How to say “murderer” in 31 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 Malay, where pembunuh is the 472nd most used word.
- Albanian vrasës #690
- Bosnian ubica murderer, killer #794
- Bulgarian убиец assassin, killer, murderer, slayer #738
- Chinese 兇手 murderer; killer #2,434
- Croatian ubojica murderer, killer #603
- Czech vrah #933
- Danish morder murderer, killer #1,032
- Dutch moordenaar #649
- Finnish murhaaja #1,754
- French assassin an assassin or other murderer #1,934
- Galician asasino #958
- German mörder murderer, assassin, assassinator, killer,… #858
- Greek δολοφόνος #807
- Hebrew רוצח a killer, a murderer #778
- Hindi हत्यारा murderer, killer #2,424
- Korean 살인자 #1,822
- Latvian slepkava killer, murderer #1,029
- Macedonian убиец killer, murderer, slayer, assassin #553
- Malay pembunuh killer, murderer #472
- Norwegian morder #1,334
- Persian جانی felon; murderer #2,207
- Polish zabójca killer, murderer #1,911
- Russian убийца #861
- Serbian ubica murderer, killer #711
- Slovak vrah #517
- Swedish mördare a murderer #895
- Tagalog mamamatay-tao murderer; killer; manslayer #1,035
- Telugu హంతకుడు #857
- Turkish katil murderer, killer #664
- Ukrainian вбивця murderer, killer, assassin #1,541
- Urdu قاتل killer, murderer, assassin #1,136
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.