How to say “faith” in 37 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 Chinese, where 相信 is the 37th most used word.
- Arabic اعتقد to believe in; to have faith in #153
- Armenian հավատ faith, belief #789
- Basque fede #1,122
- Bengali বিশ্বাস belief, faith, trust #117
- Bosnian vjerujem to believe, have faith in #451
- Bulgarian вяра faith, belief, confidence, trust #1,517
- Chinese 相信 to believe; to trust; to have faith #37
- Croatian vjerujem to believe, have faith in #351
- Czech víru faith, belief #2,398
- Estonian usu to believe, to have faith in something #273
- Finnish usko to believe, have faith #228
- French foi #1,527
- Galician fe #1,107
- Georgian რწმენა faith, belief #505
- German glauben belief, faith #280
- Greek πίστη faith, creed, belief #1,197
- Hebrew אמון faith, confidence, trust #1,501
- Hindi विश्वास belief, faith #244
- Icelandic trú #676
- Italian fiducia trust, faith #1,403
- Korean 믿음 faith, belief, acceptance, reliance #2,140
- Lithuanian tikėjimas faith, trust #2,031
- Macedonian доверба trust, faith #1,298
- Malay iman #2,227
- Norwegian tillit confidence, faith, trust #2,084
- Persian ایمان #2,082
- Polish wiary belief, faith, credence, creed #1,981
- Portuguese fé #1,456
- Romanian încredere trust, faith #409
- Serbian vjerujem to believe, have faith in #875
- Slovak vieru faith, belief #1,089
- Spanish fe #1,434
- Tagalog tiwala trust; faith #457
- Tamil விசுவாசம் trust, faith, belief #1,584
- Turkish inan to believe, have faith #1,614
- Urdu ایمان faith; belief #727
- Vietnamese tin to believe; to trust; to have faith #104
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.