How to say “justice” in 40 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 Latvian, where taisnība is the 192nd most used word.
- Afrikaans regte #280
- Albanian drejtësi #1,771
- Armenian դատարան court, court of law/justice #1,677
- Basque zuzentasuna #2,352
- Bengali বিচারক judge, justice #1,230
- Bulgarian справедливост justice, fairness #2,494
- Catalan justícia #925
- Chinese 法官 judge; justice #410
- Czech spravedlnost #2,121
- Danish retten justice, law #1,093
- Dutch gerechtigheid justice, righteousness #2,448
- English rights That which complies with justice, law or… #1,914
- Estonian õigus #200
- Finnish tuomari judge, justice #1,320
- French justice #1,106
- Galician xustiza #1,059
- German gerechtigkeit #2,202
- Greek δικαιοσύνη justice, judicial system #1,688
- Hebrew צדק Justice, righteousness, rightness, right #974
- Hindi न्याय justice, law #1,459
- Icelandic réttlæti #1,852
- Indonesian hak right: that which complies with justice, law… #773
- Italian giustizia justice, fairness, equity #1,435
- Korean 당 #2,079
- Latvian taisnība #192
- Lithuanian teisingumas justice, fairness, rightness #2,145
- Macedonian правда #1,437
- Malay keadilan #1,020
- Malayalam നീതി #679
- Polish sprawiedliwości fairness, justice #2,470
- Portuguese justiça #1,292
- Romanian dreptate righteousness, fairness, justice #265
- Slovak spravodlivosť #1,034
- Slovenian pravičnost justice, fairness #2,116
- Spanish justicia #1,328
- Swedish rättvisa justice, fairness #1,884
- Tagalog katarungan #1,162
- Tamil நீதி equity, justice #896
- Turkish hak justice, fairness #588
- Urdu انصاف #804
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.