How to say “hat” in 34 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 Telugu, where టోపీ is the 322nd most used word.
- Afrikaans hoed #557
- Bengali টুপি #1,122
- Bosnian šešir #1,784
- Bulgarian шапка hat, cap, headgear #1,732
- Catalan barret #1,930
- Chinese 帽子 hat; cap; headgear; hood #566
- Croatian šešir #1,748
- Czech klobouk #2,213
- Danish hat #1,661
- Dutch hoed a hat, worn on the head #1,886
- French bob bucket hat, fishing hat #1,237
- German hut #1,607
- Greek καπέλο hat, cap #1,318
- Hebrew כובע #1,598
- Hindi टोपी #1,441
- Icelandic hatt #1,677
- Indonesian topi #1,507
- Italian cappello #1,936
- Korean 모자 hat, cap #803
- Latvian cepuri #1,330
- Macedonian капа cap, hat #1,754
- Malay topi #895
- Malayalam തൊപ്പി hat, cap #613
- Norwegian hatten #2,159
- Persian کلاه #753
- Portuguese chapéu #1,754
- Serbian šešir #1,688
- Slovak klobúk #1,105
- Slovenian klobuk hat, cap #769
- Spanish sombrero #1,800
- Telugu టోపీ a cap or hat #322
- Turkish şapka #2,199
- Urdu ٹوپی #1,132
- Vietnamese mạo hat; cap; helmet #1,311
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.