How to say “risk” in 35 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.
- riesgo/ˈrjesɡo/ Spanish
- जोखिम/d͡ʒoː.kʰɪm/ Hindi
- ρίσκο/ˈɾi.sko/ Greek
- خطرہ/xət̪.ɾɑ(ː)/ Urdu
“risk” in Spanish: riesgo · French: risque · German: risiko · Italian: rischio · Portuguese: arriscar · Hindi: जोखिम · Turkish: risk · Greek: ρίσκο
It is commonest in Urdu, where خطرہ is the 475th most used word.
Risk in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans risiko/ˈri.si.kʊə̯/ #927
- Albanian rrezikoj/rɛziˈkɔj/ to risk, to jeopardize, to endanger, to… #2,019
- Arabic خطر/xatˤar/ danger, risk, hazard, peril, calamity,… #434
- Basque arriskatu/aris̺katu/ to risk, take a risk #957
- Bosnian rizik/rǐzik/ #1,744
- Bulgarian риск[risk] #1,425
- Catalan risc/ˈrisk/ #1,217
- Chinese 拼命/pʰin⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/ to risk one's life #1,465
- Croatian riskirati/riskǐːrati/ to risk, to put at risk #1,708
- Czech riziko[ˈrɪzɪko] #2,443
- Danish risiko/ˈʁisiko/ A risk #1,863
- Dutch risico/ˈri.zi.koː/ #1,027
- Finnish vaarassa/ˈvaːrassa/ danger, risk, peril, hazard, jeopardy #1,648
- French risque/ʁisk/ #826
- Galician risco/ˈrisko̝/ danger, risk #1,473
- German risiko/ˈʁiːziko/ #1,672
- Greek ρίσκο/ˈɾi.sko/ #2,096
- Hebrew סיכון/siˈkun/ danger, risk, hazard, peril #1,244
- Hindi जोखिम/d͡ʒoː.kʰɪm/ #1,195
- Icelandic áhætta[ˈauː.haihta] #2,294
- Indonesian risiko/riˈsiko/ #1,932
- Italian rischio/ˈris.kjo/ to risk, to jeopardize #1,307
- Macedonian ризик[ˈrizik] #1,680
- Malay risiko/riˈsiko/ #997
- Norwegian risikere/rɪsɪˈkeːrə/ to risk #2,323
- Polish ryzyko/ˈrɘ.zɘ.kɔ/ #2,145
- Portuguese arriscar/a.ʁisˈka(ʁ)/ to risk #2,082
- Romanian risc/risk/ #1,518
- Serbian rizik/rǐzik/ #1,749
- Slovak riziko/rizikɔ/ #1,101
- Slovenian tvegati/tʋèːɡati/ to risk, to run the risk of #807
- Spanish riesgo/ˈrjesɡo/ risk; the possibility of harm or an… #1,501
- Swedish risk/ˈrɪsk/ #2,110
- Turkish risk/risc/ #1,845
- Urdu خطرہ/xət̪.ɾɑ(ː)/ risk, danger #475
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
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Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.