How to say “example” in 50 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 a is the 5th most used word.
- Afrikaans voorbeeld #539
- Albanian shembull #857
- Arabic مثلا for example #2,378
- Armenian նմուշ specimen; sample; example #1,652
- Basque adibidez for example #441
- Bengali যেমন for example, such as #300
- Bosnian govno when used in singular: turd Example: Posrao… #1,345
- Bulgarian например for example, e.g #754
- Catalan exemple #1,277
- Chinese 比如 to take for example; for example; for… #455
- Croatian primjer example, instance #1,031
- Czech například for instance, for example #1,454
- Danish eksempel #1,441
- Dutch bijvoorbeeld for example #1,741
- English a An unspecified example of; the indefinite… #5
- Esperanto ekzemple for example #554
- Estonian näiteks for example, for instance #591
- Finnish esimerkiksi for example, for instance #2,075
- French exemple #1,064
- Galician exemplo #589
- Georgian მაგალითად for example #1,403
- German beispiel #1,061
- Greek παράδειγμα example, instance #1,262
- Hebrew שורה A row; for example, a line of text #2,293
- Hindi उदाहरण #1,718
- Hungarian például for example, for instance #700
- Icelandic dæmis example, case in point #989
- Indonesian contoh example, instance #1,782
- Italian esempio #1,113
- Latvian piemēram for example, for instance #676
- Lithuanian pavyzdžiui for example #637
- Macedonian пример example, instance #578
- Malay contohnya for example #1,885
- Malayalam മാതൃക model; praiseworthy example #1,398
- Norwegian eksempel an example #1,310
- Persian نمونه example, sample #715
- Polish przykład #907
- Portuguese exemplo #1,174
- Romanian exemplu #1,024
- Russian например for example, for instance, e.g #754
- Serbian primer example, instance #884
- Slovak napríklad for example, for instance #479
- Slovenian primer #230
- Spanish ejemplo #1,125
- Swedish exempel an example #1,431
- Tagalog halimbawa for example #534
- Tamil முன்மாதிரி example, precedent, model #1,668
- Turkish mesela for example #739
- Ukrainian наприклад for example #857
- Urdu مثال example, instance, specimen, model, precedent #669
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.