How to say “interest” in 41 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.
- interesa/ˌinteˈɾesa/ Spanish
- اهتمام/ihtimaːm/ Arabic
- दिलचस्पी/d̪ɪl.t͡ʃəs.piː/ Hindi
- ενδιαφέρον/ˌenðiaˈferon/ Greek
- עניין/iˈnjan/ Hebrew
- সুদ/ʃud̪/ Bengali
“interest” in Spanish: interesa · French: intérêt · German: interessiert · Arabic: اهتمام · Hindi: दिलचस्पी · Greek: ενδιαφέρον
It is commonest in Persian, where علاقه is the 391st most used word.
Interest in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian interes/intɛrɛs/ #1,823
- Arabic اهتمام/ihtimaːm/ #2,294
- Armenian հետաքրքրվել/hetɑkʰəɾkʰəɾˈvel/ to take interest, to be interested #1,507
- Bengali সুদ/ʃud̪/ #2,227
- Bosnian zanima/ˈzanɪmɐ/ to interest #680
- Bulgarian интерес[intɛˈrɛs] #1,391
- Catalan interessa/intəˈɾɛsə/ to interest #1,616
- Croatian zanima/ˈzanɪmɐ/ to interest #591
- Czech zájem[ˈzaːjɛm] #1,072
- Danish interesseret/entʁɛˈseːˀʌð/ to hold someone's interest #1,001
- Dutch partner/ˈpɑrt.nər/ partner, love interest, romantic and/or… #924
- English sake/ˈseɪ̯k/ Cause, interest or account #1,003
- Esperanto interesas/inteˈresas/ to interest #1,423
- Estonian huvita/ˈhuvitɑ/ #647
- Finnish kiinnosta/ˈkiːnnosta/ to interest #1,389
- French intérêt/ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ/ #1,027
- Galician xuro[ˈʃu.ɾʊ] #2,471
- German interessiert/ɪntəʁˈsiːɐ̯t/ to interest #743
- Greek ενδιαφέρον/ˌenðiaˈferon/ #762
- Hebrew עניין/iˈnjan/ interest, something one finds interesting #483
- Hindi दिलचस्पी/d̪ɪl.t͡ʃəs.piː/ interest, attention #2,408
- Hungarian érdekel[ˈeːrdɛkɛl] to concern, interest, be interested in… #333
- Icelandic áhuga/ˈauːhʏɣa/ #434
- Italian interessa/inteˈressa/ to be interesting, to be of interest, to… #850
- Korean 관심[kwa̠nɕʰim] interest in, or inclination to, a topic or… #516
- Lithuanian domina[²ˈdoːmʲɪnɐ] to interest; to concern #1,423
- Macedonian интересира[intɛɾɛˈsiɾa] to interest #663
- Malay minat/minat/ #1,478
- Malayalam പലിശ/pɐliʃɐ/ interest; the extra amount you have to pay… #1,578
- Norwegian interessert/ɪntrəˈseːʈ/ to interest #858
- Persian علاقه[ʔæ.lɒː.ʁé] #391
- Polish interes/inˈtɛ.rɛs/ interest, business, affair #1,260
- Portuguese interessa/ˌĩteˈɾɛsɐ/ to be interested in; to have an interest for #727
- Romanian interes/ˌinteˈɾes/ #2,387
- Serbian zanima/ˈzanɪmɐ/ to interest #659
- Slovak záujem/zaːujem/ #592
- Slovenian ukvarjati/ukʋàːrjati/ to take interest #1,339
- Spanish interesa/ˌinteˈɾesa/ to interest #1,429
- Swedish intresserad/ˈɪntrɛˌseːrad/ to interest #1,060
- Tamil வட்டி/ʋɐʈːiː/ interest on money lent #392
- Vietnamese thiết[tʰiət̚˧˦] to give an interest or share in #509
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