How to say “earth” in 48 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 English, where up is the 52nd most used word.
- Afrikaans aarde #283
- Albanian botë #368
- Arabic أرض earth, land #903
- Armenian հող #1,329
- Basque lur earth, soil #432
- Bengali পৃথিবী #411
- Bosnian zemlji #598
- Bulgarian свят world, earth, universe #359
- Catalan terra #263
- Chinese 何必 why; why on earth; why bother #1,597
- Croatian zemlji #628
- Czech zemi #455
- Danish jorden #487
- Dutch aarde earth, soil, ground #643
- English up Away from the surface of the Earth or other… #52
- Estonian maa #485
- Finnish maailman the Earth, the world #512
- French terre earth; soil #397
- Galician terra soil, earth #242
- German erde #769
- Greek γη world, earth #565
- Hebrew עולם world: Earth, globe #792
- Hindi भूमि earth, soil, ground #767
- Hungarian föld earth, land #938
- Icelandic land land, earth, ground #573
- Indonesian tanah earth, soil, dirt #441
- Korean 도대체 on earth; the hell #271
- Macedonian земја earth, soil #317
- Malay bumi #452
- Malayalam ഭൂമി #465
- Norwegian jorden earth, soil, ground #937
- Persian زمین #507
- Polish ziemi #600
- Portuguese chão ground, soil, earth #729
- Romanian pământ earth, ground #624
- Russian земля #1,810
- Serbian zemlji #605
- Slovak zem #396
- Slovenian zemlja earth, soil #634
- Spanish mundo world, earth #164
- Swedish jorden earth, soil; a rock- or sand-based… #736
- Tagalog mundo world; the earth #92
- Tamil உலகம் world, earth #409
- Telugu మట్టి earth, soil, mud #753
- Turkish toprak earth, soil #1,815
- Ukrainian земля #895
- Urdu مٹی soil, earth #358
- Vietnamese đất earth; soil; dirt #345
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.