How to say “horse” in 49 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 Greek, where αμάξι is the 382nd most used word.
- Afrikaans perd #501
- Albanian at saddle horse, steed #697
- Arabic حصان #1,367
- Armenian ձի #1,183
- Basque zaldi #595
- Bengali ঘোড়া #1,600
- Bosnian konja #1,181
- Bulgarian кон horse, steed #1,223
- Catalan cavall #752
- Croatian konja #1,027
- Czech koně #1,181
- Danish hest #1,220
- Dutch paard #1,020
- English maria An adult female horse #1,810
- Esperanto ĉevalo #1,147
- Estonian hobune #1,364
- French cheval #1,028
- Galician cabalo #692
- Georgian ცხენის #692
- German pferd #1,130
- Greek αμάξι horse carriage, trap #382
- Hebrew סוס #1,123
- Hindi घोड़े #1,572
- Hungarian ló #2,476
- Icelandic hest #1,412
- Indonesian kuda #733
- Italian cavallo #1,187
- Latvian zirgu #1,309
- Lithuanian arklys #1,714
- Macedonian коњ #964
- Malay kuda A horse #652
- Malayalam കുതിര #719
- Norwegian hesten a horse #1,327
- Persian اسب #642
- Polish konia #2,056
- Portuguese cavalo #1,043
- Romanian cal #1,121
- Serbian konja #1,007
- Slovak koňa #943
- Slovenian konj #687
- Spanish caballo #1,001
- Swedish häst a horse; a large mammal, Equus caballus #1,457
- Tagalog kabayo #1,482
- Tamil குதிரை #1,239
- Telugu గుర్రము #1,888
- Turkish atın #1,779
- Ukrainian коня #1,797
- Urdu گھوڑے #519
- Vietnamese ngựa a horse #708
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.