How to say “law” in 50 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 prav is the 45th most used word.
- Afrikaans wet #696
- Albanian ligji #1,289
- Armenian դատարան court, court of law/justice #1,677
- Basque zuzenbide #1,731
- Bengali আইন #497
- Bosnian zakon law, rule #848
- Bulgarian закон #1,835
- Catalan llei #702
- Chinese 法律 #334
- Croatian zakon law, rule #833
- Czech právo #835
- Danish retten justice, law #1,093
- Dutch wet #977
- English lawyer A professional person with a graduate law… #1,023
- Esperanto leĝo #1,151
- Estonian seadus #1,420
- French loi #898
- Galician lei #584
- Georgian სამართალს #1,292
- German polizei police; law enforcement #401
- Greek δίκαιο #1,304
- Hebrew דין judgement; law #527
- Hindi नियम rule, law, principle, observance #1,220
- Hungarian törvény #1,602
- Icelandic lög law or laws, statute #778
- Indonesian pengacara a professional person with a graduate law… #799
- Italian leggi #1,876
- Korean 법 #849
- Latvian tiesa court, court of law #570
- Lithuanian taisyklė rule, regulation, law #1,063
- Macedonian закон #1,097
- Malay hukum #1,134
- Malayalam നിയമം #275
- Norwegian lover #521
- Persian قانون #428
- Polish prawa #749
- Portuguese direito #607
- Romanian legea #1,190
- Russian закон #1,489
- Serbian zakon law, rule #868
- Slovenian prav #45
- Spanish ley #841
- Swedish lag #1,224
- Tagalog batas #911
- Tamil சட்டம் rule, order, law, act, condition, regulation,… #404
- Telugu లా #964
- Turkish mahkeme A court of law, court of justice, tribunal #1,236
- Ukrainian закон #1,205
- Urdu قانون #560
- Vietnamese pháp rule; law; standard; method #450
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.