How to say “planet” in 39 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 Catalan, where món is the 208th most used word.
- Afrikaans planeet planet, major satellite of a star #1,115
- Albanian planet #897
- Arabic كوكب #1,195
- Bengali গ্রহ #913
- Bosnian planeta #1,844
- Bulgarian планета #1,293
- Catalan món #208
- Chinese 行星 #1,288
- Croatian planet #1,717
- Danish planet a planet #1,642
- Dutch planeet a planet #1,070
- Esperanto planedo #417
- Estonian planeet #1,520
- French planète #1,228
- Galician planeta #1,297
- German planeten #1,407
- Greek πλανήτη #1,032
- Hindi ग्रह #626
- Indonesian planet #700
- Italian pianeta #1,359
- Korean 행성 #1,362
- Latvian planētas #1,617
- Lithuanian planeta #1,378
- Macedonian планета #1,005
- Malayalam ഗ്രഹം planet; a body which orbits a star #1,223
- Norwegian planeten a planet #1,907
- Persian سیاره #1,909
- Portuguese planeta #1,002
- Romanian planetă #1,682
- Serbian planeta #1,797
- Slovak mesiac moon, a satellite of a planet #483
- Slovenian planet #571
- Spanish planeta #1,139
- Swedish planeten #1,934
- Tagalog planeta #448
- Tamil கிரகம் #434
- Telugu గ్రహాలు #1,639
- Turkish gezegen #2,200
- Urdu سیارہ #1,507
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.