How to say “mountain” in 38 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 Slovak, where hore is the 216th most used word.
- Afrikaans berge #710
- Arabic جبل #1,618
- Armenian սարեր #1,806
- Basque mendi #722
- Bengali পর্বত #1,189
- Catalan muntanya #1,421
- Chinese 山谷 mountain valley #1,761
- Dutch bergen mountain, hill #2,038
- Esperanto monto #1,335
- Estonian mäe hill, mountain #1,817
- French montagne #2,054
- Georgian მთა mountain, hill #711
- German berg a mountain, hill #2,242
- Greek βουνό #2,002
- Hebrew הר #1,601
- Hindi पहाड़ #1,517
- Indonesian gunung #964
- Italian montagna #2,359
- Korean 산 #490
- Latvian kalna mountain, hill #1,778
- Lithuanian kalno hill, mountain #1,140
- Macedonian планина #2,287
- Malay gunung #759
- Norwegian fjellet a mountain #2,297
- Persian کوه #1,065
- Polish góry #802
- Portuguese monte mount; a mountain or large hill #1,161
- Romanian munte #2,011
- Slovak hore #216
- Slovenian gora #1,099
- Spanish montaña #1,951
- Swedish bergen a mountain #2,338
- Tagalog bundok #482
- Tamil மலை mountain, hill #876
- Telugu మల #960
- Turkish dağ mountain, mount, an elevation of land of… #2,241
- Urdu پہاڑ #752
- Vietnamese núi a mountain #943
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.