How to say “interest” in 41 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 Hungarian, where érdekel is the 333rd most used word.
- Albanian interes #1,823
- Arabic اهتمام #2,294
- Armenian հետաքրքրվել to take interest, to be interested #1,507
- Bengali সুদ #2,227
- Bosnian zanima to interest #680
- Bulgarian интерес #1,391
- Catalan interessa to interest #1,616
- Croatian zanima to interest #591
- Czech zájem #1,072
- Danish interesseret to hold someone's interest #1,001
- Dutch partner partner, love interest, romantic and/or… #924
- English sake Cause, interest or account #1,003
- Esperanto interesas to interest #1,423
- Estonian huvita #647
- Finnish kiinnosta to interest #1,389
- French intérêt #1,027
- Galician xuro #2,471
- German interessiert to interest #743
- Greek ενδιαφέρον #762
- Hebrew עניין interest, something one finds interesting #483
- Hindi दिलचस्पी interest, attention #2,408
- Hungarian érdekel to concern, interest, be interested in… #333
- Icelandic áhuga #434
- Italian interessa to be interesting, to be of interest, to… #850
- Korean 관심 interest in, or inclination to, a topic or… #516
- Lithuanian domina to interest; to concern #1,423
- Macedonian интересира to interest #663
- Malay minat #1,478
- Malayalam പലിശ interest; the extra amount you have to pay… #1,578
- Norwegian interessert to interest #858
- Persian علاقه #391
- Polish interes interest, business, affair #1,260
- Portuguese interessa to be interested in; to have an interest for #727
- Romanian interes #2,387
- Serbian zanima to interest #659
- Slovak záujem #592
- Slovenian ukvarjati to take interest #1,339
- Spanish interesa to interest #1,429
- Swedish intresserad to interest #1,060
- Tamil வட்டி interest on money lent #392
- Vietnamese thiết to give an interest or share in #509
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.