How to say “know” in 52 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 Chinese, where 知道 is the 1st most used word.
- Afrikaans weet to know #41
- Albanian di to know #36
- Arabic أشعر to let know, to notify, to inform, to give… #144
- Armenian գիտեմ I know #201
- Basque jakin to know #97
- Bengali জানতে to know #190
- Bosnian zna to know #189
- Bulgarian знам to know #47
- Catalan sé to know, to have knowledge #58
- Chinese 知道 to know; to be aware of #1
- Croatian zna to know #185
- Czech vím to know #85
- Danish jo as you know or should know #90
- Dutch weet to know, to be aware of something #37
- English could To know how to #103
- Esperanto scias to know #47
- Estonian tea to know #70
- Finnish tiedä to know, be aware of #59
- French sais to know #64
- Galician sei to know #71
- Georgian იცი to know #68
- German weiß to know; to be aware of #70
- Greek ξέρω to know of, be familiar with #51
- Hebrew הכיר To know, to recognize, to be familiar with,… #2,165
- Hindi जाना to know, comprehend, understand #113
- Hungarian tudom to know #33
- Icelandic veit to know, know of something #35
- Indonesian kenal to recognize, to know, to be acquainted with #489
- Italian so to know #52
- Korean 몰라 to not know, to be ignorant of #126
- Latvian zinu to know #74
- Lithuanian žinai to know #78
- Macedonian знае to know #153
- Malay tahu to know #23
- Malayalam അറിയുക to know #996
- Norwegian vet to know; have knowledge of #42
- Persian دونستن to know #1,882
- Polish wiem to know #39
- Portuguese sei to be aware, to know #55
- Romanian cunosc to know #407
- Russian знаю to know: to be familiar with or accustomed to… #45
- Serbian zna to know #186
- Slovak viem to know #63
- Slovenian vedeti to know #206
- Spanish sé to know, to understand #55
- Swedish vet to know; to be certain about, to have… #36
- Tagalog makilala to be acquainted with; to know; to recognize #1,175
- Tamil அறிவேன் to know, understand, recognize, perceive by… #1,405
- Turkish biliyorum to know, be informed of, be aware of; to… #70
- Ukrainian знати to know #289
- Urdu جاننا to know, comprehend, understand #384
- Vietnamese biết to know; to be aware of #28
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.