How to say “married” in 34 different 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.
- замуж[ˈzamʊʂ] Russian
- متزوج/mu.ta.zaw.wid͡ʒ/ Arabic
- παντρεμένη/pan.dɾeˈme.ni/ Greek
- נשוי/naˈsuj/ Hebrew
“married” in French: marié · Russian: замуж · Arabic: متزوج · Turkish: evli · Greek: παντρεμένη
It is commonest in Swedish, where gifta is the 608th most used word.
Married in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic متزوج/mu.ta.zaw.wid͡ʒ/ #1,202
- Armenian տիկին/tiˈkin/ married woman; lady, madam #136
- Bosnian udata/ˈudɐtɐ/ #2,373
- Bulgarian женен[ˈʒɛnɛn] #1,310
- Catalan casada[kəˈza.ðə] married person #2,283
- Chinese 結婚/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/ to get married; to marry #1,032
- Czech ženatý[ˈʒɛnatiː] #1,881
- English wife/wæf/ A married woman, especially in relation to… #307
- Esperanto edziĝi/eˈd͡zid͡ʒi/ to get married as a man; to become a husband #1,413
- Finnish naimisiin/ˈnɑi̯misiːn/ #690
- French marié/ma.ʁje/ #1,305
- Georgian გათხოვება[ɡ̊ätʰχo̞ve̞bä] getting married, being wed, getting wed off,… #1,314
- German heiraten/ˈhaɪ̯ˌraːtən/ to marry; to get married #721
- Greek παντρεμένη/pan.dɾeˈme.ni/ married, wed #2,264
- Hebrew נשוי/naˈsuj/ #990
- Hungarian asszony[ˈɒsːoɲ] a married or divorced woman or a widow #1,225
- Icelandic giftur[ˈcɪftʏr] #983
- Indonesian menikah/məˈnikah/ to be married, to marry #400
- Italian sposato/spoˈza.to/ to cause to get married, to give a spouse to,… #1,270
- Macedonian оженет[ˈɔʒɛnɛt] #2,252
- Malay kahwin/ˈkahwin/ to marry, to get married #1,172
- Norwegian gifte/ˈjɪftə/ #673
- Portuguese casal/kaˈzaw/ couple, married couple #2,067
- Romanian căsătorit/kə.sə.toˈrit/ #1,143
- Russian замуж[ˈzamʊʂ] #1,135
- Serbian udata/ˈudɐtɐ/ #2,099
- Slovak ženatý/ʒenatiː/ #854
- Slovenian poročen/pɔrɔt͡ʃɛ́n/ #612
- Spanish casada/kaˈsada/ a married man #2,286
- Swedish gifta/ˈjɪfta/ #608
- Tagalog ginang/ˈɡinaŋ/ honorific used before the name of a married… #962
- Telugu వివాహిత/ˈʋiʋaːˌhita/ married woman #1,439
- Turkish evli/evˈli/ #985
- Ukrainian заміж[ˈzamʲiʒ] #2,076
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
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