How to say “miracle” in 39 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 Afrikaans, where wonder is the 386th most used word.
- Afrikaans wonder miracle, wonder #386
- Albanian mrekulli #535
- Arabic معجزة #1,443
- Armenian հրաշք wonder, miracle, marvel #1,511
- Bosnian čudo wonder, miracle #1,167
- Bulgarian чудо miracle, wonder, marvel #1,269
- Catalan miracle #1,897
- Croatian čudo wonder, miracle #1,039
- Czech zázrak #1,811
- Danish mirakel #2,111
- Dutch wonder wonder, miracle #1,462
- Esperanto miraklo #1,481
- Estonian ime #888
- French miracle #2,052
- Galician milagre #2,058
- German wunder #1,131
- Greek θαύμα miracle, supernatural event #1,589
- Hebrew נס a miracle #1,395
- Hindi चमत्कार miracle, wonder, marvel #2,073
- Hungarian csoda miracle, wonder #1,471
- Icelandic kraftaverk #963
- Italian miracolo #2,488
- Latvian brīnums #1,019
- Macedonian чудо wonder, miracle #743
- Malayalam അത്ഭുതം #449
- Norwegian mirakel #2,240
- Persian معجزه #1,135
- Portuguese milagre #2,387
- Romanian minune wonder, marvel, miracle #1,765
- Russian чудесно miraculously, by a miracle #1,959
- Serbian čudo wonder, miracle #989
- Slovak zázrak #899
- Spanish milagro #2,398
- Swedish mirakel a miracle #2,112
- Tagalog himala #1,311
- Tamil அற்புதம் wonder, marvel, miracle, anything beyond… #863
- Turkish mucize #1,778
- Ukrainian чудо #2,133
- Urdu معجزہ #1,276
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.