How to say “stand” in 38 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 Malay, where diri is the 107th most used word.
- Afrikaans staan to stand #167
- Albanian mbështetur to stand, to prop #2,089
- Arabic قام to stand up; to get up #205
- Armenian կաց to stand, be standing #357
- Bengali দাঁড়ানো to stand, to stand up #2,191
- Bosnian ustani to stand up, rise, get up #1,289
- Bulgarian стоя to stand still, to stay #1,133
- Chinese 起立 to stand up; to rise #2,109
- Croatian ustani to stand up, rise, get up #1,441
- Czech stát to stand #425
- Danish står to stand #224
- Dutch staat to stand, to be upright #186
- English afford To incur, stand, or bear without serious… #1,628
- Esperanto stariĝu to stand up #2,315
- Estonian seisma to stand, to stop #850
- Finnish kestä to stand, withstand, endure, hold up, stand up #683
- Galician apoio rest, stand #1,306
- Georgian ვდგავარ to stand #798
- German steht to stand #289
- Hebrew כנה A mount, a stand, a base: a thing used as a… #1,240
- Hungarian állj to stand #354
- Icelandic standa to stand, to be standing #399
- Korean 선 to stand #1,281
- Latvian stāvi to stand #859
- Lithuanian stovėti to stand #1,558
- Macedonian стој to stand #613
- Malay diri to stand #107
- Malayalam നിൽക്ക് to stand #154
- Norwegian står to stand #193
- Portuguese levantar to stand up; to get up #1,688
- Russian стать to stand #494
- Serbian ustani to stand up, rise, get up #1,360
- Slovak stáť to stand #521
- Swedish står stand; be in an upright position #206
- Tagalog tumayo to stand; to stand up #475
- Tamil நில் to stand #281
- Ukrainian стояти to stand #1,277
- Vietnamese đứng to stand #346
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.