How to say “judge” in 42 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.
- juez/ˈxweθ/ Spanish
- судья[sʊˈdʲja] Russian
- 法官/fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/ Chinese
- 판사[pʰa̠nsʰa̠] Korean
- δικαστής/ˌðikasˈtis/ Greek
- שופט/ʃoˈfet/ Hebrew
“judge” in Spanish: juez · French: juge · German: richter · Italian: giudice · Portuguese: juiz · Chinese: 法官 · Korean: 판사 · Russian: судья
It is commonest in Chinese, where 法官 is the 410th most used word.
Judge in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian gjykatës[ɟykatəs] judge, magistrate #1,774
- Basque epaile/epai̯le/ #764
- Bengali বিচারক/bit͡ʃaɾok/ judge, justice #1,230
- Bosnian sudija/sǔdija/ #1,701
- Bulgarian съдия[sɐdiˈja̟] #1,458
- Catalan jutge[ˈʒu.d͡ʒə] #1,481
- Chinese 法官/fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/ judge; justice #410
- Croatian sudac/sǔːdat͡s/ #1,447
- Czech soudce[ˈsou̯t͡sɛ] #1,495
- Danish dommer/ˈdɔmɐ/ #1,320
- English daniel/ˈdænjəl/ A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who… #1,658
- Esperanto juĝisto/juˈd͡ʒisto/ #1,755
- Finnish tuomari/ˈtuo̯mɑri/ judge, justice #1,320
- French juge/ʒyʒ/ #929
- Galician xuíz/ʃuˈiθ/ #1,466
- German richter/ˈʁɪçtɐ/ #1,296
- Greek δικαστής/ˌðikasˈtis/ #1,822
- Hebrew שופט/ʃoˈfet/ #1,603
- Hungarian bíró[ˈbiːroː] #985
- Icelandic dæmi[ˈtaiːmɪ] to judge #1,122
- Italian giudice/ˈd͡ʒu.di.t͡ʃe/ judge, magistrate #1,236
- Korean 판사[pʰa̠nsʰa̠] #2,401
- Latvian tiesnesis/ˈtiesnesis/ #1,573
- Lithuanian teisėjas[tʲɛɪ¹ˈsʲeːjɛs] #1,212
- Macedonian судија[ˈsudi(j)a] #1,525
- Malayalam ജഡ്ജി/d͡ʒäɖd͡ʒi/ #949
- Norwegian dømt/ˈdœmt/ to judge #1,845
- Persian قاضی[qɒː.ziː] #2,363
- Polish sądzę/ˈsɔn.d͡zɛ/ to judge; to try #415
- Portuguese juiz/ʒuˈis/ #1,392
- Romanian judecător/ˌʒudekəˈtor/ #1,457
- Russian судья[sʊˈdʲja] #1,729
- Serbian sudija/sǔdija/ #1,363
- Slovak sudca/sut͡sːa/ #944
- Slovenian sodnik/sɔdnìːk/ #560
- Spanish juez/ˈxweθ/ #1,186
- Swedish domare/ˈduːmarɛ/ a judge #1,825
- Tagalog husgahan/husɡaˈhan/ to judge; to pass judgement #1,545
- Tamil நீதிபதி/niːd̪ɪbɐd̪iː/ #1,113
- Turkish yargıç/jaɾˈɡɯt͡ʃ/ #965
- Ukrainian суддя[sʊˈdʲːa] #1,919
- Urdu جج/d͡ʒəd͡ʒ/ #958
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
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