How to say “president” in 37 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 նախագահ is the 229th most used word.
- Albanian president #803
- Armenian նախագահ #229
- Basque lehendakari president, prime minister #533
- Bengali রাষ্ট্রপতি president of a state #1,653
- Bulgarian президент #891
- Catalan president #584
- Chinese 總統 #2,386
- Czech prezident #1,442
- Danish præsident #858
- Dutch president #651
- Esperanto prezidento #1,439
- Finnish presidentti #918
- French président #662
- Galician presidente #439
- German präsident president; chairman, chairperson, chair #1,241
- Hebrew נשיא A president: a head of state in various forms… #1,433
- Hindi राष्ट्रपति leader of a country, president #617
- Hungarian elnök chairman, president #666
- Icelandic forseti #739
- Italian presidente #629
- Korean 대통령 president of a country #748
- Latvian prezidents #1,126
- Lithuanian prezidentas #776
- Macedonian претседател #922
- Norwegian president a president #802
- Persian رئیس #620
- Polish prezydent #1,598
- Portuguese presidente #463
- Russian президент #920
- Slovak prezident #588
- Slovenian predsednik #348
- Spanish jefe chief; president; head; leader of a business,… #356
- Tagalog presidente #1,401
- Telugu రాష్ట్రపతి #830
- Turkish başkan #532
- Ukrainian президент #1,008
- Urdu صدر #538
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.