How to say “occurrence” in 30 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.
- 발생[pa̠ɭs͈ɛŋ] Korean
- פעם/ˈpa.(ʔ)am/ Hebrew
- நிகழ்ச்சி/nɪɡɐɻtʃtʃiː/ Tamil
- اتفاق[ʔet̪ʰ.t̪ʰe.fɒːɢ̥] Persian
“occurrence” in Korean: 발생
It is commonest in Hebrew, where פעם is the 86th most used word.
Occurrence in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian ndodhi/ndɔði/ event, occurrence #193
- Arabic منذ/mun.ðu/ denotes the time at which an occurrence… #80
- Armenian դեպքում/depˈkʰum/ incident, event, occurrence #279
- Bengali ব্যাপার/bæpaɾ/ incident, happening, occurrence #181
- Bosnian slučaj/slût͡ʃaːj/ case, occurrence, event, incident #497
- Bulgarian събитие[sɐˈbitiɛ] event, occurrence, happening #2,153
- Chinese 事件/ʂɻ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ event; incident; occurrence #349
- Croatian slučaj/slût͡ʃaːj/ case, occurrence, event, incident #421
- Danish tilfælde/ˈtelˌfɛlˀə/ case, occurrence #1,115
- English event/ɪˈvɛnt/ An occurrence; something that happens #1,938
- Finnish tapauksessa/ˈtapaukˌsessa/ event, incident, occurrence, occasion, episode #835
- Greek γεγονός/ʝe.ɣoˈnos/ event, fact, occurrence #903
- Hebrew פעם/ˈpa.(ʔ)am/ A time: an instance, an occurrence #86
- Hindi घटना/ɡʱəʈ.nɑː/ event, occurrence #1,482
- Icelandic atvik[ˈaːt.vɪːk] event, occurrence, incident #2,364
- Indonesian saat/ˈsaat/ when, while, or referring to an occurrence… #65
- Korean 발생[pa̠ɭs͈ɛŋ] occurrence, incidence #1,313
- Lithuanian įvykis[¹ˈiːʋʲiːkʲɪs] event, occurrence, happening #1,421
- Malay kejadian/kəd͡ʒaˈdian/ incident, occurrence #631
- Malayalam തവണ/t̪ɐʋɐɳɐ/ time; an instance or occurrence #159
- Persian اتفاق[ʔet̪ʰ.t̪ʰe.fɒːɢ̥] occurrence, happening, event, accident,… #174
- Romanian întâmplare/ˌɨntɨmˈplaɾe/ happening, occurrence #2,149
- Serbian slučaj/slût͡ʃaːj/ case, occurrence, event, incident #470
- Slovenian dogodek/dɔɡóːdək/ event, occurrence, happening, incident #832
- Tagalog pangyayari/paŋjaˈjaɾi/ event; happening; occurrence #884
- Tamil நிகழ்ச்சி/nɪɡɐɻtʃtʃiː/ occurrence, incident #600
- Telugu సంఘటన/ˈsanɡʰaˌʈana/ occurring, occurrence #1,317
- Ukrainian випадок[ˈʋɪpɐdɔk] case, occurrence, event #848
- Urdu وقوع/ʋʊ.quː(ʔ)/ occurrence, event #2,090
- Vietnamese bận[ʔɓən˧˨ʔ] time; occurrence #850
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.