How to say “quantity” in 31 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 Turkish, where kadar is the 21st most used word.
- Albanian sasi #1,948
- Arabic مقدار amount, quantity #1,168
- Bulgarian брой number, quantity #1,266
- Catalan quantitat #1,655
- Chinese 大量 in a large quantity; in a large number #676
- Czech množství quantity, amount #1,814
- Dutch partij party, quantity #2,154
- English lot A large quantity or number; a great deal #197
- Esperanto po A grammatical particle used with quantity… #771
- Estonian kogus amount, quantity #2,111
- Finnish määrä amount, quantity, volume #2,177
- Galician abondo a sufficient or more than sufficient quantity #671
- German menge #642
- Greek ποσό amount, quantity, sum #2,334
- Hindi अधिकतम most, greatest in quantity #1,338
- Hungarian szám number, quantity #1,441
- Icelandic miklu large in quantity or number #332
- Indonesian energi energy: a quantity that denotes the ability… #1,118
- Latvian skaits amount, number, quantity #1,872
- Lithuanian daugybė large quantity #812
- Malay kadar rate, quantity, ratio #1,506
- Persian مقدار amount, quantity #568
- Russian количество quantity, number, amount #2,235
- Slovenian znesek quantity, amount od money #1,536
- Spanish cuanto whatever quantity, as much, however much #563
- Tagalog gaano how; what quantity or amount; how much #447
- Tamil அளவை measure, a definite quantity #1,755
- Turkish kadar Equal in amount or quantity; as much as #21
- Ukrainian кількість quantity, number, amount #1,962
- Urdu تعداد quantity, amount, number #798
- Vietnamese mấy some, an indefinite quantity greater than one #192
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.