How to say “demand” in 31 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.
- 需求/ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/ Chinese
- απαιτεί/ˌapeˈti/ Greek
- תביעה/tviˈʔa/ Hebrew
- მოითხოვს[mo̞itʰχo̞fs] Georgian
- պահանջել/pɑhɑnˈd͡ʒel/ Armenian
- கோரிக்கை/koːɾɪkːɐɪ̯/ Tamil
“demand” in Chinese: 需求 · Turkish: talep · Greek: απαιτεί
It is commonest in Armenian, where պահանջել is the 500th most used word.
Demand in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic اطلب/itˤ.tˤa.la.ba/ to demand or beg repeatedly and instantly #1,185
- Armenian պահանջել/pɑhɑnˈd͡ʒel/ to demand, require #500
- Basque eskari/es̺kaɾi/ petition, demand #1,347
- Bengali তলব/t̪ɔlob/ a call; a summons; a demand #1,719
- Bosnian zahtjev/zǎːxtjeʋ/ request, demand #2,279
- Chinese 需求/ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/ demand; need; requirement #1,541
- Croatian zahtjev/zǎːxtjeʋ/ request, demand #1,690
- Danish kræver/ˈkʁeːvɐ/ to demand #921
- Dutch verzoek/vərˈzuk/ request, friendly demand, petition #1,895
- English hmm/hm̩/ A demand for an answer to a question #600
- Esperanto postulas/posˈtulas/ to require, claim, demand #1,245
- Finnish vaatii/ˈvaːtɪː/ to demand, insist, call for, order #1,332
- Georgian მოითხოვს[mo̞itʰχo̞fs] to demand, to ask for, to require #788
- German verlangt/fɛɾˈlaŋt/ to ask for, demand #1,827
- Greek απαιτεί/ˌapeˈti/ to demand, to call for, to require #2,461
- Hebrew תביעה/tviˈʔa/ demand, claim #2,326
- Icelandic krefst/kʰrɛfst/ to demand, to request #1,005
- Indonesian tuntutan/tunˈtutan/ #2,407
- Italian richiesta/riˈkjɛs.ta/ request, demand, claim, call #1,702
- Latvian prasa/ˈprasa/ to ask for, to request, to demand #1,603
- Norwegian krever/ˈkreːvər/ to demand #1,072
- Persian تقاضا[t̪ʰæ.ʁɒː.zɒː] demand; request #2,455
- Slovak pýtal/piːtal/ to ask, to demand #775
- Slovenian zahteva/zaxtéːʋa/ #603
- Swedish krävs/ˈkrɛvs/ to demand, to forcefully request #1,177
- Tagalog pangangailangan/paŋaŋaʔiˈlaŋan/ demand; need; necessity #661
- Tamil கோரிக்கை/koːɾɪkːɐɪ̯/ demand, request, solicitation #2,105
- Telugu ప్రశ్న[praʃna] question, query, demand, inquiry #243
- Turkish talep/tɑˈlep/ #1,695
- Urdu مانگ/mɑːŋɡ/ #2,455
- Vietnamese đòi[ʔɗɔj˨˩] to claim back, to demand, to ask, to require #1,205
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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