How to say “many” in 51 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 Turkish, where çok is the 10th most used word.
- Afrikaans hoeveel how much, how many #320
- Arabic كم how many?, how much? #96
- Armenian քանի how many? #103
- Basque franko a lot, many #1,754
- Bengali বহু many, much, numerous #1,096
- Bosnian koliko how much, how many #112
- Bulgarian много many, a lot of #36
- Catalan quant how many; how much #307
- Chinese 很多 many; much; a lot #51
- Croatian koliko how much, how many #115
- Czech kolik how much, how many #312
- Danish mange #146
- Dutch veel many, much, a lot of #112
- English often Frequently; many times on different occasions #959
- Esperanto multaj many, a lot #336
- Estonian palju many, a lot #69
- Finnish monta #609
- French peu little; not very much/many #115
- Galician moitos much, many, a lot of, lots of #252
- Georgian ბევრი many, much #144
- German manche many a; many; some #1,214
- Greek πόσο how much, how many #181
- Hebrew כמה How much, how many #59
- Hungarian sok much, many #108
- Icelandic fleiri many, a lot of #274
- Indonesian banyak #73
- Italian quanto how much, how many, however much, however many #138
- Korean 얼마나 how long, how much, how many #97
- Latvian daudzi #669
- Lithuanian kiek how much, how many #107
- Macedonian многумина #1,684
- Malay banyak many, much, a lot #89
- Malayalam എത്ര How many #68
- Norwegian mange #154
- Persian چند how many, how much #89
- Polish wiele many, much #211
- Portuguese muito much; many; a lot of; lots of #33
- Romanian spart broken, fractured, broken into many pieces #1,573
- Russian сколько how much, how many #203
- Serbian koliko how much, how many #111
- Slovak veľa much, many #106
- Slovenian veliko #83
- Spanish cuánto how much; how many #342
- Swedish många many; plural of mången #172
- Tagalog marami many; plenty; much; abundant #149
- Tamil நிறைய many, a lot of #101
- Telugu చాల #1,605
- Turkish çok much, many, plenty, a lot #10
- Ukrainian скільки how much, how many #200
- Urdu بہت many, much #44
- Vietnamese nhiều many, much; a lot #107
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.