How to say “husband” in 42 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 Afrikaans, where man is the 84th most used word.
- Afrikaans man #84
- Armenian ամուսին #481
- Basque senar #763
- Bengali স্বামী #549
- Bosnian muž #635
- Bulgarian съпруг #912
- Catalan marit #422
- Chinese 丈夫 #138
- Croatian muž #638
- Czech manžel #771
- Dutch echtgenoot #1,519
- Esperanto edzo #403
- Estonian abikaasa spouse, husband, wife #580
- French mari #402
- Georgian ქმარი #484
- German ehemann married man, husband #1,376
- Greek παντρεμένος husband, spouse #1,791
- Hindi पति #499
- Hungarian férjhez #2,196
- Indonesian suami #885
- Italian marito #443
- Korean 남편 #547
- Latvian vīrs #331
- Macedonian сопруг husband, male spouse #622
- Malay suami #638
- Malayalam ഭർത്താവ് #639
- Norwegian ektemann a husband #2,315
- Persian شوهر #763
- Polish mąż #619
- Portuguese marido #424
- Russian муж #667
- Serbian muž #601
- Slovak manžel #477
- Slovenian soprog #1,675
- Spanish marido #558
- Swedish män #347
- Tagalog mister #531
- Tamil கணவன் #1,600
- Telugu భర్త husband, lord, master #216
- Ukrainian муж #817
- Urdu شوہر #1,171
- Vietnamese chồng #631
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.