How to say “nine” in 48 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 Catalan, where nou is the 219th most used word.
- Afrikaans nege #931
- Albanian nëntë #875
- Arabic تسعة #985
- Armenian ինը #529
- Basque bederatzi #695
- Bengali নয় #448
- Bosnian devet #1,081
- Bulgarian девет #1,313
- Catalan nou #219
- Croatian devet #1,101
- Czech devět #1,281
- Danish ni #955
- Dutch negen #1,003
- English ten The number occurring after nine and before… #610
- Esperanto naŭ #1,693
- Estonian üheksa #983
- Finnish yhdeksän #1,537
- French neuf #841
- Galician nove #968
- Georgian ცხრა #1,318
- German neun #1,361
- Greek θ The number nine in Greek numerals #601
- Hebrew תשעה #2,073
- Hindi नौ #1,649
- Hungarian kilenc #1,789
- Icelandic níu #500
- Indonesian sembilan #1,326
- Italian nove #1,418
- Korean 구 #1,545
- Latvian deviņi #1,562
- Lithuanian devyni #1,137
- Macedonian девет #1,163
- Malay sembilan #1,154
- Malayalam ഒൻപത് #1,697
- Norwegian ni #861
- Portuguese nove #1,278
- Romanian nouă #474
- Russian девять #1,914
- Serbian devet #1,072
- Slovak deväť #891
- Slovenian devet #519
- Spanish nueve #1,256
- Swedish nio #929
- Tagalog siyam #1,167
- Tamil ஒன்பது #656
- Turkish dokuz #1,137
- Urdu نو #484
- Vietnamese chín #1,496
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.