How to say “month” 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 Basque, where hil is the 50th most used word.
- Afrikaans maande A month #391
- Albanian muaj #357
- Arabic شهر #472
- Armenian ամիս #268
- Basque hil #50
- Bengali মাস #393
- Bulgarian месец #596
- Catalan mesos #498
- Danish måneder #489
- Dutch maanden a month #468
- Esperanto monatoj #783
- Finnish kuukautta #875
- French mois #321
- Galician mes #582
- Georgian თვის #664
- German monate #883
- Greek μήνες #448
- Hebrew חודשים #428
- Hindi महीने #440
- Hungarian hónap #1,261
- Indonesian sebulan a month #1,555
- Italian mesi #522
- Korean 월 #2,014
- Latvian mēneša #1,959
- Macedonian месеци #353
- Malayalam മാസം #208
- Norwegian måneder #542
- Polish miesięcy #716
- Portuguese meses #439
- Russian месяц #991
- Slovenian mesec #391
- Spanish meses #458
- Swedish månader a month #516
- Tagalog buwan-buwan monthly; every month #2,231
- Tamil மாதம் #503
- Telugu నెలల #300
- Ukrainian місяць #822
- Urdu یکم first day of the month #2,004
- Vietnamese tháng #441
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.