How to say “house” in 50 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 خونه is the 56th most used word.
- Afrikaans huis A house, residence #148
- Albanian shtëpi #128
- Arabic عند near, with, at the house of #154
- Armenian տուն house, building #152
- Basque etxera #123
- Bengali ঘর a house, building, residence #456
- Bosnian kuće #358
- Bulgarian къща house, home #449
- Catalan cases #1,342
- Chinese 房子 house; home; apartment #105
- Croatian kuće #353
- Czech dům #476
- Danish hus house, harbour #339
- Dutch kerk church, house of Christian worship #993
- English church A Christian house of worship; a building… #942
- Esperanto domo #271
- Estonian ilma free of charge, on the house #221
- Finnish talo #887
- French maison #186
- Georgian სახლი home, house, dwelling #289
- German hause house, building #245
- Greek σπίτι house, home #94
- Hebrew בית #212
- Hindi घर house, home; dwelling #107
- Hungarian ház house, building #719
- Icelandic húsinu #458
- Indonesian gereja a Christian house of worship; a building… #1,022
- Italian casa #105
- Korean 집 home, house #256
- Latvian mājās house, dwelling #157
- Lithuanian namuose #311
- Macedonian куќа #256
- Malay rumah home; house #119
- Malayalam വീട് house, home #145
- Norwegian huset a house #318
- Persian خونه #56
- Polish domu #98
- Romanian casa house, dwelling #259
- Russian домой home, homewards, to the house #220
- Serbian kuće #323
- Slovak dom #270
- Slovenian hiša #327
- Spanish pared wall, especially of a house or room #1,527
- Swedish huset a house #387
- Tagalog bahay #123
- Tamil வீட்டில் house, abode, habitation #138
- Telugu ఇంటి #226
- Ukrainian будинок #503
- 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.