How to say “strength” in 44 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.
- сила[ˈsʲiɫə] Russian
- 力量/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ Chinese
- 힘[çim] Korean
- बल/bəl/ Hindi
- զորություն/zoɾuˈtʰjun/ Armenian
- শক্তি/ʃɔkt̪i/ Bengali
“strength” in French: force · Chinese: 力量 · Korean: 힘 · Russian: сила · Hindi: बल · Turkish: gücü
It is commonest in Chinese, where 力量 is the 232nd most used word.
Strength in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans krag/kraχ/ #582
- Albanian fuqi/fuci/ strength, force, might #809
- Arabic قوة/quw.wa/ power, strength, might, force #473
- Armenian զորություն/zoɾuˈtʰjun/ strength, power #1,192
- Basque indar/indar/ strength, authority #501
- Bengali শক্তি/ʃɔkt̪i/ #311
- Bosnian snage/ˈsnaɡɛ/ strength, power #1,060
- Bulgarian сила[ˈsiɫɐ] strength, force, forcefulness #666
- Chinese 力量/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ #232
- Croatian snage/ˈsnaɡɛ/ strength, power #1,118
- Czech sílu[ˈsiːlu] #1,065
- Danish styrke/ˈsdyɐ̯ɡə/ #1,222
- Dutch kracht/krɑxt/ power, force, strength #743
- English force/foɹs/ Ability to influence; strength or energy of… #849
- Esperanto forto/ˈforto/ strength, force #1,061
- Estonian jõud/ˈjɤu̯d̥/ #1,043
- Finnish jaksa/ˈjaksa/ to manage, to get by, to have strength,… #1,587
- French force/fɔʁs/ #734
- Georgian ძალა[d͡zäɫä] power, force, strength #399
- German kräfte/ˈkʁɛftə/ power, force, strength #1,906
- Greek δύναμη/ˈði.na.mi/ power, force, strength, brawn #560
- Hebrew כוח/ˈko.aχ/ Strength: the physical ability to do work, to… #520
- Hindi बल/bəl/ strength, force #1,476
- Hungarian erő[ˈɛrøː] strength, force, power #1,981
- Icelandic orku/ˈɔr̥kʏ/ strength, power #1,235
- Indonesian kekuatan/kəkuˈatan/ strength, power #395
- Korean 힘[çim] strength; power #767
- Malay kekuatan/kəkuˈatan/ #482
- Malayalam ശക്തി/ʃɐkt̪i/ power, force, strength #240
- Norwegian styrke/ˈstʏrkə/ #1,336
- Persian توش/tuːʃ/ strength, force #396
- Polish siły/ˈɕi.wɘ/ #1,226
- Portuguese força/ˈfoʁ.sɐ/ force; strength #460
- Romanian puterea/puˈteɾea/ #759
- Russian сила[ˈsʲiɫə] #1,720
- Serbian snage/ˈsnaɡɛ/ strength, power #1,129
- Slovenian moč/móːt͡ʃ/ power, strength #285
- Swedish styrka/ˈstyrka/ #1,432
- Tagalog lakas/laˈkas/ strength; vigor #376
- Tamil உறுதி/ʊrʊd̪iː/ firmness, strength, stability #193
- Telugu ఓపిక/oːpika/ strength, endurance #1,586
- Turkish gücü/ɟyˈd͡ʒy/ strength, force #867
- Urdu طاقت/t̪ɑː.qət̪/ power, strength #364
- Vietnamese sức[sɨk̚˧˦] strength; power #429
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), 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).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
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