How to say “open” in 52 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 Estonian, where lahti is the 185th most used word.
- Afrikaans oop #239
- Albanian hapur to open #433
- Arabic فتح to open #751
- Armenian բաց open, not closed #265
- Basque ireki to open, open up #225
- Bengali খোলা to open #465
- Bosnian otvoriti to open #1,268
- Bulgarian отворя to open #1,623
- Catalan obrir to open #956
- Chinese 打開 to open #1,725
- Croatian otvoriti to open #990
- Czech otevřít to open #1,198
- Danish åbne #701
- Dutch open to open #345
- English place An open space, particularly a city square,… #187
- Esperanto malfermu to open #313
- Estonian lahti #185
- Finnish avaa to open #708
- French ouvre to open #842
- Galician abre to open #1,028
- Georgian იღება to open #812
- German öffnen to open #1,119
- Greek ανοίξει to make something accessible: open, undo,… #1,745
- Hebrew פתח to open #877
- Hindi खुला open, ajar, unclosed, unlocked #1,005
- Hungarian nyisd to open #1,025
- Icelandic opnar to open #1,039
- Indonesian buka #444
- Italian aperto to open #1,142
- Korean 활짝 wide open; brightly; in bloom; clearly #2,338
- Latvian vaļā #315
- Lithuanian atidaryk to open #472
- Macedonian отвори to open #359
- Malay buka to open #327
- Malayalam തുറക്കുക to open #1,876
- Norwegian åpne #459
- Polish otwórz to open #1,090
- Portuguese abrir to open #813
- Romanian deschide to open #609
- Russian открыть to open #1,300
- Serbian otvoriti to open #1,572
- Slovak otvoriť to open #627
- Slovenian odpreti to open, to make open #709
- Spanish abre to open, open up #991
- Swedish öppna #384
- Tagalog kaparangan wide, open space or field #2,304
- Tamil திறந்த to open #309
- Telugu విప్పు to open, untie, loosen #1,517
- Turkish açmak to open #1,882
- Ukrainian відкрити to open #1,468
- Urdu باز open, open wide #1,584
- Vietnamese mở to open, be open #369
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.