How to say “position” 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 Arabic, where مكان is the 90th most used word.
- Afrikaans sit to sit; to be in a sitting position #107
- Arabic مكان place, location, position #90
- Bengali বজায় in force, in position, intact #2,079
- Bosnian postoje to retain a position #624
- Bulgarian позиция position, stance #1,166
- Catalan posició #965
- Chinese 位置 location; position; place #257
- Croatian položaj #1,431
- Czech pozice #1,820
- Danish stand position, social status, station #954
- Dutch stel to position; place #485
- English down From a higher position to a lower one;… #112
- Esperanto postenon job, position #1,045
- Estonian üles From a lower position to an upper position #138
- French position #1,124
- Galician posición #888
- Georgian ნომერი number indicating the position of something… #980
- German job job, position, employment #446
- Greek θέση #302
- Hebrew מעמד position, status #669
- Hungarian ülj to sit, to be in a sitting position #852
- Indonesian jatuh to move to a lower position under the effect… #343
- Italian situazione situation, position, condition, circumstances #642
- Latvian stāvoklī position, location #1,001
- Lithuanian pozicija #2,058
- Macedonian позиција #816
- Malay duduk location; position #252
- Malayalam പക്ഷം stance, position #924
- Norwegian posisjon #1,746
- Persian مکان place, location, position #615
- Portuguese posição #944
- Russian положение position, location #1,992
- Serbian postoje to retain a position #629
- Slovak postaviť to place, to position #777
- Slovenian položaj position, location #452
- Spanish posición #1,109
- Swedish står stand; be in an upright position #206
- Tagalog posisyon #964
- Tamil பதவி rank, position, situation, station #812
- Telugu పదవి a position or rank #1,832
- Turkish aşağılık In the position of being low #1,457
- Vietnamese nổi be able to; to be capable of; to be in a… #449
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.