How to say “marriage” in 44 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 Tamil, where திருமணம் is the 172nd most used word.
- Afrikaans huwelik marriage, matrimony #397
- Albanian martesë #1,440
- Arabic زواج #1,182
- Basque ezkontza marriage, matrimony #530
- Bengali বিয়ে marriage, wedding #1,307
- Bosnian brak #1,092
- Bulgarian брак marriage, matrimony #1,337
- Catalan matrimoni #1,139
- Chinese 婚姻 marriage; matrimony #510
- Croatian brak #1,088
- Czech manželství marriage, matrimony, wedlock #1,136
- Danish ægteskab #1,426
- Dutch huwelijk #884
- English husband A man in a marriage or marital relationship,… #444
- Esperanto geedziĝo #2,003
- Estonian abielu #964
- French mariage #473
- Galician matrimonio marriage, matrimony #1,289
- German hochzeit wedding, marriage #1,000
- Greek γάμο marriage, wedding #749
- Hebrew נישואין marriage, wedding #1,787
- Hindi शादी marriage, wedding #195
- Hungarian házasság #2,082
- Icelandic gifta to give away in marriage #955
- Indonesian pernikahan wedding; marriage ceremony #607
- Italian matrimonio #602
- Korean 결혼 #459
- Lithuanian santuoka #1,641
- Macedonian брак marriage, matrimony #910
- Malay perkahwinan marriage; wedding #702
- Malayalam വിവാഹം #183
- Norwegian ekteskap a marriage #1,852
- Persian ازدواج #223
- Polish ślub marriage, matrimony #1,131
- Romanian căsătorie marriage, wedlock, matrimony #1,605
- Russian брак marriage, matrimony #1,745
- Serbian brak #1,013
- Slovak svadba wedding; marriage #1,083
- Swedish äktenskap #1,642
- Tagalog kasal wedding; marriage #373
- Tamil திருமணம் marriage, wedding, matrimony #172
- Turkish evlilik #1,066
- Ukrainian весілля wedding, marriage ceremony #1,153
- Urdu شادی wedding, marriage #317
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.