How to say “home” 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 回家 is the 80th most used word.
- Afrikaans tuis home, at home #440
- Arabic تدير to take as home #2,155
- Bengali বাসা home, house #843
- Bosnian kući home, at home #190
- Bulgarian дома #315
- Catalan llar #1,377
- Chinese 回家 to return home; to go home; to come home #80
- Croatian kući home, at home #182
- Czech doma at home #382
- Danish hjem #157
- Dutch thuis at home #286
- Esperanto hejmen to one’s home; home #297
- Estonian koju #218
- Finnish kotiin #183
- French chez to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of #164
- Georgian სახლში at home, home #112
- German heim home, to the house; always as a direction,… #1,226
- Greek σπίτι house, home #94
- Hebrew הביתה Home, homeward, to one's home #182
- Hindi घर house, home; dwelling #107
- Hungarian haza home, homeward #298
- Icelandic heim #117
- Indonesian pulang to return, to go home, to go back #224
- Italian nazionale home; national, domestic #1,840
- Korean 집 home, house #256
- Lithuanian namo home, homewards #152
- Macedonian дома at home #131
- Malay rumah home; house #119
- Malayalam വീട് house, home #145
- Norwegian hjem #162
- Portuguese lar #1,853
- Romanian acasă at home #180
- Russian домой home, homewards, to the house #220
- Serbian kući home, at home #174
- Slovak domov home, homewards #149
- Slovenian domov home, homewards #140
- Spanish hogar #1,130
- Swedish hem #152
- Tagalog umuwi to go home; to return #595
- Tamil இல் house, home #355
- Telugu బస home, abode, lodging #862
- Ukrainian додому home, homewards #242
- Urdu گھر house, home #94
- Vietnamese nhà house; home; dwelling #86
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.