How to say “study” in 39 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 Vietnamese, where học is the 219th most used word.
- Afrikaans studeer to study #730
- Arabic أقرأ to cause one to read or study, to cause one… #1,384
- Armenian սովորել to study #533
- Basque ikasketa study, studying, learning #1,913
- Bengali শিক্ষা learning; study #629
- Bosnian uči to learn, study #2,164
- Bulgarian уча to learn, to study #1,549
- Catalan estudi #2,164
- Chinese 研究 to research; to study #244
- Croatian učiti to learn, study #2,003
- Dutch geleerd to learn, to study #895
- Esperanto studis to study #1,264
- Estonian õppima to learn, study #1,091
- French examen examination, inspection, study, analysis #2,034
- Galician estudar to study #1,822
- Georgian ისწავლო to learn, study #1,156
- Hebrew למד to learn, to study #1,845
- Hindi क्षेत्र field, area of study #558
- Hungarian tanultam to study, to learn #2,179
- Icelandic læra to learn, to study #495
- Indonesian belajar to study; to learn #409
- Italian studio to study #950
- Korean 공부 learning; study #1,410
- Latvian mācīties to learn, to study #2,119
- Macedonian учи to learn, study #1,609
- Malay belajar to study; to learn #371
- Malayalam പഠനം #901
- Persian مطالعه research, study #1,321
- Portuguese estudar to study #1,771
- Russian заниматься to study, to learn #1,083
- Serbian uči to learn, study #1,944
- Slovenian študirati to study #2,057
- Spanish estudio to study #1,393
- Tagalog mag-aral to study #692
- Tamil ஆய்வு investigation, research, study #560
- Turkish öğrenmek to learn, study, master #753
- Ukrainian дослідження investigation, research, study, inquiry #1,970
- Urdu مطالعہ study, reading, perusal #876
- Vietnamese học to study; to learn #219
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.