How to say “doubt” in 41 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 أجل is the 33rd most used word.
- Afrikaans twyfel #605
- Albanian dyshim suspicion, doubt #885
- Arabic أجل yes, indeed, no doubt #33
- Armenian կասկած #709
- Basque zalantza doubt, hesitation #909
- Bengali সন্দেহ doubt; suspicion; uncertainty #412
- Bosnian sumnje doubt, suspicion #1,369
- Bulgarian съмнение #1,545
- Catalan dubte #904
- Chinese 懷疑 to doubt; to suspect #2,364
- Croatian sumnje doubt, suspicion #1,308
- Danish tvivl #1,292
- Dutch twijfel doubt, uncertainty #1,440
- English sure Without doubt, certainly #136
- Esperanto dubi to doubt #688
- French doute #602
- Galician dúbida #826
- Georgian ეჭვი doubt, dubiety, suspicion #658
- German zweifel #1,871
- Greek αμφιβολία doubt, uncertainty #1,939
- Hebrew ספק doubt, uncertainty #573
- Hindi बेशक undoubtedly, without a doubt, totally #548
- Icelandic eflaust without a doubt, indubitably, doubtlessly #828
- Indonesian jelas free of ambiguity or doubt #339
- Lithuanian abejoju to doubt, to question #1,030
- Macedonian сомнеж doubt, suspicion #2,193
- Malayalam സംശയം #426
- Norwegian tvil a doubt #1,438
- Persian شک #574
- Polish wątpię to doubt #1,740
- Portuguese dúvida doubt, uncertainty #1,122
- Romanian îndoială doubt, misgiving, incertitude #1,465
- Serbian sumnje doubt, suspicion #1,284
- Slovenian dvom #1,633
- Spanish duda #1,017
- Swedish tvivlar to doubt, to be in doubt #2,266
- Tagalog agam doubt; suspicion #2,368
- Tamil சந்தேகம் doubt, uncertainty, hesitation; suspicion #596
- Turkish şüphe #1,468
- Urdu شک doubt, uncertainty #736
- Vietnamese nghi to doubt, to suspect #635
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.