How to say “learn” in 41 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 了解 is the 98th most used word.
- Afrikaans leer To learn #210
- Arabic تعلم to learn #107
- Basque ikasi to learn #293
- Bengali শিখতে to learn #669
- Bosnian uči to learn, study #2,164
- Bulgarian науча to learn #1,291
- Catalan aprendre to learn #871
- Chinese 了解 to understand; to comprehend; to learn; to… #98
- Croatian učiti to learn, study #2,003
- Dutch geleerd to learn, to study #895
- English discovered To find or learn something for the first time #1,736
- Esperanto lernis to learn; gain or acquire knowledge; study #739
- Estonian õppima to learn, study #1,091
- Finnish oppia to learn #1,628
- French appris to learn #634
- Galician aprender to learn #743
- Georgian ისწავლო to learn, study #1,156
- German lernen to learn, to acquire knowledge #678
- Greek μάθω to learn, acquire knowledge #591
- Hebrew למד to learn, to study #1,845
- Hindi सीखा to learn #991
- Hungarian tanultam to study, to learn #2,179
- Icelandic læra to learn, to study #495
- Indonesian belajar to study; to learn #409
- Italian imparato to learn #1,277
- Latvian mācīties to learn, to study #2,119
- Lithuanian mokytis to learn #911
- Macedonian научи to learn, teach #603
- Malay belajar to study; to learn #371
- Malayalam പഠിക്കുക to learn #1,620
- Persian آموز to learn #2,041
- Polish poznać to get to know; to learn #551
- Portuguese aprender to learn, to acquire knowledge #981
- Russian заниматься to study, to learn #1,083
- Serbian uči to learn, study #1,944
- Spanish aprender to learn #1,202
- Tagalog matuto to be able to learn #2,218
- Turkish öğrenmek to learn, study, master #753
- Ukrainian дізнатися to learn, to get to know, to find out #1,046
- Urdu سیکھنا to learn #1,775
- Vietnamese học to study; to learn #219
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.