How to say “get” in 51 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 Urdu, where لئے is the 22nd most used word.
- Afrikaans word to become; to get #53
- Albanian hyrë to enter, to go in, to get in #826
- Arabic إليك get away! #204
- Armenian կորած to be lost; to get lost, be mislaid; to… #1,046
- Basque haserretu to rage, get angry #523
- Bengali পা to get, to receive #329
- Bosnian dobio to receive, get, obtain, acquire #373
- Bulgarian получа to get, to receive #983
- Catalan aconseguir to arrive, to get #480
- Chinese 得到 to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to… #50
- Croatian dobio to receive, get, obtain, acquire #306
- Czech dostat to get #272
- Danish får to get #102
- Dutch worden to become, to get, to grow, to turn #121
- English take To get into one's hands, possession, or… #90
- Esperanto prenu to take, get, seize, lay hold of, pick up #204
- Estonian saa to get, to receive #61
- Finnish saa to get, receive #85
- French ai to have; to own; to possess; to get #28
- Galician conseguir to get, obtain #720
- Georgian გრძელდება to get longer, to lengthen #464
- German bekommen to receive; to get #370
- Greek πάρει to take, get, move #232
- Hebrew בחייך come on, get out of town, expression of… #258
- Hindi पाया to get, receive #497
- Hungarian lett to become, get, turn into #202
- Icelandic fá to receive, to get #71
- Indonesian keluar to go out, to get out, to exit #96
- Italian ricevuto to receive, get, have, be given, take #627
- Korean 든 to come in, go in, get in, enter #670
- Latvian dabūt to get, to obtain #444
- Lithuanian supratau to perceive, to get it; to understand #190
- Macedonian добие to get, acquire #586
- Malay bangun to wake up; to get up #321
- Malayalam കിട്ടുക to get #903
- Norwegian får to get; to have; to obtain; to receive #80
- Polish poznać to get to know; to learn #551
- Portuguese ficar to become; to get; to end up #144
- Romanian primit to receive, to get #416
- Russian получить to receive, to get #573
- Serbian dobio to receive, get, obtain, acquire #380
- Slovak dostať to get, to receive #170
- Slovenian dobiti to receive, get, obtain, acquire #333
- Spanish volver to return, to revert, to get back #300
- Swedish får to get, to receive #54
- Tagalog makakuha to be able to get something #225
- Tamil எழுந்திரு to rise up, stand up, get up #324
- Turkish anlıyorum To understand, to comprehend, to get #358
- Ukrainian вийти to go out, to come out, to get out, to walk… #893
- Urdu لئے to take, get #22
- Vietnamese nhận to receive; to get; to obtain #174
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.