How to say “job” 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 Tamil, where வேலை is the 52nd most used word.
- Albanian punë work; labour; job #137
- Arabic مهمة job, task, function, duty #490
- Bengali শাবাশ good job! #966
- Bosnian posao #139
- Bulgarian задача task, problem, job #1,520
- Catalan feina work, job #218
- Chinese 任務 task; assignment; job; mission #1,889
- Croatian posao #139
- Czech pracovat to work, to have a job #641
- Dutch job #1,970
- English work Labour, occupation, job #150
- Esperanto laboro job, work #301
- Finnish homma job, work, errand #737
- French métier job, profession, trade #1,892
- Galician emprego #1,582
- Georgian სამუშაო #1,142
- German job job, position, employment #446
- Greek δουλειά employment, work, job #115
- Hebrew תפקיד function, role, job #1,383
- Hindi नौकरी job, employment, service #470
- Hungarian munka work, job #425
- Icelandic vinna a job, an occupation, an employment #169
- Indonesian kerja labour, occupation, job #362
- Korean 직장 workplace, job #1,263
- Latvian darbu work, job, business #253
- Lithuanian darbas work, job #248
- Malay pekerjaan job; occupation; employment #528
- Malayalam ജോലി #60
- Norwegian jobber job, work, employment #298
- Persian شغل job, work, employment, occupation #657
- Polish zajęcia engagement, job #2,180
- Portuguese emprego #755
- Serbian posao #143
- Spanish empleo job, employment #2,237
- Swedish jobb job; a task #282
- Tagalog trabaho work; job; labor #169
- Tamil வேலை job, work, occupation #52
- Turkish işle with a/the job #2,445
- Ukrainian завдання task, job, assignment #1,059
- Urdu نوکری job, employment, service #967
- Vietnamese việc job, work, business #74
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.