How to say “experience” in 39 different 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.
- experiencia/eɡspeˈɾjenθja/ Spanish
- опыт[ˈopɨt] Russian
- حي/ħajj/ Arabic
- 感受/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/ Chinese
- अनुभव/ə.nʊ.bʱəʋ/ Hindi
- εμπειρία/e(m)biˈɾia/ Greek
“experience” in Spanish: experiencia · Chinese: 感受 · Russian: опыт · Arabic: حي · Hindi: अनुभव · Greek: εμπειρία
It is commonest in Chinese, where 感受 is the 363rd most used word.
Experience in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian përvojë/pəɾvɔjə/ #1,768
- Arabic حي/ħajj/ to experience, to witness #815
- Bengali অভিজ্ঞতা/obʱiɡːɔt̪a/ vast experience #1,030
- Bosnian iskustvo/iskǔːstʋo/ #1,696
- Catalan experiència[əks.pə.ɾiˈɛn.si.ə] #1,014
- Chinese 感受/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/ to experience; to feel; to be affected by #363
- Croatian iskustvo/iskǔːstʋo/ #1,713
- Czech dočkat[ˈdot͡ʃkat] to get to see or experience after a wait #1,662
- Danish erfaring/ɛɐ̯ˈfɑːˀeŋ/ #1,936
- Dutch ervaring/ɛrˈvaːrɪŋ/ #1,312
- English world/wɝld/ The subjective human experience, regarded… #224
- Esperanto travivis/traˈvivis/ to spend, experience #1,680
- Estonian kogemus/ˈkoɡ̊emus/ #1,871
- German leiden/ˈlaɪ̯dən/ to suffer, to experience pain, sorrow, etc #1,524
- Greek εμπειρία/e(m)biˈɾia/ #1,268
- Hebrew נהנה/neheˈna/ To enjoy, to experience enjoyment #1,033
- Hindi अनुभव/ə.nʊ.bʱəʋ/ experience, perception, consciousness #1,267
- Icelandic reynsla[ˈreinstla] #2,140
- Indonesian pengalaman/pəŋaˈlaman/ #1,240
- Italian conosco/koˈnos.ko/ to know, to meet, to experience #532
- Korean 신세[ɕʰinsʰe̞] one's life experience #1,884
- Latvian pieredze/ˈpieredze/ #2,129
- Lithuanian patirtis/pɐtɪrˈtɪs/ #2,053
- Macedonian искуство[ˈiskustvɔ] #992
- Malay mengalami/məŋaˈlami/ to experience; to undergo; to sustain; to… #745
- Malayalam പരിചയം/paɾid͡ʒajam/ #708
- Norwegian erfaring/ærˈfɑːrɪŋ/ #1,846
- Persian تجربه[t̪ʰæd͡ʒ.ɹo.bé] #650
- Portuguese experiência/is.pe.ɾiˈẽ.sjɐ/ experience of which one is cognizant #1,063
- Russian опыт[ˈopɨt] #2,431
- Serbian iskustvo/iskǔːstʋo/ #1,626
- Slovenian čutiti/t͡ʃutìːti/ to feel, to experience #1,220
- Spanish experiencia/eɡspeˈɾjenθja/ #1,172
- Swedish slipper/ˈslɪpɛr/ to not have to experience, to not have to… #1,498
- Tagalog karanasan/kaɾanaˈsan/ #1,848
- Tamil அனுபவம்/ɐnʊbɐʋɐm/ #1,206
- Telugu పొందు/pon̪d̪u/ to feel, experience #1,216
- Ukrainian досвід[ˈdɔsʲʋʲid] #2,389
- Urdu تجربہ/t̪əd͡ʒ.ɾɪ.bɑ(ː)/ #660
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