How to say “murderer” in 31 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.
- убийца[ʊˈbʲijt͡sə] Russian
- 兇手/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- 살인자[sʰa̠ɾiɲd͡ʑa̠] Korean
- हत्यारा/ɦət̪.jɑː.ɾɑː/ Hindi
- δολοφόνος/ðoloˈfonos/ Greek
- హంతకుడు/ˈhantaˌkuɖu/ Telugu
“murderer” in German: mörder · Chinese: 兇手 · Korean: 살인자 · Russian: убийца · Hindi: हत्यारा · Turkish: katil · Greek: δολοφόνος
It is commonest in Slovak, where vrah is the 517th most used word.
Murderer in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian vrasës/ˈvɾasəs/ #690
- Bosnian ubica/ǔbit͡sa/ murderer, killer #794
- Bulgarian убиец[oˈbiɛt͡s] assassin, killer, murderer, slayer #738
- Chinese 兇手/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ murderer; killer #2,434
- Croatian ubojica/ǔbojit͡sa/ murderer, killer #603
- Czech vrah[ˈvrax] #933
- Danish morder/morder/ murderer, killer #1,032
- Dutch moordenaar/ˈmoːr.dəˌnaːr/ #649
- Finnish murhaaja/ˈmurhɑːjɑ/ #1,754
- French assassin/a.sa.sɛ̃/ an assassin or other murderer #1,934
- Galician asasino/asaˈsino/ #958
- German mörder/ˈmœʁdɐ/ murderer, assassin, assassinator, killer,… #858
- Greek δολοφόνος/ðoloˈfonos/ #807
- Hebrew רוצח/ʁoˈt͡seaχ/ a killer, a murderer #778
- Hindi हत्यारा/ɦət̪.jɑː.ɾɑː/ murderer, killer #2,424
- Korean 살인자[sʰa̠ɾiɲd͡ʑa̠] #1,822
- Latvian slepkava[slæpkava] killer, murderer #1,029
- Macedonian убиец[ˈubi(j)ɛt͡s] killer, murderer, slayer, assassin #553
- Malay pembunuh/pəmˈbunuh/ killer, murderer #472
- Norwegian morder/ˈmʊrdər/ #1,334
- Persian جانی[d͡ʒɒː.níː] felon; murderer #2,207
- Polish zabójca/zaˈbuj.t͡sa/ killer, murderer #1,911
- Russian убийца[ʊˈbʲijt͡sə] #861
- Serbian ubica/ǔbit͡sa/ murderer, killer #711
- Slovak vrah/vrax/ #517
- Swedish mördare/ˈmœrdarɛ/ a murderer #895
- Tagalog mamamatay-tao/mamaˌmataj ˈtaʔo/ murderer; killer; manslayer #1,035
- Telugu హంతకుడు/ˈhantaˌkuɖu/ #857
- Turkish katil/kaːˈtil/ murderer, killer #664
- Ukrainian вбивця[ˈwbɪu̯t͡sʲɐ] murderer, killer, assassin #1,541
- Urdu قاتل/qɑː.t̪ɪl/ killer, murderer, assassin #1,136
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