How to say “forget” in 46 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 Romanian, where uite is the 163rd most used word.
- Afrikaans vergeet to forget #170
- Albanian harruar to forget #647
- Arabic أنسى to cause to forget or neglect #976
- Basque ahaztu to forget #174
- Bosnian zaboraviti to forget #977
- Bulgarian забравя to forget #1,053
- Catalan oblidat to forget #1,017
- Chinese 算了 forget it; forget about it; drop it; leave it… #374
- Croatian zaboraviti to forget #846
- Czech zapomenout to forget #1,451
- Danish glem to forget #479
- Dutch vergeten to forget #447
- Esperanto forgesis to forget #344
- Estonian unustama to forget #1,980
- Finnish unohda to forget #636
- French oublié to forget #573
- Galician esquecer to forget #1,167
- Georgian დავიწყება to make sb forget #1,452
- German dachte not to forget; to remember #200
- Greek ξέχασα I forget #986
- Hebrew שכח to forget #1,075
- Hindi भूलना to forget #1,235
- Hungarian felejtsd to forget #881
- Icelandic gleyma to forget #512
- Indonesian lupa to forget #411
- Italian dimenticato to forget #946
- Latvian aizmirsti to forget #915
- Lithuanian užmiršti to forget #2,497
- Macedonian заборави to forget #458
- Malay lupa to forget #418
- Malayalam മറക്കുക to forget #1,796
- Norwegian glem to forget #509
- Polish nieważne forget it, never mind #729
- Portuguese esquece to forget #987
- Romanian uite to forget #163
- Russian забыть to forget #1,274
- Serbian zaboraviti to forget #1,049
- Slovak zabudnúť to forget #738
- Slovenian pozabiti to forget #735
- Spanish olvidado to forget #1,386
- Swedish glöm to forget #556
- Tamil மற to forget #2,174
- Turkish unutma to forget #688
- Ukrainian забути to forget #1,507
- Urdu بھولنا to forget #902
- Vietnamese quên to forget #412
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.