How to say “sight” in 32 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 Vietnamese, where đi is the 8th most used word.
- Albanian pamje appearance, sight, view #858
- Arabic رؤية sight; vision #245
- Armenian տեսողություն eyesight, sight, vision #1,248
- Bengali দর্শন sight, vision, observation, view, semblance #1,064
- Catalan visió vision, sight #1,848
- Chinese 看到 to catch sight of; to see #19
- Danish syn vision, faculty of sight #1,794
- Dutch zicht sight, view, vision #1,925
- English hide To put in a place where it will be out of… #903
- Finnish esiin out, in the open, into sight #1,008
- French vision vision, sight #2,095
- German sehen to see; to have sight #107
- Greek θέα view, sight #2,102
- Hebrew מראה sight, appearance #822
- Hindi नज़र sight, vision, glance, look #1,053
- Indonesian pandangan #1,729
- Lithuanian vaizdas view, sight #1,211
- Macedonian вид #516
- Malay nampak to see; to catch sight of; to perceive… #122
- Malayalam നോട്ടം look, sight, examination #660
- Norwegian syn sight, eyesight, vision #2,102
- Persian تماشا sight, seeing, beholding, watching, looking… #909
- Polish zobaczyć to see; to catch sight of, to glimpse #256
- Romanian vedere #736
- Russian увидеть to see, to catch sight of, to notice #428
- Slovak zrak vision, sight #1,551
- Swedish syns sight, vision #1,639
- Tamil காட்சி sight, view #501
- Telugu దృష్టి sight, seeing #382
- Turkish görüntü view, sight, scenery #1,987
- Urdu منظر sight; view; scene #1,011
- Vietnamese đi away; out of sight #8
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.