How to say “row” in 32 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 Bosnian, where redu is the 47th most used word.
- Afrikaans ry #384
- Albanian radhë row, queue, line, rank #1,272
- Arabic قطار #1,277
- Bengali সারি #1,996
- Bosnian redu #47
- Chinese 吵架 to quarrel; to argue; to have a row #869
- Croatian redu #51
- Czech řadě #1,160
- Danish række row, line, rank; things arranged spatially #1,532
- Dutch ruzie quarrel, row, conflict, dispute #943
- English running Consecutively; in a row #555
- Estonian järjest in a row, successively #1,505
- German reihe #1,809
- Hebrew שורה A row; for example, a line of text #2,293
- Hindi पंक्ति line, queue, row, rank #1,952
- Hungarian sor #1,835
- Icelandic lest train, file, row, line #968
- Indonesian baris #2,098
- Korean 죽 in a manner arranged in a row; while… #1,777
- Latvian rindā row, line, queue #1,849
- Lithuanian eilė line, string, row #650
- Macedonian ред line, string, row #56
- Norwegian rekker a row or line #1,493
- Polish rząd #1,543
- Romanian rând #788
- Serbian redu #52
- Slovak rade #565
- Swedish rad a row; a line of entries in a table, or a… #2,289
- Tagalog hanay row; file; line; rank #928
- Turkish sıra #709
- Urdu قطار queue, line, row #892
- Vietnamese cừ a row of stakes consisting of wood, steel or… #2,450
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.