How to say “sit” in 44 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 sit is the 107th most used word.
- Afrikaans sit to sit; to be in a sitting position #107
- Albanian ulur to sit down, put on a seat #600
- Arabic جالس to sit with #2,499
- Armenian նստել to sit, to sit down, to take a seat #1,423
- Basque eseri to sit down #246
- Bengali বসা to sit #1,184
- Bosnian sjedi to sit #1,008
- Bulgarian седя to sit, to be seated #1,842
- Catalan seure to sit, to be sitting #1,385
- Chinese 坐下 to sit down #211
- Croatian sjedi to sit #922
- Czech sedět to sit #1,079
- Danish sidder to sit #417
- Dutch zit to sit #133
- English chair An item of furniture used to sit on or in,… #1,563
- Esperanto sidiĝu to sit down #377
- Estonian istuda to sit #889
- Finnish istu to sit, be sitting #739
- French assis to sit down, to seat, make sit #1,084
- Georgian დაჯექი to sit down #740
- German setzen to sit; to perch #616
- Hebrew ישב to sit, to be in a position with the torso… #2,013
- Hindi बैठ to sit #635
- Hungarian ülj to sit, to be in a sitting position #852
- Icelandic sæti seat, a place to sit #408
- Indonesian duduk to sit down #300
- Italian siediti to sit, sit down, take a seat #1,134
- Latvian sēdēt to sit, to be seated #1,360
- Lithuanian sėdi to sit #585
- Macedonian седи to sit, be seated #600
- Malayalam ഇരിക്ക് to sit #212
- Norwegian sitter to sit #433
- Persian نشستن to sit down, to sit, to take a seat #2,023
- Polish usiądź to sit down #1,220
- Russian сидеть to sit #1,036
- Serbian sedite to sit #1,022
- Slovak sedieť to sit #608
- Slovenian sedeti to sit #915
- Swedish sätt to sit; to move oneself into a sitting… #166
- Tagalog umupo to sit; to sit down; to take a seat #536
- Tamil உட்கார் to sit, sit down; squat; perch #662
- Ukrainian сидіти to sit #1,215
- Urdu بیٹھنا to sit #1,432
- Vietnamese ngồi to sit #347
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.