How to say “healthy” in 33 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.
- 健康/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese
- स्वस्थ/sʋəst̪ʰ/ Hindi
- בריא/baˈʁi/ Hebrew
- առողջ/ɑˈroχt͡ʃʰ/ Armenian
- সুস্থ/ʃust̪ʰo/ Bengali
- здоровий[zdɔˈrɔʋei̯] Ukrainian
“healthy” in German: gesund · Chinese: 健康 · Hindi: स्वस्थ · Turkish: sağlıklı
It is commonest in Lithuanian, where sveikas is the 167th most used word.
Healthy in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans gesond/χəˈsɔnt/ #451
- Albanian shëndoshë/ʃənˈdɔʃə/ well, healthy, sound #1,447
- Arabic صح/sˤaħ.ħa/ to be healthy, to be in order, to be strong,… #779
- Armenian առողջ/ɑˈroχt͡ʃʰ/ #1,220
- Bengali সুস্থ/ʃust̪ʰo/ #651
- Bosnian zdrav/zdrâʋ/ healthy, fit #2,463
- Bulgarian здрав[zdraf] healthy, robust, hale, well #1,989
- Chinese 健康/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/ healthy; good; well #473
- Croatian zdrav/zdrâʋ/ healthy, fit #2,494
- Danish rask/ˈʁɑsɡ/ #1,722
- Dutch gezond/ɣəˈzɔnt/ healthy, being in good health #1,720
- Esperanto sana/ˈsana/ #1,222
- Estonian terve/ˈterve/ #271
- Finnish terve/ˈterʋeˣ/ healthy, sane #579
- German gesund/ɡəˈzʊnt/ #1,394
- Hebrew בריא/baˈʁi/ healthy, well #1,312
- Hindi स्वस्थ/sʋəst̪ʰ/ healthy, hale, robust #2,170
- Hungarian egészséges[ˈɛɡeːʃːeːɡɛʃ] #2,172
- Icelandic heill[ˈheitl̥] #986
- Indonesian segar/səˈɡar/ #1,402
- Latvian veselu/ˈʋæsælu/ #1,303
- Lithuanian sveikas/ˈsvɛɪkɐs/ #167
- Macedonian здрав[zdraf] healthy, robust, hale, well #2,133
- Malay segar/səˈɡa(r)/ healthy, fit #1,248
- Persian سالم[sɒː.lem] #548
- Romanian sănătos[sənəˈtos] #2,137
- Serbian zdrav/zdrâʋ/ healthy, fit #2,385
- Slovak zdravý/zdraviː/ #1,227
- Slovenian zdravo/zdráːʋɔ/ #173
- Swedish frisk/ˈfrɪsk/ healthy; not sick #1,501
- Tagalog malusog/maluˈsoɡ/ healthy; sound in body #1,942
- Turkish sağlıklı/saːɫɯkˈɫɯ/ #1,445
- Ukrainian здоровий[zdɔˈrɔʋei̯] #2,151
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.