How to say “six” in 49 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 Italian, where sei is the 36th most used word.
- Afrikaans ses #510
- Albanian gjashtë #476
- Arabic ستة #426
- Armenian վեց #659
- Basque sei #304
- Bengali ছয় #1,509
- Bosnian šest #563
- Bulgarian шест #577
- Catalan sis #516
- Croatian šest #542
- Czech šest #638
- Danish seks #459
- Dutch zes #488
- Esperanto ses #773
- Estonian kuus #535
- Finnish kuusi #713
- French six #630
- Galician seis #477
- Georgian ექვსი #1,469
- German sechs #646
- Greek έξι #595
- Hebrew שישה #835
- Hindi छह #683
- Hungarian hat #559
- Icelandic sex #270
- Indonesian enam #621
- Italian sei #36
- Korean 여섯 #827
- Latvian seši #1,084
- Lithuanian šeši #737
- Macedonian шест #510
- Malay enam #594
- Malayalam ആറ് #454
- Norwegian seks #453
- Persian شش #496
- Polish sześć #952
- Portuguese seis #518
- Russian шесть #805
- Serbian šest #545
- Slovak šesť #461
- Slovenian šest #292
- Spanish seis #525
- Swedish sex #300
- Tagalog anim #674
- Tamil ஆறு #290
- Telugu షట్ #1,076
- Turkish altı #446
- Ukrainian шість #863
- Vietnamese mục #551
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.