How to say “solution” in 37 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 Urdu, where حل is the 320th most used word.
- Albanian zgjidhje #661
- Armenian լուծում #1,646
- Bengali সমাধান #460
- Bosnian rješenje #2,301
- Catalan solució solution, an action or plan used to solve a… #1,621
- Chinese 答案 answer; solution #383
- Croatian rješenje #1,652
- Czech řešení #1,627
- Dutch oplossing #1,590
- English solve To find an answer or solution to a problem or… #2,269
- Esperanto solvo #2,269
- Estonian lahendus #1,419
- French solution #1,289
- Galician solución #1,300
- Georgian გამოსავალი solution, way out #850
- German lösung #1,593
- Greek λύση answer, solution #1,181
- Hebrew פתרון #1,695
- Hindi समाधान solution, answer #1,810
- Hungarian megoldás #1,794
- Indonesian solusi solution: an act, plan or other means, used… #2,120
- Italian soluzione #1,596
- Lithuanian sprendimas #875
- Macedonian решение #1,247
- Malayalam പരിഹാരം answer; solution #758
- Portuguese solução #1,719
- Russian решение decision, solution, answer #723
- Serbian rešenje #1,663
- Slovak riešenie #942
- Slovenian rešitev #522
- Spanish solución #2,165
- Swedish lösning #2,242
- Tagalog solusyon #1,058
- Tamil தீர்வு solution, settlement; conclusion, result, end #568
- Telugu పరిష్కారం #579
- Turkish çözüm #1,735
- Urdu حل solution, resolution #320
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.