How to say “feel” in 45 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 Indonesian, where ingin is the 34th most used word.
- Afrikaans voel #171
- Albanian ndihem to feel emotionally #529
- Arabic أحس to feel, perceive, see #1,940
- Basque nabaritu to feel #1,044
- Bengali লাগে to feel #245
- Bosnian osjetiti to feel #2,118
- Bulgarian чувствам to feel #355
- Chinese 抱歉 to be sorry; to feel apologetic #41
- Croatian osjećaj to feel #652
- Czech cítím to feel #485
- Danish føler to feel, sense #421
- Dutch voel to feel, to have sensation of #347
- English want To wish for or desire; to feel a need or… #66
- Esperanto sentas to feel, perceive #234
- Estonian tunnen to feel #310
- Finnish tuntuu to feel #310
- French ressens to feel #1,748
- Georgian ვგრძნობ to feel #218
- German fühle to feel #712
- Greek νιώθω to feel #443
- Hebrew הרגיש feel, sense #1,491
- Hindi छू to touch, to feel #1,311
- Hungarian érzem to feel #307
- Icelandic finnast to feel, to find, to think #1,189
- Indonesian ingin to wish for or desire; to feel a need or… #34
- Italian senti to feel #226
- Latvian mīl to love, to feel love for #862
- Lithuanian jaustis to feel #943
- Macedonian чувствува to feel, sense #1,270
- Malay terasa to feel; to sense #1,044
- Malayalam തോന്നുക to feel #2,406
- Norwegian føler to feel #293
- Portuguese sinto to sense; to feel #333
- Romanian simt to feel #266
- Russian чувствовать to feel #1,419
- Slovenian čutiti to feel, to experience #1,220
- Spanish siento to feel #106
- Swedish känner to feel, to sense #133
- Tagalog umasa to hope; to feel confident about #1,231
- Tamil குளிர் to feel cold, chilly #347
- Telugu పొందు to feel, experience #1,216
- Turkish acıyor to pity, feel pity and compassion for #1,789
- Ukrainian відчувати to feel #2,334
- Urdu چھونا to touch, to feel #1,884
- Vietnamese cảm to feel #109
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.