How to say “government” in 42 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.
- gobierno/ɡoˈbjeɾno/ Spanish
- правительство[prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə] Russian
- 政府/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- सरकार/səɾ.kɑːɾ/ Hindi
- κυβέρνηση/ciˈverniˌsi/ Greek
- সরকার/ʃɔɾkaɾ/ Bengali
“government” in Spanish: gobierno · French: gouvernement · German: regierung · Italian: governo · Portuguese: governo · Chinese: 政府 · Russian: правительство · Hindi: सरकार
It is commonest in Chinese, where 政府 is the 251st most used word.
Government in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans regering/rəˈχɪə̯.rəŋ/ #802
- Basque gobernuak/ɡoˈβeɾnuˌak/ #746
- Bengali সরকার/ʃɔɾkaɾ/ #729
- Bosnian vlada/ˈvladɐ/ #1,033
- Bulgarian управление[oprɐˈvlɛniɛ] government, administration, management #2,028
- Catalan govern[ɡuˈβɛrn] #805
- Chinese 政府/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ #251
- Croatian vlada/ˈvladɐ/ #1,093
- Czech vláda[ˈvlaːda] #1,601
- Danish styre/styːrə/ government, regime #1,199
- Dutch overheid/ˈoːvərˌhɛɪt/ the government, the authorities #1,956
- Esperanto registaro/reɡisˈtaro/ #1,471
- Estonian valitsuse/ˈvɑlitsuse/ #1,156
- Finnish hallitus/ˈhɑlːitus/ cabinet, government, administration #2,442
- French gouvernement/ɡu.vɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃/ #1,049
- Galician goberno/ɡoˈbɛɾno/ #392
- German regierung/reˈɡiːrʊŋ/ government/administration #1,207
- Greek κυβέρνηση/ciˈverniˌsi/ government, cabinet #1,108
- Hebrew מחלקה/maχlaˈka/ A department, such as a university… #2,302
- Hindi सरकार/səɾ.kɑːɾ/ #619
- Indonesian pemerintah[pəməˈrɪntah] #774
- Italian governo/ɡoˈvɛr.no/ government, administration, rule #1,104
- Korean 정부[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋbu] national government, particularly the… #911
- Latvian valdība/ˈʋalldiːba/ #1,649
- Lithuanian vyriausybė[ʋʲiːrʲɛʊ¹ˈsʲiːbʲeː] #1,179
- Macedonian влада[ˈvɫada] #1,491
- Malay kerajaan[kərad͡ʒaʔan] #509
- Malayalam സർക്കാർ/sɐrkkaːr/ #1,396
- Norwegian styre/ˈstyːrə/ administration, government, rule #1,489
- Persian دولت[d̪ow.lǽt̪ʰ] state, government #623
- Portuguese governo/ɡuˈveʁ.nu/ #835
- Romanian statul/ˈstatul/ state, government #2,053
- Russian правительство[prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə] government, administration, cabinet #2,002
- Serbian vlada/ˈvladɐ/ #1,077
- Slovak vláda/vlaːda/ #763
- Slovenian vlada/ʋláːda/ #510
- Spanish gobierno/ɡoˈbjeɾno/ #893
- Swedish regeringen/rɛˈjeːrɪŋɛn/ government; the executive body of a country's… #1,476
- Tagalog gobyerno/ɡobˈjeɾno/ #344
- Tamil அரசாங்கம்/ɐɾɐtʃɑːŋɡɐm/ #586
- Telugu అమలు/ˈamalu/ authority, reign, government #181
- Urdu حکومت/ɦʊ.kuː.mət̪/ #302
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