How to say “owner” in 34 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 Armenian, where տեր is the 88th most used word.
- Afrikaans eienaar #946
- Arabic ذو possessor of, owner of #362
- Armenian տեր owner, proprietor #88
- Bengali মালিক owner, proprietor, master #512
- Bosnian vlasnik #1,363
- Bulgarian собственик owner, proprietor #2,450
- Catalan amo #1,154
- Chinese 主人 master; owner #447
- Croatian vlasnik #1,332
- Danish ejer #982
- Dutch eigenaar #1,553
- Estonian omanik owner, proprietor #1,356
- French propriétaire #1,920
- Galician dona #1,458
- Greek αφεντικό owner, master #558
- Hebrew בעל master, owner #550
- Icelandic eigandi #2,268
- Indonesian pemilik #1,196
- Italian proprietario owner, proprietary, proprietor, landlord #2,217
- Korean 주인 master or owner #1,381
- Lithuanian savininkas #1,610
- Macedonian сопственик owner, proprietor #2,191
- Malay pemilik #1,053
- Malayalam ഉടമ #1,865
- Norwegian eier an owner #899
- Persian صاحب owner; master #792
- Portuguese dono #1,631
- Russian хозяин owner, proprietor #2,223
- Serbian vlasnik #1,386
- Spanish dueño owner, proprietor, landlord #1,780
- Tagalog may-ari owner; proprietor #355
- Turkish sahip owner, possessor; someone who owns a property #346
- Ukrainian володар #2,452
- Vietnamese khách someone who is not the owner, host or… #451
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.