How to say “strength” 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 Tamil, where உறுதி is the 193rd most used word.
- Afrikaans krag #582
- Albanian fuqi strength, force, might #809
- Arabic قوة power, strength, might, force #473
- Armenian զորություն strength, power #1,192
- Basque indar strength, authority #501
- Bengali শক্তি #311
- Bosnian snage strength, power #1,060
- Bulgarian сила strength, force, forcefulness #666
- Chinese 力量 #232
- Croatian snage strength, power #1,118
- Czech sílu #1,065
- Danish styrke #1,222
- Dutch kracht power, force, strength #743
- English force Ability to influence; strength or energy of… #849
- Esperanto forto strength, force #1,061
- Estonian jõud #1,043
- Finnish jaksa to manage, to get by, to have strength,… #1,587
- French force #734
- Georgian ძალა power, force, strength #399
- German kräfte power, force, strength #1,906
- Greek δύναμη power, force, strength, brawn #560
- Hebrew כוח Strength: the physical ability to do work, to… #520
- Hindi बल strength, force #1,476
- Hungarian erő strength, force, power #1,981
- Icelandic orku strength, power #1,235
- Indonesian kekuatan strength, power #395
- Korean 힘 strength; power #767
- Malay kekuatan #482
- Malayalam ശക്തി power, force, strength #240
- Norwegian styrke #1,336
- Persian توش strength, force #396
- Polish siły #1,226
- Portuguese força force; strength #460
- Romanian puterea #759
- Russian сила #1,720
- Serbian snage strength, power #1,129
- Slovenian moč power, strength #285
- Swedish styrka #1,432
- Tagalog lakas strength; vigor #376
- Tamil உறுதி firmness, strength, stability #193
- Telugu ఓపిక strength, endurance #1,586
- Turkish gücü strength, force #867
- Urdu طاقت power, strength #364
- Vietnamese sức strength; power #429
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.