How to say “mind” in 47 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.
- mente/ˈmente/ Spanish
- ума[ʊˈma] Russian
- 小心/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/ Chinese
- 정신[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɕʰin] Korean
- मन/mən/ Hindi
- გონება[ɡ̊o̞ne̞bä] Georgian
“mind” in Spanish: mente · Chinese: 小心 · Korean: 정신 · Russian: ума · Hindi: मन
It is commonest in Czech, where myslím is the 80th most used word.
Mind in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans onthou/ɔntˈɦœu̯/ to remember, to keep in mind #189
- Albanian mend/mɛnd/ #242
- Arabic تذكر/ta.ðak.ka.ra/ to remember, to bear in mind #376
- Armenian խելք/χelkʰ/ brains; mind; wit, intellect; intelligence #998
- Basque gogo/ɡoɡo/ mind, consciousness #818
- Bengali মন/mon/ mind, heart #295
- Bosnian um/ûːm/ #711
- Bulgarian предвид[prɛdˈvit] in mind, under consideration #224
- Chinese 小心/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/ to be careful of something; to mind; to… #92
- Croatian um/ûːm/ #712
- Czech myslím[ˈmɪsliːm] #80
- Danish sind/ˈsen/ #1,695
- Dutch let/ˈlɛt/ to pay attention, to mind #853
- English thoughts/θɔts/ A representation created in the mind without… #1,807
- Esperanto menso/ˈmenso/ #1,835
- Estonian aru/ˈɑru/ reason, mind #134
- Finnish mieltä/ˈmieltæ/ mind, reason #446
- Galician mente/ˈmente/ #993
- Georgian გონება[ɡ̊o̞ne̞bä] #726
- Greek λογικό/ˌlojiˈko/ reason, mind #1,657
- Hebrew שכל/ɬikl/ intelligence, mind #443
- Hindi मन/mən/ mind, intellect #390
- Hungarian észre[ˈeːsrɛ] intellect, brains, mind, reason, judgment,… #884
- Icelandic hugur[ˈhʏːɣʏr] mind, thought #1,282
- Indonesian pikiran/piˈkiran/ Representation created in the mind without… #552
- Italian spirito/ˈspi.ri.to/ spirit, mind #1,454
- Korean 정신[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɕʰin] mind; consciousness; pneuma; psyche #354
- Latvian prātā/ˈpraːtaː/ #583
- Lithuanian protas[²ˈproːtɐs] #1,199
- Macedonian ум[um] intellect, intelligence, mind, wit, brain #733
- Malay akal/ˈakal/ mind; intellect; reason; logic #616
- Malayalam മനസ്സ്/mɐnɐssɨ/ mind, psyche #342
- Norwegian ånd/ɔn/ spirit, mind #2,483
- Persian خاطر[xɒː.t̪ʰéɹ] mind, heart #120
- Polish nieważne/ɲɛˈvaʐ.nɛ/ forget it, never mind #729
- Portuguese doido/ˈdoj.du/ crazy; out of one's mind #1,764
- Romanian minte/ˈmin.te/ #528
- Russian ума[ʊˈma] #575
- Serbian smeta/ˈsmɛtɐ/ to mind, care about #776
- Slovak um/um/ #450
- Spanish mente/ˈmente/ mind, intellect #748
- Swedish akta/ˈakta/ to be careful with, to watch, to mind #1,117
- Tagalog isipan/ʔiˈsipan/ #1,125
- Tamil ஓ/oː/ to be of one mind #33
- Turkish sakın/sɑˈkɯn/ eschew!, mind! #410
- Urdu ضمیر/zə.miːɾ/ conscience; mind, heart #1,473
- Vietnamese ước[ʔɨək̚˧˦] to wish in one's mind #744
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.