How to say “sit” in 44 different 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.
- сидеть[sʲɪˈdʲetʲ] Russian
- बैठ/bɛːʈʰ/ Hindi
- ישב/jaˈʃav/ Hebrew
- նստել/nəsˈtel/ Armenian
- বসা/bɔʃa/ Bengali
- உட்கார்/ʊʈkɑːɾ/ Tamil
“sit” in German: setzen · Italian: siediti · Russian: сидеть · Hindi: बैठ
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where sit is the 107th most used word.
Sit in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans sit/sət/ to sit; to be in a sitting position #107
- Albanian ulur/uluɾ/ to sit down, put on a seat #600
- Arabic جالس/d͡ʒaː.la.sa/ to sit with #2,499
- Armenian նստել/nəsˈtel/ to sit, to sit down, to take a seat #1,423
- Basque eseri/es̺eɾi/ to sit down #246
- Bengali বসা/bɔʃa/ to sit #1,184
- Bosnian sjedi/ˈsjedɪ/ to sit #1,008
- Bulgarian седя[sɛˈdʲɤ̟] to sit, to be seated #1,842
- Catalan seure[ˈsɛw.ɾə] to sit, to be sitting #1,385
- Chinese 坐下/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ to sit down #211
- Croatian sjedi/ˈsjedɪ/ to sit #922
- Czech sedět[ˈsɛɟɛt] to sit #1,079
- Danish sidder/ˈseðˀɐ/ to sit #417
- Dutch zit/zɪt/ to sit #133
- English chair/t͡ʃɛɚ/ An item of furniture used to sit on or in,… #1,563
- Esperanto sidiĝu/siˈdidʒu/ to sit down #377
- Estonian istuda/ˈistud̥ɑ/ to sit #889
- Finnish istu/ˈistuˣ/ to sit, be sitting #739
- French assis/a.si/ to sit down, to seat, make sit #1,084
- Georgian დაჯექი[d̥äd͡ʒe̞kʰi] to sit down #740
- German setzen/ˈzɛtsən/ to sit; to perch #616
- Hebrew ישב/jaˈʃav/ to sit, to be in a position with the torso… #2,013
- Hindi बैठ/bɛːʈʰ/ to sit #635
- Hungarian ülj[ˈyjː] to sit, to be in a sitting position #852
- Icelandic sæti[ˈsaiːtɪ] seat, a place to sit #408
- Indonesian duduk/ˈduduk/ to sit down #300
- Italian siediti/ˈsjeditɪ/ to sit, sit down, take a seat #1,134
- Latvian sēdēt/ˈseːdeːt/ to sit, to be seated #1,360
- Lithuanian sėdi[¹ˈsʲeːdʲɪ] to sit #585
- Macedonian седи[ˈsɛdi] to sit, be seated #600
- Malayalam ഇരിക്ക്/iɾikkɨ/ to sit #212
- Norwegian sitter/ˈsɪtər/ to sit #433
- Persian نشستن[ne.ʃæs.t̪ʰǽn] to sit down, to sit, to take a seat #2,023
- Polish usiądź/ˈu.ɕɔɲt͡ɕ/ to sit down #1,220
- Russian сидеть[sʲɪˈdʲetʲ] to sit #1,036
- Serbian sedite/ˈsɛdɪtɛ/ to sit #1,022
- Slovak sedieť/seɟɪ̯ec/ to sit #608
- Slovenian sedeti/sɛdèːti/ to sit #915
- Swedish sätt/sɛtː/ to sit; to move oneself into a sitting… #166
- Tagalog umupo/ʔumuˈpoʔ/ to sit; to sit down; to take a seat #536
- Tamil உட்கார்/ʊʈkɑːɾ/ to sit, sit down; squat; perch #662
- Ukrainian сидіти[seˈdʲite] to sit #1,215
- Urdu بیٹھنا/bɛːʈʰ.nɑː/ to sit #1,432
- Vietnamese ngồi[ŋoj˨˩] to sit #347
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