How to say “god” 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 Tagalog, where diyos is the 68th most used word.
- Albanian perëndi #1,569
- Arabic إل god, deity, God, El #1,285
- Armenian աստված #119
- Basque jainko god, deity #419
- Bengali খোদা God, Lord #289
- Bosnian bog god, deity #437
- Bulgarian боже god → the God / male deity #176
- Catalan déu #123
- Chinese 老天 God; Heavens #314
- Croatian bog god, deity #411
- Czech bože #171
- Danish gud god, God #181
- Dutch god god, deity #208
- English heaven The abode of God and of the angels and saints… #1,150
- Esperanto dio a god #94
- Estonian jumal #136
- Finnish jumala god, deity #519
- French dieu a god, male divinity #148
- Galician deus god, deity #159
- Georgian ღმერთი #212
- German gott #164
- Greek θεέ #185
- Hebrew אלוהים a god #92
- Hindi भगवान a god; male deity, lord #146
- Hungarian isten god, deity #240
- Icelandic guð #547
- Indonesian tuhan #146
- Italian dio god, deity #152
- Korean 세상에 oh my God! oh no! #140
- Latvian dievs #109
- Lithuanian dievas a god #347
- Macedonian боже #140
- Malay tuhan #142
- Malayalam ദൈവം #112
- Norwegian gud #251
- Persian خدا #115
- Polish boże #145
- Portuguese deus god; deity #123
- Russian боже #152
- Serbian bog god, deity #425
- Slovak bože #116
- Slovenian bog #110
- Spanish dios #114
- Swedish gud a god #216
- Tagalog diyos #68
- Tamil கடவுள் god, deity #124
- Telugu దేవుడు #207
- Turkish tanrım god, deity, divinity #100
- Ukrainian боже #107
- Urdu خدا #111
- Vietnamese thần deity; god #286
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.