How to say “innocent” in 31 different 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.
- inocente/inoˈθente/ Spanish
- αθώος/aˈθoos/ Greek
- անմեղ/ɑnˈmeʁ/ Armenian
- معصوم/məʔ.suːm/ Urdu
“innocent” in Spanish: inocente · German: unschuldig · Italian: innocente · Portuguese: inocente · Turkish: masum · Greek: αθώος
It is commonest in Armenian, where անմեղ is the 540th most used word.
Innocent in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic بريء/bariːʔ/ pure, guiltless, innocent #1,508
- Armenian անմեղ/ɑnˈmeʁ/ innocent, guiltless #540
- Bosnian nevin/nêʋiːn/ #1,998
- Catalan innocent[in.nuˈsen] #1,234
- Chinese 天真/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/ naive; innocent; artless #2,171
- Croatian nevin/nêʋiːn/ #1,945
- Czech nevinný[ˈnɛvɪniː] #2,261
- Danish uskyldig/uskylˀdi/ #1,411
- Dutch onschuldig/ɔnˈsxʏl.dəx/ #1,286
- Estonian süütu/ˈsyːtu/ #1,036
- Finnish syytön/ˈsyːtøn/ innocent; not guilty #2,286
- French innocent/i.nɔ.sɑ̃/ an innocent person #1,885
- Galician inocente[inoˈθentɪ] innocent; blameless #1,551
- German unschuldig/ˈʊnʃʊldɪç/ #1,893
- Greek αθώος/aˈθoos/ innocent, lacking guilt #1,938
- Hebrew טהור/taˈhoʁ/ pure; clean; innocent #2,068
- Hindi निर्दोष/nɪɾ.d̪oːʂ/ blameless, innocent #1,872
- Hungarian ártatlan[ˈaːrtɒtlɒn] #1,156
- Icelandic saklaus[ˈsaːk.lœiːs] innocent, blameless #1,102
- Italian innocente/in.noˈt͡ʃɛn.te/ #1,614
- Latvian nevainīgs/ˈneʋaiːniːɡs/ innocent, not guilty #2,331
- Macedonian невин[ˈnɛvin] #1,374
- Norwegian uskyldig/ʉˈʃʏldɪ/ #1,275
- Portuguese inocente/i.noˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/ #1,447
- Romanian nevinovat/ˌnevinoˈvat/ #1,509
- Serbian nevin/nêʋiːn/ #1,882
- Spanish inocente/inoˈθente/ #1,360
- Swedish oskyldig/ˈɔsxylˌdɪɡ/ #1,415
- Tagalog inosente/ʔinoˈsente/ innocent; guiltless #1,177
- Turkish masum/mɑːsum/ #1,015
- Urdu معصوم/məʔ.suːm/ #972
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