How to say “star” 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 Basque, where izar is the 571st most used word.
- Afrikaans sterre #837
- Albanian yll #1,341
- Arabic نجمة #1,658
- Armenian աստղեր #858
- Basque izar #571
- Bengali তারকা #1,584
- Bosnian zvijezda a star #1,511
- Bulgarian звезда #1,034
- Catalan estrella #1,472
- Chinese 明星 celebrity; star #636
- Croatian zvijezda a star #1,110
- Czech hvězda #1,698
- Danish stjerne #1,845
- Dutch ster #1,545
- English sun A star, especially when seen as the centre of… #830
- Esperanto steloj #839
- French star #1,591
- Galician estrelas #1,500
- Greek αστέρι #1,964
- Hebrew כוכב #864
- Hindi स्टार star, celebrity #2,122
- Icelandic stjarna a star #1,156
- Indonesian bintang #645
- Italian stelle #1,812
- Korean 스타 #1,085
- Latvian zvaigznes #1,892
- Lithuanian žvaigždė #871
- Macedonian ѕвезда #1,116
- Malayalam നക്ഷത്രം star, celestial luminous star #1,128
- Norwegian stjerne #2,337
- Persian ستاره #595
- Polish gwiazdy #2,114
- Portuguese estrela #1,385
- Romanian stele #1,762
- Serbian zvezda a star #1,107
- Slovak hviezda #861
- Slovenian zvezda #635
- Spanish estrella #1,157
- Swedish stjärna a star #2,286
- Tagalog artista movie star; famous actor or actress #855
- Tamil நட்சத்திரம் #723
- Turkish yıldız #920
- Ukrainian зірка #2,189
- Urdu ستارہ #1,183
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.