How to say “friendship” in 31 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 Afrikaans, where vriendskap is the 832nd most used word.
- Afrikaans vriendskap #832
- Arabic تواصل to be united by friendship #1,612
- Armenian ընկերություն #1,797
- Basque adiskidetasun #2,053
- Bengali বন্ধুত্ব #1,103
- Bosnian prijateljstvo #2,257
- Croatian prijateljstvo #2,293
- Czech přátelství #1,888
- Danish venskab #2,430
- Dutch vriendschap #2,235
- Esperanto amikeco #2,188
- Estonian sõprus #2,245
- French amitié friendship, amity #2,104
- Galician amizade #1,911
- German freundschaft #2,278
- Greek φιλία friendship, companionship #2,482
- Hebrew חברות #998
- Hindi दोस्ती #1,642
- Italian amicizia #2,131
- Lithuanian draugystė #2,118
- Macedonian пријателство #2,225
- Malayalam സൗഹൃദം #1,608
- Persian دوستی #2,275
- Portuguese amizade #2,358
- Serbian prijateljstvo #2,157
- Slovak priateľstvo #1,338
- Slovenian prijateljstvo #974
- Spanish amistad #2,263
- Tamil நட்பு friendship, amity #1,255
- Telugu పొత్తు #1,532
- Urdu دوستی #1,379
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.