How to say “eight” 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 Greek, where η is the 12th most used word.
- Afrikaans agt #907
- Albanian tetë #715
- Arabic ثمانية #757
- Basque zortzi #547
- Bengali আট #752
- Bosnian osam #805
- Bulgarian осем #982
- Catalan vuit #887
- Croatian osam #828
- Czech osm #967
- Danish otte #710
- Dutch acht #705
- Esperanto ok #1,052
- Estonian kaheksa #747
- Finnish kahdeksan #1,081
- French huit #1,191
- Galician oito #725
- German acht #885
- Greek η The number eight in Greek numerals #12
- Hebrew שמונה #701
- Hindi आठ #1,096
- Hungarian nyolc #1,244
- Icelandic átta #338
- Indonesian delapan #1,084
- Italian otto #1,008
- Korean 팔 #605
- Latvian astoņi #1,491
- Lithuanian aštuoni #1,138
- Macedonian осум #808
- Malay lapan #939
- Malayalam എട്ട് #634
- Norwegian åtte #694
- Persian هشت #680
- Polish osiem #1,620
- Portuguese oito #934
- Romanian opt #936
- Russian восемь #1,357
- Serbian osam #801
- Slovak osem #647
- Slovenian osem #420
- Spanish ocho #909
- Swedish åtta #718
- Tagalog walo #1,525
- Tamil எட்டு #606
- Turkish sekiz #800
- Ukrainian вісім #1,306
- Urdu آٹھ #689
- Vietnamese tám #1,476
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.