How to say “news” 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 Telugu, where వార్తలు is the 137th most used word.
- Afrikaans nuus #417
- Albanian lajme #756
- Arabic أبلغ to send or bring news, to notify, to report #2,154
- Armenian լուր news; report; information; tidings #321
- Basque berri #144
- Bengali খবর #249
- Bosnian vijesti #861
- Catalan notícies #740
- Chinese 消息 message; news; information #169
- Croatian vijesti #651
- Finnish uutisia news, news item, item of news; tiding #964
- Georgian ამბები #768
- German nachricht news, piece of news, notification #759
- Greek ειδήσεις news item, piece of news, news story #1,815
- Hebrew חדשות #454
- Hindi मीडिया the media; news media #1,751
- Hungarian hír news, information #885
- Icelandic frétta piece of news, story #849
- Indonesian kabar news, actual news, recent news #374
- Italian notizie item of news #925
- Korean 소식 #798
- Lithuanian žinia #1,154
- Macedonian вести #518
- Malay khabar #375
- Malayalam വാർത്ത #769
- Norwegian nyheter #901
- Persian خبر #170
- Polish wiadomość message, piece of news, piece of information #563
- Portuguese notícias #695
- Romanian veste news, tidings #1,591
- Russian новости #691
- Serbian vest report, news #1,243
- Swedish nyheter #879
- Tagalog balita information; news; report; tidings #541
- Telugu వార్తలు news, tidings #137
- Turkish haber #289
- Ukrainian новини #926
- Urdu خبر #370
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.