How to say “grass” in 32 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 పచ్చిక is the 721st most used word.
- Afrikaans gras #1,390
- Albanian bar #953
- Basque belar #1,000
- Bengali ঘাস #1,447
- Bosnian travu #2,407
- Bulgarian трева #1,735
- Croatian travu #2,410
- English green The color of grass and leaves; a primary… #1,009
- Estonian rohtu #1,864
- French herbe #2,250
- German gras #2,364
- Hindi घास #2,227
- Icelandic gras #1,524
- Indonesian rumput #1,831
- Italian erba #1,916
- Latvian zāles #811
- Lithuanian žolės #1,321
- Macedonian трева #1,370
- Malay rumput #1,599
- Malayalam പുല്ല് grass; short plants with long narrow leaves… #894
- Persian علف fodder, provender, grass, hay #2,061
- Romanian iarbă #2,248
- Serbian travu #2,328
- Slovak tráva #1,944
- Slovenian trava #1,188
- Swedish gräs grass; any plant of the family Poaceae #2,313
- Tagalog damo #1,886
- Tamil புல் #899
- Telugu పచ్చిక #721
- Turkish ot #2,143
- Urdu گھاس #2,177
- Vietnamese cỏ #1,426
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.