How to say “door” in 45 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 తలుపు is the 161st most used word.
- Afrikaans voordeur front door #1,468
- Albanian derën #439
- Arabic بوب to put a door #452
- Basque ate door, entrance #438
- Bengali দরজা #257
- Bulgarian врата door, gate, gates #582
- Chinese 隔壁 next door #1,076
- Czech dveře #488
- Danish døren #441
- Dutch deur #421
- Esperanto pordon door, gate #404
- Estonian uks #553
- Finnish ovi #672
- French portes #1,171
- Galician porta #320
- Georgian კარი #733
- German tür #396
- Greek πόρτα #358
- Hebrew דלת #890
- Hindi द्वार #1,769
- Hungarian ajtót #648
- Icelandic dyr a door, a doorway #962
- Indonesian pintu #329
- Korean 문 #261
- Latvian durvis #369
- Lithuanian durys #542
- Macedonian врата #482
- Malay pintu #255
- Malayalam വാതിൽ door; A portal of entry into a building or… #351
- Norwegian døra a door #684
- Persian درها #1,947
- Polish drzwi #365
- Portuguese porta #324
- Russian дверь #439
- Slovak dvere #254
- Slovenian vrata #188
- Spanish puerta #320
- Swedish dörren a door #455
- Tagalog pinto #229
- Tamil கதவு door, gate #328
- Telugu తలుపు #161
- Turkish kapıyı #484
- Ukrainian двері door, doors #368
- Urdu دروازہ #464
- Vietnamese cửa door or window #298
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.