How to say “grave” 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 Tagalog, where grabe is the 358th most used word.
- Afrikaans graf #596
- Albanian varr #1,928
- Arabic جدي serious; grave; earnest #783
- Armenian գերեզման #572
- Bengali কবর #723
- Bosnian grob #2,387
- Croatian grob #2,357
- Danish grave accent grave – accent grave, grave accent #1,996
- Dutch graven #2,119
- Esperanto tombo tomb, grave, sepulchre #1,308
- Estonian tõsine serious, grave, severe #907
- Georgian სერიოზული earnest, grave, serious #1,412
- German ernst serious, severe, grave #519
- Greek τάφο grave, tomb #1,998
- Hungarian komoly serious, grave, severe #592
- Icelandic gröf #1,826
- Italian grave grave, serious #1,486
- Korean 무덤 grave; tomb #2,324
- Lithuanian rimtas serious, solemn, grave #1,041
- Macedonian гроб #2,250
- Malay kubur grave; tomb #1,431
- Persian گور grave, tomb #1,282
- Portuguese grave serious; grave #1,909
- Romanian mormânt grave, tomb #2,500
- Serbian grob #2,294
- Slovak hrob #1,453
- Slovenian grob #791
- Spanish grave serious, grave #1,709
- Tagalog grabe grave; serious #358
- Telugu సమాధి a grave, or tomb #766
- Urdu قبر grave, tomb #1,195
- Vietnamese nghiêm strict, grave, stern #724
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.