How to say “step” in 41 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 Afrikaans, where pas is the 219th most used word.
- Afrikaans pas pace, step #219
- Arabic درجة stair, step #591
- Armenian քայլ step, pace, stride; footstep #838
- Basque urrats step, pace #993
- Bengali পদ step, pace #1,537
- Bosnian korak #949
- Bulgarian стъпка A step #1,312
- Catalan passes step, pace #2,445
- Chinese 一步 one step; a single step #445
- Croatian korak #925
- Czech krok step, pace #1,090
- Danish skridt step, footstep, pace #1,239
- Dutch passen pace, step; also as a measure of distance #1,322
- Esperanto paŝo #2,205
- Estonian sammu #1,185
- German schritt step, footstep #1,352
- Greek βήμα step, pace #1,194
- Hebrew צעד step, pace #817
- Hungarian lépés #1,826
- Icelandic skref step, pace #952
- Indonesian tindakan act, action, step, measure: something done #892
- Latvian solis #1,514
- Lithuanian žingsnis step, pace #1,122
- Macedonian чекор #794
- Malay langkah to step #623
- Malayalam ചുവട് #1,706
- Norwegian skritt #1,621
- Persian قدم #509
- Polish krok #1,537
- Romanian pas step, pace, footstep, stride #1,007
- Russian шаг #1,376
- Serbian korak #931
- Slovak krok step, pace #581
- Slovenian korak #466
- Swedish steg a step #998
- Tagalog hakbang step; stride #998
- Telugu మెట్లు a step of a ladder or stair #659
- Turkish adım #381
- Ukrainian крок step, pace #1,189
- Urdu قدم footstep, step #440
- Vietnamese bước to step #569
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.