How to say “list” in 38 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 seznam is the 455th most used word.
- Afrikaans lys list, record #713
- Albanian listë #1,057
- Arabic قائمة #487
- Bengali তালিকা #1,255
- Bosnian spisak #1,994
- Bulgarian списък list, catalogue #1,135
- Croatian popis list, listing #1,282
- Czech seznam a list #969
- Danish liste a list #1,324
- Dutch lijst #863
- English bill A written list or inventory #823
- Estonian nimekiri #1,369
- French liste #765
- German liste #1,109
- Greek λίστα #746
- Hebrew רשימה #1,321
- Hindi सूची list, catalogue #915
- Icelandic skrá list, register, file, directory #1,040
- Italian lista list, pile #843
- Latvian sarakstā a written list, record, register, schedule #1,377
- Lithuanian sąrašas #1,426
- Macedonian листа #1,471
- Malay senarai #791
- Malayalam ലിസ്റ്റ് #761
- Norwegian listen a list #1,669
- Persian لیست #1,501
- Polish listę list; inventory #1,613
- Portuguese lista #718
- Romanian lista to put on a list #999
- Russian список list, register, roll #1,033
- Serbian spisak #1,669
- Slovak zoznam #595
- Slovenian seznam #455
- Swedish lista a list; a register or roll of paper… #1,186
- Tagalog talaan #848
- Telugu జాబితా a list #541
- Ukrainian список list, register, roll #931
- Urdu فہرست #462
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.