How to say “news” in 38 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.
- новости[ˈnovəsʲtʲɪ] Russian
- 소식[sʰo̞ɕʰik̚] Korean
- חדשות/χadaˈʃot/ Hebrew
- ამბები[ambebi] Georgian
- լուր/luɾ/ Armenian
- খবর/kʰɔboɾ/ Bengali
“news” in German: nachricht · Portuguese: notícias · Korean: 소식 · Russian: новости · Turkish: haber
It is commonest in Telugu, where వార్తలు is the 137th most used word.
News in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans nuus/nys/ #417
- Albanian lajme/lajmɛ/ #756
- Arabic أبلغ/ʔab.la.ɣa/ to send or bring news, to notify, to report #2,154
- Armenian լուր/luɾ/ news; report; information; tidings #321
- Basque berri/beri/ #144
- Bengali খবর/kʰɔboɾ/ #249
- Bosnian vijesti/ˈvijestɪ/ #861
- Catalan notícies/nuˈtisiəs/ #740
- Chinese 消息/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi²/ message; news; information #169
- Croatian vijesti/ˈvijestɪ/ #651
- Finnish uutisia/ˈuːtɪˌsia/ news, news item, item of news; tiding #964
- Georgian ამბები[ambebi] #768
- German nachricht/ˈnaːxrɪçt/ news, piece of news, notification #759
- Greek ειδήσεις/iˈðisis/ news item, piece of news, news story #1,815
- Hebrew חדשות/χadaˈʃot/ #454
- Hindi मीडिया/miː.ɖɪ.jɑː/ the media; news media #1,751
- Hungarian hír[ˈhiːr] news, information #885
- Icelandic frétta/ˈfrjɛhta/ piece of news, story #849
- Indonesian kabar/ˈkabar/ news, actual news, recent news #374
- Italian notizie/noˈtit.t͡sje/ item of news #925
- Korean 소식[sʰo̞ɕʰik̚] #798
- Lithuanian žinia[ʒʲɪˈn̪ʲɛ] #1,154
- Macedonian вести[ˈvɛsti] #518
- Malay khabar/ˈxaba(r)/ #375
- Malayalam വാർത്ത/ʋaːrt̪t̪ɐ/ #769
- Norwegian nyheter/ˈnyːˌheːtər/ #901
- Persian خبر[xæ.bǽɹ] #170
- Polish wiadomość/vjaˈdɔ.mɔɕt͡ɕ/ message, piece of news, piece of information #563
- Portuguese notícias/nuˈti.sjɐʃ/ #695
- Romanian veste/ˈves.te/ news, tidings #1,591
- Russian новости[ˈnovəsʲtʲɪ] #691
- Serbian vest/ʋêːst/ report, news #1,243
- Swedish nyheter/ˈnyːheːtɛr/ #879
- Tagalog balita/baˈlitaʔ/ information; news; report; tidings #541
- Telugu వార్తలు/ˈʋaːrtalu/ news, tidings #137
- Turkish haber/haˈbeɾ/ #289
- Ukrainian новини[nɔˈʋɪne] #926
- Urdu خبر/xə.bəɾ/ #370
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.