How to say “sex” in 41 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 Slovenian, where seks is the 440th most used word.
- Afrikaans seks #2,133
- Albanian seks #618
- Arabic مثلي sexually attracted to the same sex, homosexual #581
- Basque sexu #828
- Bengali সেক্স #1,279
- Bosnian seks #765
- Bulgarian секс sex, sexual intercourse, love-making #522
- Catalan foto to fuck; to have sex #747
- Chinese 女性 the female sex; female #520
- Croatian seks #871
- Czech sex #761
- Danish sex Sexual intercourse, sex #608
- Dutch seks #720
- English teeth Unpleasant oral sex #1,528
- Estonian seks #1,327
- Finnish seksiä #1,098
- French sexe #1,141
- Greek σεξ sexual intercourse, sex #629
- Hebrew זיון sex, a fuck #2,287
- Hindi सेक्स #1,774
- Hungarian szex #1,491
- Icelandic kynlíf sex life #757
- Italian sesso #625
- Korean 섹스 #704
- Latvian sekss sex, gender #1,451
- Lithuanian seksas #925
- Macedonian пол #491
- Malay jantan Belonging or referring to the sex having the… #1,818
- Malayalam ലൈംഗിക sexual; pertaining to sex #1,100
- Persian سکس #504
- Polish moment sex scene #945
- Romanian sex gender, sex #628
- Russian секс #1,214
- Serbian seks #777
- Slovak sex #454
- Slovenian seks #440
- Spanish sexo #674
- Turkish seks #570
- Ukrainian стать sex, gender #658
- Urdu جنسی sexual; related to sex #1,377
- Vietnamese dâm to have sex #1,325
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.