How to say “remove” in 33 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 Basque, where kendu is the 182nd most used word.
- Afrikaans verwyder to remove #616
- Arabic كشف to remove, to uncover, to reveal #1,343
- Armenian հեռացնել to remove #1,071
- Basque kendu to take away, to remove #182
- Bengali সরানো to remove, to withdraw #1,278
- Catalan allunya to move away, to remove #2,447
- Chinese 取消 to cancel; to remove #548
- Croatian maknuti to take away, remove, displace #1,848
- Czech sundat to take off, to remove #2,491
- Danish flytte move, remove #793
- Dutch verwijderd to remove #2,260
- English shut To remove or block an opening, gap or passage… #397
- Esperanto forigu to remove, get rid of #1,428
- French enlever to remove, take off, take away, clear #1,331
- Galician quita to remove #1,543
- German entfernt to remove #1,212
- Greek βγάλω to take off, remove #819
- Hebrew ביער to destroy, remove #1,379
- Hindi निकाल to remove, take out #763
- Icelandic fjarlægja to remove, to take off, to strip #1,514
- Indonesian keluarkan to remove, take out #875
- Korean 빼 to pull, to remove, to take out #1,113
- Norwegian fjernet to remove #2,010
- Romanian scoate to remove, take out, subtract, bring out,… #892
- Russian убрать to remove, to take away #2,119
- Slovenian sneti to take off, remove #1,711
- Spanish aléjate to remove to a distance, put farther away, to… #2,442
- Tamil கிளை to remove, purge #997
- Telugu తొలగించు to remove #1,094
- Turkish çıkarmak to remove #1,282
- Ukrainian зняти to remove, to take away, to take off, to take… #1,700
- Urdu نکالنا to remove, take out #1,745
- Vietnamese khử to remove, to rid of #1,998
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.