How to say “occurrence” in 30 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 Indonesian, where saat is the 65th most used word.
- Albanian ndodhi event, occurrence #193
- Arabic منذ denotes the time at which an occurrence… #80
- Armenian դեպքում incident, event, occurrence #279
- Bengali ব্যাপার incident, happening, occurrence #181
- Bosnian slučaj case, occurrence, event, incident #497
- Bulgarian събитие event, occurrence, happening #2,153
- Chinese 事件 event; incident; occurrence #349
- Croatian slučaj case, occurrence, event, incident #421
- Danish tilfælde case, occurrence #1,115
- English event An occurrence; something that happens #1,938
- Finnish tapauksessa event, incident, occurrence, occasion, episode #835
- Greek γεγονός event, fact, occurrence #903
- Hebrew פעם A time: an instance, an occurrence #86
- Hindi घटना event, occurrence #1,482
- Icelandic atvik event, occurrence, incident #2,364
- Indonesian saat when, while, or referring to an occurrence… #65
- Korean 발생 occurrence, incidence #1,313
- Lithuanian įvykis event, occurrence, happening #1,421
- Malay kejadian incident, occurrence #631
- Malayalam തവണ time; an instance or occurrence #159
- Persian اتفاق occurrence, happening, event, accident,… #174
- Romanian întâmplare happening, occurrence #2,149
- Serbian slučaj case, occurrence, event, incident #470
- Slovenian dogodek event, occurrence, happening, incident #832
- Tagalog pangyayari event; happening; occurrence #884
- Tamil நிகழ்ச்சி occurrence, incident #600
- Telugu సంఘటన occurring, occurrence #1,317
- Ukrainian випадок case, occurrence, event #848
- Urdu وقوع occurrence, event #2,090
- Vietnamese bận time; occurrence #850
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.