How to say “dollar” in 36 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 Arabic, where دولار is the 186th most used word.
- Arabic دولار #186
- Basque dolar #258
- Bengali ডলার #404
- Bosnian dolar #2,112
- Catalan dòlars #570
- Chinese 美元 US dollar #405
- Croatian dolar #2,405
- Danish dollars a dollar #563
- Dutch dollar #471
- English jackson A U.S. 20-dollar banknote USD #2,370
- Esperanto dolarojn #1,949
- Finnish dollaria #451
- French dollars dollar, usually the US dollar #567
- Galician dólares #581
- Georgian დოლარი #1,185
- German dollar #634
- Greek δολάρια #538
- Hebrew דולר #280
- Hindi डॉलर #834
- Hungarian dollár #838
- Indonesian dolar #648
- Italian dollari #420
- Korean 달러 #749
- Latvian dolāru #448
- Macedonian долари #298
- Norwegian dollar a dollar #351
- Persian دلار #314
- Polish dolarów #667
- Portuguese dólares #409
- Romanian dolari #446
- Russian баксов buck, dollar #1,648
- Serbian dolar #2,257
- Spanish dólares #524
- Swedish dollar #342
- Telugu డాలర్లు #637
- Turkish dolar #344
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.