How to say “sing” in 36 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 Afrikaans, where sing is the 224th most used word.
- Afrikaans sing to sing #224
- Albanian këndoj to sing #1,985
- Basque abestu to sing #739
- Bulgarian пея to sing, to chant #2,287
- Catalan cantar to sing #1,671
- Chinese 唱歌 to sing #574
- Croatian pjevati to sing #1,922
- Czech zpívat to sing #1,711
- Danish sang #863
- Dutch zingen to sing #1,212
- Esperanto kantas to sing #830
- Estonian laulma to sing #2,097
- Finnish laulaa to sing #1,991
- French chanter to sing #1,326
- Galician cantar to sing #1,058
- Georgian მღერიან to sing #1,222
- German singen to sing #1,190
- Hebrew שר to sing #1,290
- Hindi गा to sing #1,662
- Icelandic syngja to sing #735
- Italian cantare to sing #2,000
- Latvian dziedāt to sing #1,836
- Lithuanian dainuoti to sing #1,376
- Macedonian пее to sing #2,009
- Malay nyanyi to sing #1,932
- Norwegian sang to sing #1,243
- Portuguese cantar to sing #1,359
- Romanian cânta to sing #1,778
- Russian петь to sing #2,189
- Slovak spievať to sing #845
- Spanish cantar to sing #1,570
- Swedish sjunga to sing #1,386
- Tagalog kumanta to sing #1,802
- Tamil பாடு to sing, chant #1,400
- Telugu పాడింది to sing #1,630
- Vietnamese hát to sing #753
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.