How to say “married” in 34 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 Armenian, where տիկին is the 136th most used word.
- Arabic متزوج #1,202
- Armenian տիկին married woman; lady, madam #136
- Bosnian udata #2,373
- Bulgarian женен #1,310
- Catalan casada married person #2,283
- Chinese 結婚 to get married; to marry #1,032
- Czech ženatý #1,881
- English wife A married woman, especially in relation to… #307
- Esperanto edziĝi to get married as a man; to become a husband #1,413
- Finnish naimisiin #690
- French marié #1,305
- Georgian გათხოვება getting married, being wed, getting wed off,… #1,314
- German heiraten to marry; to get married #721
- Greek παντρεμένη married, wed #2,264
- Hebrew נשוי #990
- Hungarian asszony a married or divorced woman or a widow #1,225
- Icelandic giftur #983
- Indonesian menikah to be married, to marry #400
- Italian sposato to cause to get married, to give a spouse to,… #1,270
- Macedonian оженет #2,252
- Malay kahwin to marry, to get married #1,172
- Norwegian gifte #673
- Portuguese casal couple, married couple #2,067
- Romanian căsătorit #1,143
- Russian замуж #1,135
- Serbian udata #2,099
- Slovak ženatý #854
- Slovenian poročen #612
- Spanish casada a married man #2,286
- Swedish gifta #608
- Tagalog ginang honorific used before the name of a married… #962
- Telugu వివాహిత married woman #1,439
- Turkish evli #985
- Ukrainian заміж #2,076
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.