How to say “simple” in 33 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 Georgian, where ვიცი is the 34th most used word.
- Afrikaans eenvoudig simple, plain #552
- Albanian qetë second-person plural simple perfect… #361
- Bengali সহজ easy, simple #280
- Catalan senzill simple, easy #1,847
- Chinese 容易 easy; simple #156
- Croatian jednostavan #2,403
- Czech jednoduchý #2,333
- Dutch simpel #1,357
- English should Used before a verb to indicate the simple… #123
- Esperanto simpla #1,071
- Estonian lihtne simple, easy #487
- Finnish helppoa easy, simple #825
- French facile easy, simple #525
- Galician simple #916
- Georgian ვიცი first-person singular present simple of იცის:… #34
- Greek απλό plain, simple, uncomplicated #996
- Hungarian egyszerű simple, uncomplicated #597
- Icelandic einfalt #770
- Indonesian sederhana #916
- Italian semplice #772
- Lithuanian paprastas simple, uncomplicated #825
- Malayalam ലളിതമായ #1,250
- Persian ساده #493
- Polish łatwe easy, simple #1,989
- Portuguese simples #752
- Romanian simplu #430
- Slovak jednoduchý #1,487
- Swedish enkel simple, easy #2,074
- Tagalog simple simple; easy to do #1,344
- Tamil எளிது that which is simple, trivial, effortless,… #1,059
- Telugu కేవలము pure, mere, simple, unmixed, uncompounded #1,854
- Turkish misin second-person singular simple of mi #50
- Urdu سادہ plain, simple #630
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.