How to say “murder” in 46 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 Persian, where کار is the 31st most used word.
- Afrikaans moord #639
- Albanian vrasje killing, murder #695
- Arabic قتل to kill, to slay, to murder #166
- Armenian սպանել to kill; to murder; to assassinate #155
- Basque erail to kill, to assassinate, to murder #1,202
- Bengali হত্যা #279
- Bosnian ubiti to kill, murder #364
- Bulgarian убийство murder, homicide #615
- Croatian ubiti to kill, murder #302
- Czech vražda #1,630
- Danish mord #729
- Dutch vermoord to murder #311
- English buried To kill or murder #1,800
- Esperanto murdis to murder #1,213
- Estonian mõrv #1,371
- Finnish murhasta murder; first-degree murder #1,650
- French meurtre #613
- Galician asasinato #926
- Georgian მკვლელობა #1,441
- German umbringen to kill, to murder, to do away with #845
- Greek σκοτώσει to kill, murder, slay #503
- Hindi हत्या murder, assassination, killing #564
- Hungarian ölni to kill, slay, murder #770
- Icelandic myrti to murder #1,238
- Italian omicidio murder, homicide #643
- Korean 살인 murder, homicide #559
- Latvian slepkavību murder, homicide #1,631
- Lithuanian žudyti to murder, to kill #892
- Macedonian убие to kill, murder #324
- Malayalam കൊല murder, killing, homicide #511
- Norwegian drepe To kill, to murder #227
- Persian کار to kill, to murder #31
- Polish morderstwo #1,187
- Portuguese assassinato #1,782
- Romanian ucis to murder #380
- Russian убийство murder, homicide #781
- Serbian ubiti to kill, murder #454
- Slovak zabiť to kill, to murder, to slay #244
- Slovenian umor #328
- Swedish mord #755
- Tagalog pagpatay killing; murder; homicide #637
- Tamil கொலை murder, killing, slaying #1,969
- Telugu హత్య #150
- Turkish cinayet murder, homicide #590
- Ukrainian вбивство #1,173
- Urdu قصاص retaliation, punishment for murder #2,357
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.