How to say “glad” in 30 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.
- рад[rat] Russian
- 高興/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/ Chinese
- شاد[ʃɒːd̪̥] Persian
“glad” in German: froh · Chinese: 高興 · Russian: рад
It is commonest in Czech, where rád is the 141st most used word.
Glad in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic مسرور/mas.ruːr/ delighted, glad, pleased #1,080
- Armenian ուրախ/uˈɾɑχ/ happy, glad, cheerful #251
- Bengali আনন্দিত/anɔnd̪it̪o/ delighted, happy, glad, merry #860
- Bosnian drago/drâːɡo/ to be glad, pleased, delighted #261
- Chinese 高興/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/ glad; happy; pleased; delighted #899
- Croatian drago/drâːɡo/ to be glad, pleased, delighted #267
- Czech rád[ˈraːt] #141
- Danish glad/ˈɡlað/ happy, glad #303
- Esperanto ĝojas/ˈd͡ʒojas/ to be glad, happy, or joyful; to rejoice #553
- Finnish onnellinen/ˈonːelːinen/ happy, glad, pleased, gratified, content #990
- German froh/fʁoː/ glad; happy; cheerful #717
- Greek χαίρομαι/ˈçe.ɾo.me/ to be happy, to be glad #385
- Hebrew שמח/saˈmeaχ/ happy, glad, pleased #289
- Hungarian örülök[ˈøryløk] to be happy or glad, to rejoice #299
- Icelandic kátur[ˈkʰauːtʏr] jolly, glad, cheerful #1,827
- Indonesian bahagia/bahaˈɡia/ happy; glad #469
- Korean 반갑다[pa̠nɡa̠p̚t͈a̠] to be glad, happy; pleasant; welcome #1,444
- Latvian priecīgs[pɾiɛ̂ksîːɡs] happy, glad, joyful, delighted #1,264
- Lithuanian džiaugtis[²ˈd͡ʒʲɛʊˑktʲɪs] to rejoice, be glad #1,890
- Norwegian glad/ɡɽɑː/ happy, glad #263
- Persian شاد[ʃɒːd̪̥] glad, happy, cheerful #1,274
- Romanian bucuros/bu.kuˈros/ #1,820
- Russian рад[rat] #401
- Serbian drago/drâːɡo/ to be glad, pleased, delighted #256
- Slovenian vesel/ʋɛséːʋ/ happy, cheerful, glad #279
- Swedish glad/ɡlɑː(d)/ happy, glad #398
- Telugu ఆనందించారు/ˈaːnanˌdincaːru/ to be glad, to rejoice #1,703
- Turkish memnun/mɛm.nun/ grateful, glad #486
- Ukrainian радий[ˈradei̯] #483
- Vietnamese mừng[mɨŋ˨˩] glad, happy #415
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.