How to say “step” in 41 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.
- шаг[ʂak] Russian
- βήμα/ˈvima/ Greek
- צעד/ˈt͡saʔad/ Hebrew
- քայլ/kʰɑjl/ Armenian
- পদ/pɔd̪/ Bengali
- ചുവട്/t͡ʃuʋɐɖɨ/ Malayalam
“step” in German: schritt · Russian: шаг · Turkish: adım · Greek: βήμα
It is commonest in Turkish, where adım is the 381st most used word.
Step in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans pas[pɑs] pace, step #219
- Arabic درجة/da.ra.d͡ʒa/ stair, step #591
- Armenian քայլ/kʰɑjl/ step, pace, stride; footstep #838
- Basque urrats/urat͡s̺/ step, pace #993
- Bengali পদ/pɔd̪/ step, pace #1,537
- Bosnian korak/kôraːk/ #949
- Bulgarian стъпка[ˈstɤpkɐ] A step #1,312
- Catalan passes[ˈpa.səs] step, pace #2,445
- Chinese 一步/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/ one step; a single step #445
- Croatian korak/kôraːk/ #925
- Czech krok[ˈkrok] step, pace #1,090
- Danish skridt/skrit/ step, footstep, pace #1,239
- Dutch passen/ˈpɑsə(n)/ pace, step; also as a measure of distance #1,322
- Esperanto paŝo/ˈpaʃo/ #2,205
- Estonian sammu/ˈsɑmːu/ #1,185
- German schritt[ʃʁɪtʰ] step, footstep #1,352
- Greek βήμα/ˈvima/ step, pace #1,194
- Hebrew צעד/ˈt͡saʔad/ step, pace #817
- Hungarian lépés[ˈleːpeːʃ] #1,826
- Icelandic skref[ˈskrɛːv] step, pace #952
- Indonesian tindakan/tɪn.da.kan/ act, action, step, measure: something done #892
- Latvian solis/ˈsuolis/ #1,514
- Lithuanian žingsnis[²ˈʒʲɪŋˑksʲnʲɪs] step, pace #1,122
- Macedonian чекор[ˈt͡ʃɛkɔr] #794
- Malay langkah/laŋkah/ to step #623
- Malayalam ചുവട്/t͡ʃuʋɐɖɨ/ #1,706
- Norwegian skritt/ˈskrɪt/ #1,621
- Persian قدم[qæ.d̪ǽm] #509
- Polish krok/ˈkrɔk/ #1,537
- Romanian pas/pas/ step, pace, footstep, stride #1,007
- Russian шаг[ʂak] #1,376
- Serbian korak/kôraːk/ #931
- Slovak krok/krɔk/ step, pace #581
- Slovenian korak/kɔráːk/ #466
- Swedish steg/ˈsteːɡ/ a step #998
- Tagalog hakbang/hakˈbaŋ/ step; stride #998
- Telugu మెట్లు/ˈmeʈlu/ a step of a ladder or stair #659
- Turkish adım/aˈdɯm/ #381
- Ukrainian крок[krɔk] step, pace #1,189
- Urdu قدم/qə.d̪əm/ footstep, step #440
- Vietnamese bước[ʔɓɨək̚˧˦] to step #569
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), 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).
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