How to say “nose” in 44 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 Slovenian, where nos is the 521st most used word.
- Afrikaans neus #735
- Albanian hundën #1,725
- Armenian քիթ #1,210
- Basque sudur #1,259
- Bengali নাক #737
- Bosnian nos #1,120
- Bulgarian носа #1,231
- Catalan nas #1,505
- Chinese 鼻子 #666
- Croatian nos #1,109
- Danish næse #1,958
- Dutch neus #1,122
- Esperanto nazon #1,282
- Estonian nina #716
- French nez #1,105
- Galician nariz #1,387
- German nase #1,188
- Greek μύτη #1,189
- Hindi नाक #1,674
- Icelandic nef #2,255
- Indonesian hidung #1,977
- Italian naso #1,493
- Korean 코 #980
- Latvian degunu #1,638
- Lithuanian nosis #1,703
- Macedonian носот #1,169
- Malay hidung #1,233
- Malayalam മൂക്ക് #766
- Norwegian nesen a nose #2,313
- Persian دماغ #2,200
- Portuguese nariz #1,493
- Romanian nas #1,658
- Russian нос #1,715
- Serbian nos #1,085
- Slovak nos #797
- Slovenian nos #521
- Spanish nariz #1,640
- Swedish luktar to smell; to use one’s nose #1,091
- Tagalog ilong #774
- Tamil மூக்கை nose, nostril #1,904
- Telugu ముక్కు The nose #779
- Ukrainian ніс #1,769
- Urdu ناک #1,150
- Vietnamese mũi #1,047
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.