How to say “green” in 39 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 Vietnamese, where hành is the 260th most used word.
- Afrikaans groen #900
- Albanian gjelbër #1,755
- Arabic أخضر green; verdant #2,342
- Basque berde #944
- Bengali সবুজ #734
- Catalan verd #1,751
- Danish grønne #1,940
- Dutch groene #2,015
- English kelly Kelly green #1,956
- Esperanto verda green in color #1,041
- Estonian roheline #1,307
- French vert #1,947
- Galician verde #1,117
- Georgian მწვანე #1,202
- Greek πράσινο the green color/colour #1,928
- Hebrew ירוק #1,391
- Hindi हरा #1,011
- Hungarian zöld #1,486
- Icelandic grænn #2,085
- Indonesian hijau #1,201
- Italian verde #1,581
- Korean 녹색 #1,382
- Lithuanian žalia #1,465
- Macedonian зелено in green #2,382
- Malay hijau #905
- Malayalam പച്ച green colour #621
- Norwegian grønne #2,127
- Persian سبز #943
- Portuguese verde #1,561
- Romanian verde #1,275
- Slovak zelená #1,694
- Slovenian zelen #1,685
- Spanish verde #1,561
- Swedish gröna #2,265
- Tamil பச்சை #512
- Telugu ఆకుపచ్చ green, leaf green #569
- Turkish yeşil #1,038
- Urdu سبز #635
- Vietnamese hành green onion #260
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.