How to say “hunt” in 34 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 Urdu, where شکار is the 434th most used word.
- Afrikaans jag hunt, pursuit #597
- Albanian gjuaj to hunt #822
- Arabic صيد hunt, hunting, fishing #1,368
- Bosnian love hunt, hunting #1,397
- Bulgarian лов hunt; hunting #1,974
- Catalan caçar to hunt, to chase #2,340
- Chinese 追捕 to pursue and capture; to hunt down #1,456
- Croatian love hunt, hunting #1,371
- Danish jage to hunt, shoot #2,273
- Dutch jagen to hunt #1,695
- English fishing To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a… #2,474
- Estonian jahti #1,922
- French chasse hunt, hunting #1,519
- Galician caza hunt, hunting #1,005
- Georgian ნადირობს to hunt, to go on a hunt #1,294
- German jagen to hunt #1,689
- Greek ψάχνω to look for, hunt for, search, rummage #924
- Hebrew ציד a hunt #1,827
- Hindi शिकार #811
- Indonesian berburu to hunt, go hunting #1,424
- Italian ricerca search, quest, hunt, manhunt, prospecting,… #1,038
- Lithuanian medžioti to hunt #1,921
- Macedonian лов #1,438
- Malay buru to hunt #1,788
- Norwegian jakt a hunt #1,865
- Persian شکار hunt, hunting #814
- Portuguese caça to hunt #2,003
- Romanian vânătoare hunt, chase, pursuit #1,837
- Serbian love hunt, hunting #1,541
- Slovak lov #1,367
- Tamil வேட்டை #1,597
- Telugu వేట hunting, hunt, the chase #887
- Urdu شکار #434
- Vietnamese săn to hunt; to hunt down #798
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.