How to say “hour” in 43 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 Persian, where ساعت is the 138th most used word.
- Afrikaans uur #265
- Albanian orë #248
- Arabic ساعة #212
- Armenian ժամ #233
- Basque ordu #215
- Bengali ঘণ্টা #516
- Bulgarian час #378
- Catalan hora #244
- Chinese 小時 #1,401
- Czech hodin #498
- Danish timer #393
- Dutch uur an hour, a period of time #201
- Esperanto horo #331
- Estonian tundi #471
- Finnish tuntia #524
- French heure hour, time #287
- Galician hora #278
- Georgian საათი #801
- German stunden #465
- Greek ώρα #144
- Hebrew שעה #434
- Hindi घंटे #369
- Icelandic klukkustund #967
- Indonesian jam #207
- Italian ore #401
- Korean 시 #895
- Latvian stundas #473
- Lithuanian valanda #777
- Macedonian час #357
- Malay jam #262
- Malayalam മണിക്കൂർ #554
- Norwegian timer an hour #424
- Persian ساعت hour; o’clock; time #138
- Polish godziny #566
- Portuguese hora #257
- Romanian ore #381
- Russian часов hour, o'clock, time, time of day #513
- Slovak hodina #1,310
- Slovenian ura #381
- Spanish hora #244
- Swedish timmar an hour #434
- Ukrainian година #1,476
- Urdu گھنٹہ #1,182
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.