How to say “opinion” in 42 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 Urdu, where خیال is the 105th most used word.
- Afrikaans mening An opinion #1,603
- Basque iritzi #690
- Bosnian mišljenje #1,108
- Bulgarian мнение opinion, view, standpoint, belief #1,220
- Catalan opinió #1,108
- Chinese 覺得 to think; to believe; to be of the opinion… #426
- Croatian mišljenje #996
- Czech názor #1,035
- Danish mening an opinion #543
- Dutch meen to think; to have an opinion or assumption #665
- English agree To be in harmony about an opinion, statement,… #891
- Esperanto opinias to think, to have an opinion; to opine #227
- Estonian arvamus #1,519
- Finnish mielestäni in one's opinion #1,097
- French avis #609
- Galician opinión #734
- Georgian აზრი #614
- German meinung #856
- Greek γνώμη opinion, perception #720
- Hebrew דעה opinion, point of view #2,256
- Hungarian szerintem in one's opinion, to one's way of thinking #137
- Icelandic meina to think, be of a certain opinion #304
- Indonesian pendapat #1,477
- Italian opinione opinion, mind, view, attitude #2,096
- Korean 의견 an opinion about something #1,908
- Lithuanian nuomonė #1,721
- Malay pendapat opinion; view; idea; sentiment #756
- Malayalam അഭിപ്രായം #500
- Norwegian mening an opinion #918
- Persian گمان assumption; supposition; opinion; conjecture;… #1,834
- Portuguese opinião #1,237
- Romanian părere opinion, view, judgement, belief, notion,… #1,137
- Russian по-моему in my opinion; methinks #966
- Serbian mišljenje #996
- Slovak názor opinion, view #556
- Spanish opinión #1,049
- Swedish tycker to be of the opinion, to think #194
- Tagalog palagay opinion; thought #360
- Tamil கருத்து #775
- Turkish bence I think, in my opinion #167
- Ukrainian по-моєму in my opinion #2,444
- Urdu خیال thought, idea, opinion; reasoning,… #105
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.