How to say “feeling” in 45 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.
- sentimientos/sentiˈmjentos/ Spanish
- شعور/ʃu.ʕuːr/ Arabic
- 기분[kibun] Korean
- एहसास/eːɦ.sɑːs/ Hindi
- הרגשה/(h)aʁɡaˈʃa/ Hebrew
- զգացմունք/zɡɑt͡sʰˈmunkʰ/ Armenian
“feeling” in Spanish: sentimientos · German: gefühl · Italian: sentimenti · Korean: 기분 · Arabic: شعور · Hindi: एहसास · Turkish: his
It is commonest in Telugu, where అనుభూతి is the 156th most used word.
Feeling in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans emosie/iˈmʊəsi/ emotion, feeling #1,997
- Albanian ndjenjë/ndjɛɲə/ feeling, emotion #1,230
- Arabic شعور/ʃu.ʕuːr/ feeling, sensation, emotion #582
- Armenian զգացմունք/zɡɑt͡sʰˈmunkʰ/ feeling, emotion #1,380
- Bengali অনুভব/onubʱɔb/ #387
- Bosnian osjećaj/ôsjet͡ɕaːj/ #951
- Bulgarian чувство[ˈt͡ʃu̟fstvo] feeling, sensation #1,197
- Catalan sentiments/səntiˈmens/ emotion; feeling; sentiment #1,348
- Chinese 感到/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ to feel; to sense; to have a feeling that #152
- Czech pocit[ˈpot͡sɪt] #532
- Danish følelser/ˈføːləlsɐ/ #891
- Dutch gevoel/ɣəˈvul/ feeling, emotion #635
- English happy/ˈhæpi/ Having a feeling arising from a consciousness… #290
- Esperanto sento/ˈsento/ feeling, sensation #1,187
- Estonian tunne/ˈtunˑe/ #308
- Galician sentimento/sentiˈmento/ feeling, emotion, sentiment #1,349
- Georgian გრძნობა[ɡ̊ɾd͡zno̞bä] consciousness, feeling, sensation, sense,… #742
- German gefühl/ɡəˈfyːl/ #739
- Greek εντύπωση/enˈdiposi/ impression, feeling about something #1,839
- Hebrew הרגשה/(h)aʁɡaˈʃa/ a feeling, a sentiment #999
- Hindi एहसास/eːɦ.sɑːs/ feeling, sensation #989
- Icelandic tilfinning[ˈtʰɪl.fɪn(ː)iŋk] feeling, sentiment #1,372
- Indonesian perasaan/pəraˈsaan/ #664
- Italian sentimenti/sen.tiˈmen.ti/ feeling, emotion, sentiment #1,518
- Korean 기분[kibun] feeling, mood #293
- Latvian jūtas/ˈjuːtas/ feeling, emotion #943
- Lithuanian jausmas[²ˈjɛʊˑsmɐs] feeling, emotion, sense #646
- Macedonian чувство[ˈt͡ʃufstvɔ] feeling, sensation #801
- Malay cinta/ˈt͡ʃintə/ affection; feeling of love; strong attachment… #277
- Malayalam കുറ്റബോധം/kurrɐboːd̪(ʱ)ɐm/ feeling guilty; remorse; guilt #944
- Norwegian følelser/ˈføːll̩sər/ feeling, sensation #1,185
- Persian احساس[ʔeɦ.sɒ́ːs] feeling, emotion #204
- Polish uczucie/uˈt͡ʂu.t͡ɕɛ/ #1,372
- Portuguese vontade/võˈta.d͡ʒi/ will; the condition of feeling like or… #709
- Russian чувство[ˈt͡ɕu(f)stvə] sense, feeling #1,050
- Serbian osećaj/ˈosɛtɕɑj/ #755
- Slovenian čustvo/t͡ʃúːstʋɔ/ emotion, feeling #2,111
- Spanish sentimientos/sentiˈmjentos/ #1,395
- Swedish känslor/ˈɕɛnsluːr/ #966
- Tagalog hiya/hiˈaʔ/ shame; feeling of embarrassment #1,475
- Telugu అనుభూతి/ˈanuˌbʰuːti/ #156
- Turkish his/his/ feeling, sensation, emotion #1,502
- Ukrainian почуття[pɔt͡ʃʊˈtʲːa] sense, feeling #1,024
- Urdu احساس/ɪɦ.sɑːs/ consciousness, emotion, feeling, perception,… #387
- Vietnamese niềm[niəm˨˩] feeling; sentiment #1,082
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