How to say “disappear” 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.
- desaparecido/desapaɾeˈθido/ Spanish
- 消失/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɻ̩⁵⁵/ Chinese
- εξαφανίστηκε/e.ksa.faˈni.sti.ce/ Greek
- נעלם/neʔeˈlam/ Hebrew
“disappear” in Spanish: desaparecido · French: disparu · German: verschwunden · Portuguese: desapareceu · Chinese: 消失 · Greek: εξαφανίστηκε
It is commonest in Hungarian, where tűnik is the 201st most used word.
Disappear in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans verdwyn/fərˈdwɛin/ to disappear #455
- Albanian zhdukur/ʒdukuɾ/ to disappear, to hide #747
- Arabic اختفى/ixtafaː/ to vanish, disappear, to go missing #1,131
- Basque desagertu/des̺aɡertu/ to disappear, go away #386
- Bosnian nestati/něstati/ to disappear, vanish #1,825
- Bulgarian изчезна[iʃˈt͡ʃɛznɐ] to disappear, to vanish #1,017
- Catalan desaparegut[də.zə.pə.ɾəˈɣut] to disappear, to vanish #1,024
- Chinese 消失/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɻ̩⁵⁵/ to disappear; to vanish #226
- Croatian nestati/něstati/ to disappear, vanish #1,619
- Czech zmizet[ˈzmɪzɛt] to disappear #1,780
- Danish forsvandt/fɒˈsvanˀd/ to vanish, to disappear #952
- Dutch verdwenen/vərˈdʋeːnən/ to disappear #991
- Esperanto malaperis/malaˈperis/ to disappear #623
- Finnish häivy/ˈhæivy/ to disappear, vanish #937
- French disparu/dis.pa.ʁy/ to disappear #752
- Galician desapareceu/desapaˈɾeθeu/ to disappear; to vanish #1,872
- German verschwunden/fɛɐ̯ˈʃvʊndn̩/ to disappear, to vanish, to move out of view #1,102
- Greek εξαφανίστηκε/e.ksa.faˈni.sti.ce/ to disappear, vanish #1,220
- Hebrew נעלם/neʔeˈlam/ to disappear #604
- Hungarian tűnik[ˈtyːnik] to disappear, vanish #201
- Indonesian hilang/ˈhilaŋ/ to disappear, to vanish, to be no longer… #373
- Lithuanian dingti/ˈdʲɪŋk.tʲɪ/ to disappear, vanish, go away #724
- Macedonian исчезне[ˈiʃt͡ʃɛznɛ] to disappear, vanish #1,712
- Norwegian forsvant/fɔˈʂvɑnt/ to disappear, to vanish #964
- Polish zniknął/ˈzɲik.nɔw/ to disappear, to vanish #1,775
- Portuguese desapareceu/ˌdezaˌpaɾeˈsew/ to disappear; to vanish #919
- Romanian dispari/disˈpaɾʲʲ/ to disappear, vanish #1,558
- Serbian nestati/něstati/ to disappear, vanish #2,052
- Spanish desaparecido/desapaɾeˈθido/ to disappear, to go missing, to vanish, to be… #1,715
- Swedish försvann/ˈfœʂvan/ to disappear, to vanish #921
- Tagalog mawala/mawaˈlaʔ/ to disappear #507
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.