How to say “government” in 42 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 Telugu, where అమలు is the 181st most used word.
- Afrikaans regering #802
- Basque gobernuak #746
- Bengali সরকার #729
- Bosnian vlada #1,033
- Bulgarian управление government, administration, management #2,028
- Catalan govern #805
- Chinese 政府 #251
- Croatian vlada #1,093
- Czech vláda #1,601
- Danish styre government, regime #1,199
- Dutch overheid the government, the authorities #1,956
- Esperanto registaro #1,471
- Estonian valitsuse #1,156
- Finnish hallitus cabinet, government, administration #2,442
- French gouvernement #1,049
- Galician goberno #392
- German regierung government/administration #1,207
- Greek κυβέρνηση government, cabinet #1,108
- Hebrew מחלקה A department, such as a university… #2,302
- Hindi सरकार #619
- Indonesian pemerintah #774
- Italian governo government, administration, rule #1,104
- Korean 정부 national government, particularly the… #911
- Latvian valdība #1,649
- Lithuanian vyriausybė #1,179
- Macedonian влада #1,491
- Malay kerajaan #509
- Malayalam സർക്കാർ #1,396
- Norwegian styre administration, government, rule #1,489
- Persian دولت state, government #623
- Portuguese governo #835
- Romanian statul state, government #2,053
- Russian правительство government, administration, cabinet #2,002
- Serbian vlada #1,077
- Slovak vláda #763
- Slovenian vlada #510
- Spanish gobierno #893
- Swedish regeringen government; the executive body of a country's… #1,476
- Tagalog gobyerno #344
- Tamil அரசாங்கம் #586
- Telugu అమలు authority, reign, government #181
- Urdu حکومت #302
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.