How to say “princess” in 38 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 سيدة is the 242nd most used word.
- Afrikaans prinses #379
- Albanian princeshë #1,487
- Arabic سيدة mistress, princess #242
- Bosnian princeza #1,713
- Catalan princesa #1,289
- Chinese 公主 daughter of a monarch; princess #416
- Croatian princeza #2,065
- Czech princezna #2,289
- Danish prinsesse #1,789
- Dutch prinses #1,713
- Esperanto princino #495
- Finnish prinsessa #2,236
- French princesse #1,525
- Georgian პრინცესა #1,062
- German prinzessin #1,434
- Greek πριγκίπισσα #1,508
- Hebrew שרה lady, princess, queen #552
- Hindi रानी queen, princess #868
- Hungarian hercegnő #1,856
- Icelandic prinsessa #1,121
- Indonesian putri #484
- Italian principessa #1,732
- Korean 공주님 #830
- Latvian princese #1,443
- Macedonian принцеза #1,922
- Malay puteri #864
- Malayalam രാജകുമാരി #734
- Norwegian prinsesse a princess #2,015
- Portuguese princesa #1,642
- Serbian princeza #1,907
- Slovak princezná #910
- Slovenian princesa #670
- Spanish princesa #1,647
- Swedish prinsessan a princess #2,335
- Tamil இளவரசி princess, daughter of a king or his close… #1,476
- Telugu యువరాణి a young princess, especially the heir… #1,058
- Turkish prenses #1,257
- Urdu شہزادی #529
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.