How to say “mind” in 47 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 ஓ is the 33rd most used word.
- Afrikaans onthou to remember, to keep in mind #189
- Albanian mend #242
- Arabic تذكر to remember, to bear in mind #376
- Armenian խելք brains; mind; wit, intellect; intelligence #998
- Basque gogo mind, consciousness #818
- Bengali মন mind, heart #295
- Bosnian um #711
- Bulgarian предвид in mind, under consideration #224
- Chinese 小心 to be careful of something; to mind; to… #92
- Croatian um #712
- Czech myslím #80
- Danish sind #1,695
- Dutch let to pay attention, to mind #853
- English thoughts A representation created in the mind without… #1,807
- Esperanto menso #1,835
- Estonian aru reason, mind #134
- Finnish mieltä mind, reason #446
- Galician mente #993
- Georgian გონება #726
- Greek λογικό reason, mind #1,657
- Hebrew שכל intelligence, mind #443
- Hindi मन mind, intellect #390
- Hungarian észre intellect, brains, mind, reason, judgment,… #884
- Icelandic hugur mind, thought #1,282
- Indonesian pikiran Representation created in the mind without… #552
- Italian spirito spirit, mind #1,454
- Korean 정신 mind; consciousness; pneuma; psyche #354
- Latvian prātā #583
- Lithuanian protas #1,199
- Macedonian ум intellect, intelligence, mind, wit, brain #733
- Malay akal mind; intellect; reason; logic #616
- Malayalam മനസ്സ് mind, psyche #342
- Norwegian ånd spirit, mind #2,483
- Persian خاطر mind, heart #120
- Polish nieważne forget it, never mind #729
- Portuguese doido crazy; out of one's mind #1,764
- Romanian minte #528
- Russian ума #575
- Serbian smeta to mind, care about #776
- Slovak um #450
- Spanish mente mind, intellect #748
- Swedish akta to be careful with, to watch, to mind #1,117
- Tagalog isipan #1,125
- Tamil ஓ to be of one mind #33
- Turkish sakın eschew!, mind! #410
- Urdu ضمیر conscience; mind, heart #1,473
- Vietnamese ước to wish in one's mind #744
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.