How to say “spring” in 34 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.
- fuente/ˈfwente/ Spanish
- источник[ɪˈstot͡ɕnʲɪk] Russian
- 春天/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ Chinese
- 샘[sʰɛ(ː)m] Korean
- ανοίξεις/aˈniksis/ Greek
- գարուն/ɡɑˈɾun/ Armenian
“spring” in Spanish: fuente · German: springen · Portuguese: fonte · Chinese: 春天 · Korean: 샘 · Russian: источник · Turkish: kaynağı · Greek: ανοίξεις
It is commonest in Korean, where 샘 is the 423rd most used word.
Spring in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans lente/ˈlɛntə/ spring, the season between winter and summer #738
- Albanian burim/buɾim/ wellspring, spring #1,908
- Arabic معين/ma.ʕiːn/ well, spring, water source #1,660
- Armenian գարուն/ɡɑˈɾun/ #1,643
- Basque iturri/ituri/ source, spring #1,189
- Bengali বসন্ত/bɔʃont̪o/ #1,807
- Chinese 春天/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ #1,015
- Danish sprang/ˈsbʁɑŋˀ/ jump, leap, spring #1,932
- English result/ɹɪˈzʌlt/ To proceed, spring up or rise, as a… #2,207
- Esperanto printempo/prinˈtempo/ #1,394
- Estonian allikas/ˈɑlːikɑs/ #1,897
- French source/suʁs/ source, spring #1,728
- Galician primavera/pɾimaˈbɛɾa/ #1,190
- German springen/ˈʃpʁɪŋən/ to spring; to leap; to bounce #2,261
- Greek ανοίξεις/aˈniksis/ spring, springtime, springtide #2,000
- Icelandic linda/ˈlɪnta/ #1,373
- Italian saltare/salˈta.re/ to jump, to leap, to spring #1,394
- Korean 샘[sʰɛ(ː)m] spring, fountain #423
- Latvian avots[ˈavūɔ̯̄t͡s] #1,867
- Lithuanian šaltinis[ʃɐlʲˈtʲɪnʲɪs] source of water; spring #1,398
- Macedonian извор[ˈizvɔr] #1,515
- Malayalam വസന്തം/ʋɐsɐn̪t̪ɐm/ spring season #1,689
- Persian منبع[mæm.bǽʔ] source, spring #1,180
- Portuguese fonte/ˈfõ.t͡ʃi/ #1,604
- Russian источник[ɪˈstot͡ɕnʲɪk] #2,434
- Slovak jar/jar/ #1,451
- Slovenian pomlad/pɔmláːt/ #1,446
- Spanish fuente/ˈfwente/ spring, fountain #1,877
- Tamil குதி/kʊd̪iː/ to jump, leap, spring, bound, skip #1,480
- Telugu జల/ˈɟala/ #640
- Turkish kaynağı/cajnaˈ‿ɯ/ #1,877
- Ukrainian джерело[d͡ʒereˈɫɔ] #2,311
- Urdu بہار/bə.ɦɑːɾ/ #2,306
- Vietnamese xuân[swən˧˧] #1,671
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.