How to say “kitchen” in 35 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 Afrikaans, where kombuis is the 708th most used word.
- Afrikaans kombuis #708
- Albanian kuzhinë #1,516
- Basque sukalde #1,505
- Bengali রান্নাঘর #1,609
- Catalan cuina #1,307
- Czech kuchyně #2,057
- Danish køkkenet a kitchen #1,522
- Dutch keuken #1,241
- English chef The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large… #1,793
- Esperanto kuirejo #1,902
- Estonian köök #2,188
- French cuisine #959
- Galician cociña #894
- German küche #1,298
- Greek κουζίνα #1,157
- Hindi रसोई #1,321
- Icelandic eldhús #2,279
- Indonesian dapur #1,457
- Italian cucina #1,108
- Korean 부엌 #1,915
- Latvian virtuvē #2,243
- Lithuanian virtuvė #1,528
- Macedonian кујна #2,069
- Malayalam അടുക്കള #1,217
- Norwegian kjøkkenet a kitchen #1,323
- Polish kuchni #1,462
- Romanian bucătărie #1,422
- Slovak kuchyňa #1,750
- Slovenian kuhinja #1,256
- Spanish cocina #997
- Swedish köket a kitchen #1,412
- Tagalog kusina #1,428
- Tamil சமையலறை #2,099
- Telugu వంటగది #913
- Turkish mutfakta #2,362
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.