How to say “nature” 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 Tagalog, where kalikasan is the 546th most used word.
- Afrikaans natuur #728
- Albanian natyra #1,682
- Arabic طبيعة nature, quality, essence #1,607
- Armenian խառնվածք nature, character, temperament #1,593
- Bengali প্রকৃতি #1,362
- Catalan dolor pain of a continuing nature, especially that… #738
- Chinese 性格 personality; nature; temperament; disposition #1,360
- Dutch natuur #2,006
- English natural Existing in the nature of a person or thing;… #1,465
- Esperanto naturo #807
- Estonian loodus nature, the natural world #2,113
- Galician natureza #994
- Georgian ბუნების #1,478
- German natur #1,727
- Greek φύση #1,495
- Hebrew יצר instinct, impulse, nature, urge #1,750
- Hindi प्रकृति #1,524
- Italian natura #1,523
- Korean 자연 #1,706
- Lithuanian gamta #1,862
- Macedonian природа nature, environment #1,756
- Malay alam nature; the natural environment #734
- Malayalam പ്രകൃതി #912
- Portuguese natureza #1,437
- Romanian fire essence, substance, nature #2,216
- Slovak príroda #1,844
- Slovenian narava #1,101
- Spanish naturaleza #1,530
- Tagalog kalikasan #546
- Tamil இயற்கை nature, disposition, inherent quality #909
- Urdu نہاد disposition, nature #604
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.