How to say “success” in 37 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 Chinese, where 成功 is the 133rd most used word.
- Arabic نجاح success, good outcome #1,334
- Armenian հաջողություն #278
- Basque arrakasta #507
- Bulgarian успех #812
- Catalan èxit #1,077
- Chinese 成功 to succeed; to achieve success; to be… #133
- Croatian uspjeh #2,118
- Czech úspěch #1,933
- Danish succes #1,582
- Dutch succes #791
- English best To the most advantage; with the most success,… #256
- Esperanto sukceson #2,278
- Estonian edu #769
- French succès #1,639
- Georgian წარმატებები #1,330
- German erfolg #1,419
- Greek επιτυχία #1,374
- Hebrew הצלחה a success #1,693
- Hindi सफलता success, fortune, prosperity #1,531
- Hungarian sikert #2,338
- Icelandic gengi success, prosperity #1,308
- Korean 성공 #1,421
- Lithuanian sėkmė #1,412
- Macedonian успех success, progress #1,646
- Malay kejayaan #1,275
- Malayalam നേട്ടം achievement, profit, success #1,344
- Norwegian lykkes to prove a success, succeed #1,804
- Persian موفقیت #2,136
- Portuguese sucesso success; triumph #1,360
- Romanian succes #964
- Serbian uspeh #2,133
- Slovak úspech #1,005
- Slovenian uspeh #865
- Spanish éxito #1,114
- Tamil வெற்றி success, conquest, triumph, victory #197
- Turkish başarı #2,296
- Urdu کامیابی success, achievement #658
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.