How to say “healthy” in 33 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 Lithuanian, where sveikas is the 167th most used word.
- Afrikaans gesond #451
- Albanian shëndoshë well, healthy, sound #1,447
- Arabic صح to be healthy, to be in order, to be strong,… #779
- Armenian առողջ #1,220
- Bengali সুস্থ #651
- Bosnian zdrav healthy, fit #2,463
- Bulgarian здрав healthy, robust, hale, well #1,989
- Chinese 健康 healthy; good; well #473
- Croatian zdrav healthy, fit #2,494
- Danish rask #1,722
- Dutch gezond healthy, being in good health #1,720
- Esperanto sana #1,222
- Estonian terve #271
- Finnish terve healthy, sane #579
- German gesund #1,394
- Hebrew בריא healthy, well #1,312
- Hindi स्वस्थ healthy, hale, robust #2,170
- Hungarian egészséges #2,172
- Icelandic heill #986
- Indonesian segar #1,402
- Latvian veselu #1,303
- Lithuanian sveikas #167
- Macedonian здрав healthy, robust, hale, well #2,133
- Malay segar healthy, fit #1,248
- Persian سالم #548
- Romanian sănătos #2,137
- Serbian zdrav healthy, fit #2,385
- Slovak zdravý #1,227
- Slovenian zdravo #173
- Swedish frisk healthy; not sick #1,501
- Tagalog malusog healthy; sound in body #1,942
- Turkish sağlıklı #1,445
- Ukrainian здоровий #2,151
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.