How to say “sea” in 46 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 Danish, where have is the 54th most used word.
- Afrikaans see #470
- Albanian detit #1,364
- Arabic بحر #2,287
- Armenian ծով #1,825
- Basque itsaso #861
- Bengali সমুদ্র sea, ocean #932
- Bosnian mora #158
- Bulgarian море #2,058
- Catalan mar #722
- Chinese 海洋 ocean; sea #746
- Croatian mora #166
- Czech moře #1,540
- Danish have sea, ocean #54
- Dutch zee #1,053
- Esperanto maro #636
- Estonian mere #1,635
- French mer #1,078
- Galician mar #519
- Georgian ზღვის #792
- German meer #1,550
- Greek θάλασσα #1,014
- Hebrew ימים #347
- Hindi समुद्र #677
- Icelandic hafi ocean, sea #102
- Indonesian laut #530
- Italian mare #1,172
- Korean 바다 sea, ocean #986
- Latvian jūras #849
- Lithuanian jūros #933
- Macedonian море #1,204
- Malay laut #551
- Malayalam കവര് sea sparkle, a bioluminescence caused by… #574
- Norwegian havet ocean or sea #1,358
- Persian دریایی of the sea #1,565
- Russian море #1,628
- Serbian mora #155
- Slovenian morski sea; marine #879
- Spanish mar #1,016
- Swedish havet sea, ocean #1,240
- Tagalog dagat ocean; sea #383
- Tamil கடல் ocean, sea #573
- Telugu సముద్రం sea, ocean #922
- Turkish deniz #820
- Ukrainian море #1,274
- Urdu سمندر sea, ocean #916
- Vietnamese biển sea; ocean #654
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.