How to say “head” in 52 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 Georgian, where თავს is the 83rd most used word.
- Afrikaans kop #233
- Albanian sheh head of a Muslim religious group. sheik #330
- Arabic رأس #628
- Armenian դիմել to go to, head in the direction of #396
- Basque burua #134
- Bengali মাথা #218
- Bosnian glava #962
- Bulgarian глава #903
- Catalan caps #1,341
- Chinese 首席 head of the table; top seat #1,514
- Croatian glava #954
- Czech hlavu #551
- Danish hovedet #460
- Dutch hoofd #333
- English president The head of state of a republic, sometimes… #700
- Esperanto kapo #366
- Estonian pead #126
- Finnish pää #1,158
- French tête #242
- Galician cabeza #262
- Georgian თავს #83
- German kopf #371
- Greek κεφάλι #386
- Hebrew ראש #397
- Hindi सर #162
- Hungarian indul to set off, set out, head somewhere #1,573
- Icelandic forskot advantage, head start #1,875
- Indonesian kepala head: the part of the body of an animal or… #313
- Italian testa #287
- Korean 머리 #310
- Latvian galvu #465
- Lithuanian galva #484
- Macedonian глава #400
- Malay kepala #305
- Malayalam തല #182
- Norwegian hodet #359
- Persian کله #576
- Polish głowy #656
- Portuguese cabeça #276
- Romanian cap #395
- Russian голова #1,350
- Serbian glava #886
- Slovak hlavu #351
- Slovenian glava #553
- Spanish cabeza #273
- Swedish tänker to think in one's head #168
- Tagalog ulo #294
- Tamil தலையில் #405
- Telugu తల #167
- Turkish başına #356
- Ukrainian голова #700
- Vietnamese đầu #100
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.