How to say “health” in 44 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 Chinese, where 身上 is the 135th most used word.
- Afrikaans gesondheid health, healthiness #447
- Albanian shëndet #2,394
- Arabic صحة #1,994
- Armenian առողջություն #1,181
- Basque osasun #949
- Bengali স্বাস্থ্য #1,481
- Bosnian zdravlje #1,979
- Bulgarian наздраве cheers!, your health!, here's to you!, here's… #1,243
- Catalan salut #812
- Chinese 身上 one's body; one's health #135
- Croatian zdravlje #2,029
- Czech zdraví #981
- Dutch gezond healthy, being in good health #1,720
- English sick In poor health; ill #579
- Esperanto sano #1,129
- Estonian tervis #2,426
- French santé #955
- Galician saúde #772
- Greek υγεία #1,813
- Hebrew בריאות Health, healthiness, healthfulness #1,835
- Hindi स्वास्थ्य #2,302
- Icelandic heilsa #974
- Indonesian sehat enjoying good health; well; free from disease… #998
- Italian salute health, wellbeing #1,064
- Korean 건강 #2,070
- Latvian veselību #2,118
- Lithuanian sveikata #1,753
- Macedonian здравје #983
- Malay kesihatan #1,412
- Malayalam ആരോഗ്യം #815
- Persian سلامتی #1,636
- Polish zdrowie #1,682
- Portuguese saúde #1,075
- Romanian sănătate #2,222
- Russian здоровье #1,867
- Serbian zdravlje #1,857
- Slovak zdravím #342
- Slovenian zdravje #472
- Spanish salud #964
- Swedish hälsa #697
- Tagalog kalusugan #2,004
- Tamil உடல்நிலை #793
- Turkish sağlık #1,214
- Urdu صحت #1,139
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.