How to say “prince” in 41 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 سيد is the 106th most used word.
- Afrikaans vors prince, monarch #1,906
- Arabic سيد master, lord, prince #106
- Armenian արքայազն prince, son of a king #424
- Bengali রাজকুমার #1,302
- Bosnian princ #1,580
- Bulgarian принц #1,430
- Catalan príncep #1,033
- Chinese 王子 #582
- Croatian princ #1,950
- Czech princ #2,167
- Danish prins #1,905
- Dutch prins #1,660
- Esperanto princo #772
- Estonian prints #1,169
- French prince #1,430
- German prinz #1,719
- Hebrew נגיד a prince, leader, ruler, commander, chief #1,108
- Hindi राजकुमार #2,188
- Hungarian herceg #1,705
- Icelandic prins #1,250
- Indonesian pangeran #857
- Italian principe #1,628
- Korean 왕자 #2,169
- Latvian princis #2,335
- Macedonian принц #1,498
- Malay putera #1,083
- Malayalam രാജകുമാരൻ #1,241
- Norwegian prins a prince #1,951
- Persian شاهزاده #691
- Polish książę prince; duke #2,490
- Portuguese príncipe #1,713
- Russian принцесса prince, crown prince #2,336
- Serbian princ #1,748
- Slovak princ #968
- Slovenian princ #652
- Spanish príncipe #1,560
- Swedish prins a prince #2,139
- Tamil இளவரசன் prince, son of a king or his close relative #981
- Turkish prens #1,511
- Ukrainian принц #1,615
- Urdu شہزادہ #517
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.