How to say “hat” in 34 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.
- sombrero/somˈbɾeɾo/ Spanish
- 帽子/mɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥ɹ̩¹/ Chinese
- 모자[mo̞d͡ʑa̠] Korean
- टोपी/ʈoː.piː/ Hindi
- καπέλο/kaˈpe.lo/ Greek
- כובע/ˈkova(ʕ)/ Hebrew
“hat” in Spanish: sombrero · German: hut · Italian: cappello · Portuguese: chapéu · Chinese: 帽子 · Korean: 모자 · Hindi: टोपी · Turkish: şapka
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where hoed is the 557th most used word.
Hat in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans hoed/ɦut/ #557
- Bengali টুপি/ʈupi/ #1,122
- Bosnian šešir/ʃěʃiːr/ #1,784
- Bulgarian шапка[ˈʃa̟pkɐ] hat, cap, headgear #1,732
- Catalan barret[bəˈrɛt] #1,930
- Chinese 帽子/mɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥ɹ̩¹/ hat; cap; headgear; hood #566
- Croatian šešir/ʃěʃiːr/ #1,748
- Czech klobouk[ˈklobou̯k] #2,213
- Danish hat/had/ #1,661
- Dutch hoed/ɦut/ a hat, worn on the head #1,886
- French bob/bɔb/ bucket hat, fishing hat #1,237
- German hut/huːt/ #1,607
- Greek καπέλο/kaˈpe.lo/ hat, cap #1,318
- Hebrew כובע/ˈkova(ʕ)/ #1,598
- Hindi टोपी/ʈoː.piː/ #1,441
- Icelandic hatt/haht/ #1,677
- Indonesian topi/to.pi/ #1,507
- Italian cappello/kapˈpɛl.lo/ #1,936
- Korean 모자[mo̞d͡ʑa̠] hat, cap #803
- Latvian cepuri/ˈt͡sæpuri/ #1,330
- Macedonian капа[ˈkapa] cap, hat #1,754
- Malay topi/topi/ #895
- Malayalam തൊപ്പി/t̪oppi/ hat, cap #613
- Norwegian hatten/ˈhɑtn̩/ #2,159
- Persian کلاه[kʰo.lɒ́ːʰ] #753
- Portuguese chapéu/ʃaˈpɛw/ #1,754
- Serbian šešir/ʃěʃiːr/ #1,688
- Slovak klobúk/klɔbuːk/ #1,105
- Slovenian klobuk/klɔbùːk/ hat, cap #769
- Spanish sombrero/somˈbɾeɾo/ #1,800
- Telugu టోపీ/ʈoːpiː/ a cap or hat #322
- Turkish şapka/ˈʃap.ka/ #2,199
- Urdu ٹوپی/ʈoː.piː/ #1,132
- Vietnamese mạo[maːw˧˨ʔ] hat; cap; helmet #1,311
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.