How to say “saturday” in 30 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 Armenian, where շաբաթ is the 430th most used word.
- Afrikaans saterdag #1,047
- Arabic السبت Saturday, the cessation or last day of the… #910
- Armenian շաբաթ #430
- Basque larunbat #1,218
- Bengali শনিবার #1,630
- Bulgarian събота #1,334
- Catalan dissabte #1,993
- Chinese 星期六 #1,447
- Danish lørdag #1,660
- Dutch zaterdag #1,923
- English saturday On Saturday #1,705
- French samedi #1,730
- Galician sábado #1,449
- German samstag #2,214
- Greek σάββατο #1,746
- Hindi शनिवार #1,439
- Indonesian sabtu #1,986
- Italian sabato #1,890
- Korean 토요일 #1,299
- Macedonian сабота #1,216
- Malayalam ശനിയാഴ്ച #889
- Norwegian lørdag #1,677
- Persian شنبه #828
- Portuguese sábado on a Saturday #1,964
- Romanian sâmbătă #1,821
- Slovenian sobota #1,465
- Spanish sábado #1,964
- Swedish lördag #2,016
- Tamil சனிக்கிழமை #868
- Turkish cumartesi #1,313
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.