How to say “sin” 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 Arabic, where كبيرة is the 181st most used word.
- Afrikaans sonde #866
- Albanian mëkatet #1,874
- Arabic كبيرة great sin #181
- Armenian մեղք #1,296
- Basque bekatu #1,236
- Bengali পাপ #887
- Bulgarian греша to sin, to commit a sin, to transgress #2,356
- Catalan pecat #2,292
- Danish synd #1,535
- Dutch zonde #2,072
- English innocent Free from guilt, sin, or immorality #1,178
- Esperanto pekoj #1,616
- Estonian patt #2,214
- Galician pecado #1,796
- Georgian ცოდვა sin, wrongdoing #739
- Hebrew חטא to sin #2,428
- Hindi पाप #1,916
- Icelandic synd #1,130
- Indonesian dosa #1,709
- Italian peccato #971
- Macedonian грев #2,335
- Malay dosa #1,318
- Malayalam പാപം #953
- Norwegian synd a sin #641
- Persian گناه #776
- Portuguese justo free from sin and guilt; righteous #1,211
- Romanian păcat #1,005
- Slovak hriech #1,604
- Slovenian greh #1,027
- Swedish synd #714
- Tagalog kasalanan sin; guilt; fault #234
- Tamil பாவம் sin, crime, evil #1,322
- Telugu పాపాలు #1,109
- Turkish günah #1,699
- Urdu پاپ #754
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.