How to say “location” in 36 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 Malay, where di is the 8th most used word.
- Arabic مكان place, location, position #90
- Armenian տեղ place, location, locality, position #284
- Bengali স্থান location, place, region #663
- Bulgarian разположение location, position #2,438
- Catalan lloc place; location #161
- Chinese 位置 location; position; place #257
- Danish dernede down there, down in that location #1,146
- Dutch locatie #1,613
- English there In or at a place or location that is… #40
- Esperanto loko place; location; spot #273
- Estonian koht place, location, spot #360
- Finnish paikka place, location, spot, site #341
- German ab beginning at that time or location; from #179
- Greek τοποθεσία place, location #2,075
- Hebrew אתר A site: the location of an object, person,… #1,626
- Hindi स्थान place, site, location #845
- Hungarian hely place, location #363
- Icelandic stað location, place, spot #614
- Indonesian posisi position, place, location #690
- Korean 있다 to stay, remain in a location #164
- Latvian tur used to indicate an unnamed location… #51
- Macedonian локација #1,508
- Malay di Used to indicate location or direction; in,… #8
- Malayalam വിലാസം address, location #913
- Norwegian inni denotes static location; also an internal… #1,141
- Persian محل place, location #526
- Polish przed denotes location; before, in front of; ahead… #144
- Portuguese sítio site; location, place #596
- Romanian loc place, location #165
- Russian положение position, location #1,992
- Slovak mieste #337
- Slovenian mesto place, location #186
- Swedish ställe a place, a location, a position #607
- Tagalog nasa marks the location of something; in, on, at #63
- Telugu చోటు a place, location #965
- Turkish vardı to arrive; to reach a location #144
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.