How to say “general” in 47 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 English, where at is the 53rd most used word.
- Afrikaans generaal general, general officer #399
- Albanian gjeneral #860
- Arabic جنرال #1,402
- Armenian ընդհանուր generally, in general #982
- Basque orokor general, universal #2,045
- Bengali সাধারণ common, general, ordinary #413
- Bosnian uopšte generally, in general #589
- Bulgarian изобщо generally, in general #469
- Catalan general #587
- Chinese 一般 usually; in general; generally #366
- Croatian uopće generally, in general #394
- Czech generál #2,028
- Danish general #936
- Dutch generaal #922
- English at In, near, or in the general vicinity of #53
- Esperanto generalo #1,360
- Estonian üldse generally, in general #283
- Finnish kenraali #1,113
- French général #722
- Galician xeral #757
- German hallo a general greeting used when meeting someone #162
- Greek στρατηγέ general, an army rank with the NATO grade OF-9 #1,744
- Hebrew בכלל in general #238
- Hindi सामान्य common, general #689
- Hungarian általában in general, generally, usually #905
- Icelandic yfirleitt in general, generally #821
- Indonesian jenderal #1,073
- Italian generale #851
- Korean 대장 general; admiral #843
- Latvian ģenerālis #2,346
- Lithuanian generolas #1,059
- Macedonian воопшто in general, generally #348
- Malay tanah a general term for the surface of the Earth;… #390
- Malayalam ജനറൽ #914
- Norwegian general a general #876
- Persian فرمانده commander, general #532
- Romanian general #937
- Russian вообще generally, in general, usually #311
- Serbian uopšte generally, in general #416
- Slovenian general #413
- Spanish gusta to like in a general sense #206
- Swedish man people in general; one, you, they, people, etc #55
- Tamil பொது common, general, usual #1,464
- Turkish general #824
- Ukrainian взагалі generally, in general, on the whole #350
- Urdu جنرل #828
- Vietnamese chung general; common; public #742
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.