How to say “security” in 35 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 Urdu, where تحفظ is the 286th most used word.
- Afrikaans veiligheid safety, security #729
- Arabic أمان security, safety, peace #1,639
- Armenian գրավ pledge, security, surety #690
- Bengali নিরাপত্তা security, safety #471
- Bosnian sigurnost #1,598
- Bulgarian сигурност #495
- Catalan seguretat security, safety #470
- Chinese 治安 public security; public order; the peace #1,849
- Croatian sigurnost #1,297
- Czech bezpečnostní #1,332
- Danish sikkerhed safety, security #612
- Dutch veiligheid safety, security #1,279
- French sécurité security, safety #461
- Galician seguridade safety, security #672
- Greek ασφάλεια security, safety #733
- Hindi सुरक्षा #427
- Hungarian biztonsági of or relating to safety, security #758
- Italian sicurezza safety, security #598
- Korean 보안 preservation of public security #697
- Lithuanian saugumas safety, security #1,949
- Macedonian безбедност safety, security #1,035
- Malay keamanan safety; security #1,167
- Norwegian sikkerhet #1,073
- Persian امنیت #1,204
- Polish bezpieczeństwa safety, security #1,358
- Portuguese segurança security; safety #427
- Romanian securitate #1,074
- Serbian sigurnost #2,062
- Slovak bezpečnosť #831
- Spanish seguridad safety, security #527
- Swedish säkerhet safety, security #1,032
- Tamil ஜாமீன் surety, bail, security #1,092
- Telugu భద్రత security - the condition of not being… #483
- Turkish güvenlik security, safety #527
- Urdu تحفظ security, protection, safeguarding,… #286
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.