How to say “mark” in 35 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 Georgian, where ხოლმე is the 223rd most used word.
- Arabic اه abbreviation of اِنْتَهَى: used to mark the… #335
- Armenian նշան sign, mark #605
- Basque marka sign, mark #693
- Bengali চিহ্ন sign, symbol, mark #686
- Croatian otisak print, mark #2,434
- Danish mærke mark, sign, label, tag #640
- Dutch mark a march, a mark #1,315
- English y A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y #962
- Esperanto marko mark, stamp #740
- Estonian mark tally mark #974
- Finnish n abbreviation of naiset, used to mark toilets… #227
- French mark #1,575
- Galician marca mark, signal #1,879
- Georgian ხოლმე Used to mark repetitive or habitual action.… #223
- German m abbreviation of Mark der DDR #1,427
- Greek σημείο sign, mark #661
- Hebrew סימן #732
- Hindi निशान mark, impression #657
- Icelandic mark sign, mark #516
- Indonesian tanda sign, mark #537
- Korean 마크 #573
- Malay tanda sign, mark, signal, spot, symbol #603
- Malayalam പാട് a mark, sign #301
- Norwegian merke a mark #1,016
- Persian اثر trace, sign, mark #645
- Polish oznacza to mark, to label, to tag #579
- Portuguese sinal sign; mark; trace #677
- Russian знак sign, mark #1,669
- Slovenian vprašaj question mark #488
- Swedish spår a trail or trace; a mark left by something… #1,079
- Tagalog grado grade; mark #580
- Tamil குறியீடு symbol, mark #342
- Telugu చిహ్నము mark, sign, symbol #1,562
- Urdu نشانی memorial, mark of remembrance, keepsake,… #1,165
- Vietnamese dấu mark, sign #570
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.