How to say “key” in 46 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 Slovenian, where ključ is the 400th most used word.
- Afrikaans sleutel #807
- Albanian çelësat #943
- Arabic مفتاح #896
- Basque giltza #464
- Bengali চাবি #537
- Bosnian ključ #905
- Bulgarian ключовете #1,255
- Catalan clau #804
- Croatian ključ #824
- Czech klíč #1,093
- Danish nøglen #1,278
- Dutch sleutel a key #976
- Esperanto ŝlosilon #874
- Estonian võti #982
- Finnish avain #1,637
- French clé #984
- Galician chave #1,277
- German schlüssel a key #771
- Greek κλειδί #882
- Hebrew מפתח #1,137
- Hindi कुंजी #1,314
- Hungarian fő main, principal, key, chief, cardinal, core,… #1,701
- Icelandic lykil a key #1,774
- Italian chiave #967
- Korean 열쇠 #668
- Latvian atslēgas #809
- Lithuanian raktas #1,007
- Macedonian клуч #1,197
- Malay kunci #463
- Malayalam താക്കോൽ a key #481
- Norwegian nøkkelen a key #1,170
- Persian کلید #1,659
- Polish klucz #1,349
- Portuguese chave #928
- Romanian cheia #1,100
- Russian ключ #1,169
- Serbian ključ #844
- Slovak kľúč #618
- Slovenian ključ #400
- Spanish llave #1,107
- Swedish nyckeln a key #1,274
- Tagalog susi #413
- Tamil சாவிகள் #955
- Turkish anahtarı #1,381
- Ukrainian ключ #828
- Urdu چابی #1,408
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.