How to say “quantity” in 31 different 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.
“quantity” in German: menge · Russian: количество
It is commonest in German, where menge is the 642nd most used word.
Quantity in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian sasi/sasi/ #1,948
- Arabic مقدار/miq.daːr/ amount, quantity #1,168
- Bulgarian брой[brɔj] number, quantity #1,266
- Catalan quantitat[kwən.tiˈtat] #1,655
- Chinese 大量/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ in a large quantity; in a large number #676
- Czech množství[ˈmnoʃstviː] quantity, amount #1,814
- Dutch partij/pɑrˈtɛi̯/ party, quantity #2,154
- English lot/lɑt/ A large quantity or number; a great deal #197
- Esperanto po/po/ A grammatical particle used with quantity… #771
- Estonian kogus/ˈkoɡ̊us/ amount, quantity #2,111
- Finnish määrä/ˈmæːræ/ amount, quantity, volume #2,177
- Galician abondo/aˈbondo/ a sufficient or more than sufficient quantity #671
- German menge/ˈmɛŋə/ #642
- Greek ποσό/poˈso/ amount, quantity, sum #2,334
- Hindi अधिकतम/ə.d̪ʱɪk.t̪əm/ most, greatest in quantity #1,338
- Hungarian szám[ˈsaːm] number, quantity #1,441
- Icelandic miklu/ˈmɪhklʏ/ large in quantity or number #332
- Indonesian energi/eˈnɛrɡi/ energy: a quantity that denotes the ability… #1,118
- Latvian skaits/ˈskaits/ amount, number, quantity #1,872
- Lithuanian daugybė[dɒʊ¹ˈɡʲiːbʲeː] large quantity #812
- Malay kadar/kadar/ rate, quantity, ratio #1,506
- Persian مقدار[meʁ.d̪ɒ́ːɹ] amount, quantity #568
- Russian количество[kɐˈlʲit͡ɕɪstvə] quantity, number, amount #2,235
- Slovenian znesek/znéːsək/ quantity, amount od money #1,536
- Spanish cuanto/ˈkwanto/ whatever quantity, as much, however much #563
- Tagalog gaano/ɡaˈʔano/ how; what quantity or amount; how much #447
- Tamil அளவை/ɐɭɐʋɐɪ̯/ measure, a definite quantity #1,755
- Turkish kadar/kɑˈdɑɾ/ Equal in amount or quantity; as much as #21
- Ukrainian кількість[ˈkʲilʲkʲisʲtʲ] quantity, number, amount #1,962
- Urdu تعداد/t̪ɑː.d̪ɑːd̪/ quantity, amount, number #798
- Vietnamese mấy[məj˧˦] some, an indefinite quantity greater than one #192
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