How to say “jump” in 30 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 Swedish, where hoppas is the 289th most used word.
- Afrikaans spring to leap, jump #825
- Arabic قفز to jump, to leap #2,291
- Armenian ցատկել to jump #1,753
- Basque jauzi to jump #661
- Bengali লাফ #631
- Catalan saltar to jump, to leap #2,005
- Danish hop to jump, leap, hop #1,334
- Dutch springen to jump, to leap #1,625
- Estonian hüppama to jump, to leap #2,182
- Finnish hyppää to jump, leap #1,982
- French sauter to jump, leap #1,346
- Hebrew קפץ to jump #2,257
- Hindi कूद to jump, leap #1,329
- Icelandic stökkva to jump, to leap #1,080
- Indonesian lompat to jump #1,956
- Italian saltare to jump, to leap, to spring #1,394
- Korean 점프 #2,177
- Lithuanian šok jump, leap #856
- Macedonian скокај to jump, spring, leap #2,497
- Malay terjun to leap down; to jump from a higher place to… #1,308
- Norwegian hopp to jump #1,121
- Persian پرش #2,130
- Portuguese saltar to leap; to jump #2,005
- Slovak skočiť to jump #1,221
- Slovenian skočiti to jump, to leap #1,325
- Swedish hoppas to jump #289
- Tagalog talon jump; leap #1,584
- Tamil பாய் to leap, jump #514
- Urdu چھلانگ jump, leap #1,400
- Vietnamese nhảy to jump, to leap, to dive #617
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.