How to say “peace” in 48 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 Korean, where 안녕 is the 100th most used word.
- Afrikaans vrede peace; tranquility #453
- Albanian paqe #785
- Arabic سلام #1,176
- Armenian խաղաղություն #624
- Basque bake #907
- Bengali শান্তি peace, tranquility, shanti #475
- Bosnian miru #634
- Bulgarian мир #1,095
- Catalan pau #568
- Chinese 和平 #523
- Croatian miru #644
- Czech mír #1,873
- Danish fred #562
- Dutch vrede #1,141
- Esperanto paco #622
- Estonian rahu #525
- Finnish rauhassa in peace #1,017
- French paix #770
- Galician paz #358
- Georgian მშვიდობისა #381
- German frieden #1,169
- Greek ησυχία calm, peace, quiet #925
- Hebrew שלום #137
- Hindi शांति peace, tranquility, quiet, ease #587
- Hungarian békén #760
- Indonesian salam #1,219
- Italian pace peace be with you; that's it; end of the story #661
- Korean 안녕 peace; tranquility #100
- Latvian mierā peace, tranquility, calm, quiet, rest #493
- Macedonian мир #579
- Malay kedamaian #1,979
- Malayalam സമാധാനം #431
- Norwegian fred #526
- Persian صلح peace; conciliation #862
- Polish spokój calm, calmness, peace, tranquility #334
- Portuguese paz #536
- Romanian pace #519
- Russian мир #413
- Serbian miru #626
- Slovak mier #881
- Slovenian mir #416
- Spanish paz #559
- Swedish fred #863
- Tagalog kalma calmness; peace; stillness #997
- Tamil அமைதி #657
- Turkish barış #1,218
- Ukrainian мир #561
- Urdu امن peace, tranquility #424
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.