How to say “seven” in 49 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 Ukrainian, where сім is the 342nd most used word.
- Afrikaans sewe #844
- Albanian shtatë #619
- Arabic سبعة #689
- Armenian յոթ #1,695
- Basque zazpi #433
- Bengali সাত #676
- Bosnian sedam #709
- Bulgarian седем #859
- Catalan set #451
- Croatian sedam #765
- Czech sedm #909
- Danish syv #654
- Dutch weken week, period of seven days #564
- English week Any period of seven consecutive days #443
- Esperanto sep #790
- Estonian seitse #763
- Finnish seitsemän #980
- French sept #1,072
- Galician sete #587
- Georgian შვიდი #425
- German sieben #926
- Greek επτά #1,198
- Hebrew שבוע week, period of seven days #515
- Hindi सात #755
- Hungarian hét #538
- Icelandic sjö #392
- Indonesian tujuh #874
- Italian sette #979
- Korean 일주일 A week; seven days #750
- Latvian septiņi #1,274
- Lithuanian septyni #905
- Macedonian седум #711
- Malay tujuh #785
- Malayalam ഏഴ് #499
- Norwegian sju #844
- Persian هفت #571
- Polish siedem #1,381
- Portuguese sete #823
- Russian семью 7×, seven times as much #1,044
- Serbian sedam #734
- Slovak sedem #609
- Slovenian sedem #375
- Spanish siete #829
- Swedish sju #658
- Tamil ஏழு #418
- Turkish yedi #632
- Ukrainian сім #342
- Urdu سات #491
- Vietnamese bảy #1,272
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.