How to say “normal” in 33 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 Chinese, where 正常 is the 241st most used word.
- Arabic عادي normal, regular, ordinary, usual #947
- Armenian նորմալ #1,775
- Bosnian normalan #1,770
- Bulgarian нормален normal, standard #1,679
- Catalan normal #788
- Chinese 正常 normal; regular; ordinary #241
- Croatian normalan #1,878
- Czech normální normal, usual, ordinary, regular #820
- Dutch normale normal, usual, in accordance with what is… #1,767
- English strange Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of… #724
- Esperanto normala #1,883
- Estonian tavaline normal, usual #810
- Finnish tavallinen ordinary, usual, normal, conventional,… #2,018
- German normal ordinarily, normally, in a normal fashion #1,087
- Greek φυσιολογικό normal, natural #2,021
- Hebrew נורמלי #1,138
- Hindi साधारण ordinary, normal #1,691
- Hungarian normális #971
- Icelandic venjulegur usual, customary, normal #1,435
- Indonesian biasa normal, ordinary, regular #242
- Italian normale #918
- Latvian parasti usual, normal, ordinary, usually, normally,… #491
- Macedonian нормално normally, in a normal way #641
- Malay biasa normal; usual; ordinary #268
- Norwegian normal normal, ordinary #2,069
- Persian عادی normal, ordinary, usual #1,594
- Portuguese normal normal, standard, regular #744
- Serbian normalan #1,676
- Spanish normal normal, standard, regular, fine #824
- Swedish normal a normal #1,949
- Tagalog normal #778
- Turkish sıradan ordinary, mediocre, normal #913
- Urdu عادی #1,754
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.