How to say “state” in 52 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 English, where on is the 21st most used word.
- Afrikaans staat #474
- Albanian si how; in what way; in what state #26
- Arabic أبي genitive construct state of أَب #103
- Armenian պետական state; national; public #834
- Basque estatu #410
- Bengali বলতে to speak, say, state, tell #72
- Bosnian kažem to say, to state #186
- Bulgarian състояние state, condition #809
- Catalan està to be; to currently be in a state or have a… #39
- Chinese 表示 to express; to state; to indicate; to opine;… #493
- Croatian kaže to say, to state #217
- Czech státní #1,716
- Danish føre state of the roads #1,178
- Dutch orde state of being ordered, arranged, in line… #326
- English on To an operating state #21
- Esperanto situacio situation, state of affairs #1,017
- Estonian juba Indicating that an activity, state, etc. has… #85
- Finnish tilanne situation, state of affairs, circumstances #727
- French vie life, the state of organisms prior to death #128
- Galician estados #882
- Georgian მდგომარეობა condition, shape, state, status, situation,… #909
- German leben a state in which organic entities such as… #134
- Greek κατάσταση state, condition #511
- Hebrew ידי plural construct state form of יָד #268
- Hindi राज्य state, kingdom #669
- Hungarian állapotban state, condition #2,038
- Icelandic ástand state, condition #1,504
- Indonesian hal circumstance, state, condition #64
- Italian stata #156
- Korean 특별 The state or quality of being special #1,033
- Latvian valsts state, country #590
- Lithuanian rodos expresses uncertainty about a state that… #652
- Macedonian состојба state, condition #718
- Malay presiden The head of state of a republic that is… #465
- Malayalam അവസ്ഥ #285
- Norwegian stand condition, order, state #1,144
- Persian حال condition; state #112
- Polish przecież used to state that something is obvious, but;… #390
- Portuguese vida state of being alive #130
- Romanian politia polity, state, republic #1,667
- Russian состояние state, status, condition #1,698
- Serbian kažem to say, to state #162
- Slovak pokoj the state without movement or activity, rest #499
- Spanish triste As a temporary state #968
- Swedish sönder into a broken or destroyed state #993
- Tagalog pakiramdam condition; state #679
- Tamil நிலை condition, state, situation, status #540
- Telugu పరిస్థితి state, situation, condition #319
- Turkish aç hungrily, in a hungry state #407
- Ukrainian штат #2,148
- Urdu حال state, condition #403
- Vietnamese lại once more, indicates an action or state is… #36
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.