangailangan demand; need; necessity #661
- Tamil கோரிக்கை demand, request, solicitation #2,105
- Telugu ప్రశ్న question, query, demand, inquiry #243
- Turkish talep #1,695
- Urdu مانگ #2,455
- Vietnamese đòi to claim back, to demand, to ask, to require #1,205
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.