How to say “grave” in 32 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.
- 무덤[mudʌ̹m] Korean
- τάφο/ˈtafo/ Greek
- գերեզման/ɡeɾezˈmɑn/ Armenian
- কবর/kɔboɾ/ Bengali
- సమాధి/ˈsamaːdʰi/ Telugu
- گور[ɡ̥uːɹ] Persian
“grave” in Italian: grave · Korean: 무덤 · Greek: τάφο
It is commonest in Tagalog, where grabe is the 358th most used word.
Grave in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans graf/χraf/ #596
- Albanian varr/var/ #1,928
- Arabic جدي/d͡ʒid.dijj/ serious; grave; earnest #783
- Armenian գերեզման/ɡeɾezˈmɑn/ #572
- Bengali কবর/kɔboɾ/ #723
- Bosnian grob/ɡrôb/ #2,387
- Croatian grob/ɡrôb/ #2,357
- Danish grave/ɡraːʋə/ accent grave – accent grave, grave accent #1,996
- Dutch graven/ˈɣraː.və(n)/ #2,119
- Esperanto tombo/ˈtombo/ tomb, grave, sepulchre #1,308
- Estonian tõsine/ˈtɤsine/ serious, grave, severe #907
- Georgian სერიოზული[se̞ɾio̞zuli] earnest, grave, serious #1,412
- German ernst/ɛʁnst/ serious, severe, grave #519
- Greek τάφο/ˈtafo/ grave, tomb #1,998
- Hungarian komoly[ˈkomoj] serious, grave, severe #592
- Icelandic gröf[ˈkrœːv] #1,826
- Italian grave/ˈɡra.ve/ grave, serious #1,486
- Korean 무덤[mudʌ̹m] grave; tomb #2,324
- Lithuanian rimtas/ˈrɪmtɐs/ serious, solemn, grave #1,041
- Macedonian гроб[ɡrɔp] #2,250
- Malay kubur/ˈkubur/ grave; tomb #1,431
- Persian گور[ɡ̥uːɹ] grave, tomb #1,282
- Portuguese grave/ˈɡɾa.vi/ serious; grave #1,909
- Romanian mormânt/morˈmɨnt/ grave, tomb #2,500
- Serbian grob/ɡrôb/ #2,294
- Slovak hrob/ɦrɔp/ #1,453
- Slovenian grob/ɡrɔ́p/ #791
- Spanish grave/ˈɡɾabe/ serious, grave #1,709
- Tagalog grabe/ˈɡɾabe/ grave; serious #358
- Telugu సమాధి/ˈsamaːdʰi/ a grave, or tomb #766
- Urdu قبر/qəbɾ/ grave, tomb #1,195
- Vietnamese nghiêm[ŋiəm˧˧] strict, grave, stern #724
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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