How to say “english” in 40 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 Macedonian, where ќе is the 9th most used word.
- Afrikaans engelse #489
- Albanian anglisht in English #1,033
- Armenian անգլիական #614
- Basque ingelesez an English person #795
- Bengali ইংরেজ English person #1,926
- Bosnian engleski in an English manner, as an Englishman #1,318
- Bulgarian английски in English #1,159
- Catalan milles mile, English unit of distance #1,709
- Chinese 英文 English language #1,222
- Croatian engleski in an English manner, as an Englishman #1,425
- Czech anglicky English, in English #2,152
- Danish engelsk #1,303
- Dutch kwijt Translated into English with lose or be rid of #623
- Esperanto angla #2,373
- Estonian küll An intensifier corresponding to the English… #57
- Finnish kyllä an intensifier; corresponds to the English… #46
- French anglais English language #1,168
- Galician inglés #1,133
- German englisch #2,111
- Greek αγγλικά in English, using the English language #1,606
- Hungarian angol #1,653
- Icelandic ensku #864
- Indonesian inggris English; Englishman #623
- Italian inglese #1,196
- Korean 영어 the English language #1,217
- Latvian angliski English, in English; adverbial form of… #2,138
- Lithuanian angliškai in English #948
- Macedonian ќе Future particle equivalent to "will" in… #9
- Malayalam ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് #373
- Norwegian engelsk English, someone or something from England,… #1,205
- Persian انگلیسی #1,860
- Romanian engleză #1,999
- Serbian engleski in an English manner, as an Englishman #1,366
- Slovak angličtiny #2,431
- Slovenian angleško #736
- Spanish inglés #1,391
- Swedish engelska #1,273
- Tagalog ingles #1,929
- Turkish lord English lord or nobleman #1,435
- Urdu انگریزی English; of or relating to the English… #556
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.