How to say “safe” in 36 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 Chinese, where 安全 is the 100th most used word.
- Afrikaans veilig #476
- Arabic سليم safe, secure #1,690
- Armenian ապահով #742
- Bengali সিন্দুক box; chest; safe #1,335
- Bosnian sef safe, strongbox #1,803
- Catalan segur #186
- Chinese 安全 safe; secure #100
- Croatian sef safe, strongbox #2,223
- Czech bezpečné #1,833
- Danish sikker safe, secure #227
- Dutch kluis a safe #1,909
- English haven A safe place #299
- Esperanto sekura safe, secure #1,127
- Estonian ohutu safe, harmless #1,061
- Finnish turvallista #2,227
- Galician seguro secure; safe #226
- Georgian უსაფრთხო safe, secure #1,317
- Greek ασφαλής safe, secure #923
- Hindi सुरक्षित protected, safe #342
- Indonesian aman safe; secure #320
- Italian sicura safe; secure #541
- Korean 금고 #1,959
- Latvian sveiks safe; unharmed despite adverse circumstances #156
- Lithuanian saugi safe, secure #880
- Macedonian безбеден safe, secure #1,490
- Norwegian sikker safe, secure #272
- Persian امن secure; safe, especially against attacks,… #590
- Polish bezpieczna safe, secure #2,078
- Portuguese seguro safe; safely #666
- Serbian sef safe, strongbox #2,305
- Slovak bezpečné #805
- Slovenian varen #731
- Spanish segura secure; safe #518
- Swedish säker #275
- Tagalog ligtas safe; free from danger #346
- Turkish güvenli safe, secure #670
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.