How to say “store” in 35 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 Georgian, where მაღაზიაში is the 336th most used word.
- Afrikaans stoor to store, to storage #1,604
- Albanian dyqan shop, store #1,049
- Arabic متجر #836
- Armenian խանութ shop, store #409
- Basque gorde to store, to save #380
- Bengali দোকান store, shop #748
- Bulgarian магазин shop, store, market #1,212
- Catalan botiga shop, store #1,223
- Chinese 商店 shop; store #886
- Danish butikken store, shop #1,906
- Dutch winkel shop, store #1,077
- English garage A building used to store a car or cars, tools… #2,405
- Esperanto vendejo #2,170
- French garde to keep; to retain; to store; to save #489
- Georgian მაღაზიაში shop, store #336
- German geschäft shop, store #862
- Greek μαγαζί shop, store, retail outlet #897
- Icelandic geyma to store, to keep #1,378
- Indonesian toko shop; store #672
- Italian negozio shop, a store #1,013
- Korean 가게 store, shop #381
- Latvian veikalā shop, store #1,288
- Lithuanian parduotuvė shop, store #1,550
- Macedonian чува to keep, store #980
- Malayalam കട store, shop #526
- Norwegian butikken a shop, or store #1,418
- Persian فروشگاه shop, store #999
- Polish sklepu shop, store #1,893
- Portuguese loja shop, store #837
- Russian магазин shop, store #1,361
- Swedish affärer a shop, a store #930
- Tagalog tindahan store; retail shop #726
- Tamil கடை shop, store, stall, bazaar, market #773
- Ukrainian магазин shop, store #1,053
- Vietnamese hiệu a shop; a store #453
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.