How to say “member” in 40 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 Dutch, where mensen is the 119th most used word.
- Afrikaans lid #1,005
- Albanian anëtar #2,023
- Arabic أهلا as a kin, as a member of my kinfolk, in… #594
- Bengali সদস্য #803
- Bosnian član #1,633
- Bulgarian член #1,296
- Catalan membre #1,394
- Chinese 族人 clan member; someone in a particular ethnic… #2,087
- Croatian član #1,498
- Danish medlem #2,046
- Dutch mensen human, any member of the species Homo sapiens #119
- English doctor A physician; a member of the medical… #364
- Esperanto membroj #2,171
- Estonian liige #1,373
- French membre #1,698
- Galician membro #1,240
- Georgian წევრები #1,389
- Greek μέλος #1,183
- Hindi सदस्य #1,486
- Indonesian dokter doctor, a physician; a member of the medical… #354
- Italian membro #2,119
- Korean 대원 team member #2,464
- Latvian loceklis limb, member #1,921
- Macedonian член #1,072
- Malay warga #1,231
- Malayalam അംഗം member; an individual #1,998
- Norwegian medlem a member #2,416
- Persian عضو #803
- Polish jakieś some; unspecified member of the category… #234
- Portuguese membros #1,911
- Russian скотт member of the Scoti tribe #2,054
- Serbian član #1,469
- Slovenian član #658
- Spanish miembro #1,890
- Swedish president a chairman, presiding member of an assembly,… #947
- Tagalog kasapi #1,651
- Tamil உறுப்பினர் member, subscriber #1,155
- Telugu కార్యకర్తలు member of a particular political party or… #1,324
- Ukrainian член member, limb #981
- Vietnamese trúc a member of the genus of bamboo, Phyllostachys #1,701
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.