How to say “student” in 32 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 Tagalog, where estudyante is the 431st most used word.
- Afrikaans studente #1,105
- Basque ikasle student, pupil #620
- Bengali ছাত্র #1,107
- Bosnian student #2,426
- Bulgarian ученик male pupil, male student, schoolboy #2,334
- Chinese 女生 schoolgirl; female student #626
- Dutch studenten a student at an institute for academic… #2,278
- Esperanto studento #1,777
- Estonian õpilane pupil, student #1,585
- Galician estudantes #1,555
- German schüler pupil, student, schoolboy #2,115
- Greek μαθητές pupil; student; schoolboy #2,260
- Hebrew תלמיד A student, pupil, disciple #2,115
- Hindi छात्र student, pupil, disciple #1,109
- Icelandic nemendur student, pupil #1,617
- Indonesian siswa #1,451
- Italian studenti #2,111
- Korean 학생 student, scholar, school pupil #1,294
- Lithuanian studentas college / university student #1,621
- Macedonian ученици student, pupil #2,134
- Malay pelajar #798
- Malayalam ശിഷ്യൻ #2,386
- Persian شاگرد pupil, student, scholar #2,233
- Romanian student college student #2,497
- Slovak študent #1,436
- Slovenian študent #1,142
- Spanish estudiante #2,160
- Tagalog estudyante pupil; student #431
- Tamil மாணவன் male student, pupil #1,933
- Telugu విద్యార్థి a pupil, student #1,084
- Turkish öğrenci #1,473
- Urdu شاگرد pupil, apprentice; student #2,248
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.