How to say “group” in 49 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.
- grupo/ˈɡɾupo/ Spanish
- группа[ˈɡrup(ː)ə] Russian
- 一群/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵/ Chinese
- समूह/sə.muːɦ/ Hindi
- ομάδα/oˈma.ða/ Greek
- קבוצה/kvuˈt͡sa/ Hebrew
“group” in Spanish: grupo · French: groupe · Italian: gruppo · Portuguese: grupo · Chinese: 一群 · Russian: группа · Hindi: समूह · Turkish: grup
It is commonest in Vietnamese, where bọn is the 143rd most used word.
Group in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans groep/χrup/ #752
- Albanian aksion/aksiɔn/ group work project carried out by volunteers #1,806
- Arabic ثلاث/θa.laːθ/ three at a time, in a group of three, in… #303
- Basque talde/talde/ #338
- Bengali দল/d̪ɔl/ group, team, band, gang, clan, party #350
- Bosnian grupa/ɡrûpa/ #1,187
- Bulgarian група[ˈɡrupɐ] #762
- Catalan parell[pəˈɾɛʎ] matching; a group of two with the same… #553
- Chinese 一群/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵/ a group #534
- Croatian grupa/ɡrûpa/ #1,483
- Czech skupina[ˈskupɪna] #1,622
- Danish gruppe[ˈɡ̊ʁub̥ə] A group, a unit, a team #1,288
- Dutch groep/ɣrup/ #888
- English they/ˈðeɪ̯/ A group of entities previously mentioned #42
- Esperanto grupo/ˈɡrupo/ #1,384
- Estonian rühm/ˈryhm/ group, team #1,304
- Finnish ryhmä/ˈryhmæ/ #2,036
- French groupe/ɡʁup/ #693
- Galician grupo/ˈɡɾupo/ #526
- German team/tiːm/ group of people working together for a… #867
- Greek ομάδα/oˈma.ða/ group, bunch, gang #364
- Hebrew קבוצה/kvuˈt͡sa/ #1,119
- Hindi समूह/sə.muːɦ/ #935
- Hungarian csapat[ˈt͡ʃɒpɒt] group, troop, crew, flock #806
- Icelandic sveit[ˈsveiːt] group, band, team #1,631
- Indonesian berdua/bərˈdua/ to be in a group of two #277
- Italian gruppo/ˈɡrup.po/ group, cluster, party, team, covey #731
- Korean 을[ɯɭ] B; used to enumerate the second of a group of… #409
- Latvian grupa/ˈɡrupa/ #1,391
- Lithuanian grupė[ˈɡrʊpʲeː] #921
- Macedonian група[ˈɡrupa] #621
- Malay kelas/kəˈlas/ a group, collection, category or set sharing… #548
- Malayalam കൂട്ടം/kuːʈʈɐm/ #415
- Norwegian gruppe/ˈɡrʉpə/ a group #1,614
- Persian گروه[ɡ̥o.ɹuːʱ] #284
- Polish grupa/ˈɡru.pa/ #1,559
- Portuguese grupo/ˈɡɾu.pu/ #704
- Romanian grup/ˈɡrup/ a group #1,068
- Russian группа[ˈɡrup(ː)ə] #1,480
- Serbian grupa/ɡrûpa/ #1,173
- Slovenian skupina/skupìːna/ #539
- Spanish grupo/ˈɡɾupo/ #681
- Swedish grupp/ˈɡrɵp/ #1,269
- Tagalog grupo/ˈɡɾupo/ #913
- Tamil குழு/kʊɻɯ/ team, group; committee; commission #311
- Turkish grup/ɡ(u)ɾup/ #889
- Ukrainian група[ˈɦrupɐ] #1,556
- Urdu گروپ/ɡɾuːp/ #341
- Vietnamese bọn[ʔɓɔn˧˨ʔ] group; gang; cohorts; associates #143
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