How to say “summer” 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 Korean, where 하지 is the 86th most used word.
- Afrikaans somer #690
- Armenian ամառային #774
- Basque uda #797
- Bosnian leti summers, in summer, during the summer #1,653
- Bulgarian лято #1,939
- Catalan estiu #1,376
- Chinese 夏天 #668
- Croatian leti summers, in summer, during the summer #1,906
- Czech let #230
- Danish sommer #2,074
- Dutch zomer #1,550
- Esperanto somero #1,549
- Estonian suvel #1,576
- German sommer #1,698
- Greek καλοκαίρι summertime, summer #1,533
- Hebrew קיץ #1,923
- Icelandic sumar #836
- Italian estate #1,670
- Korean 하지 summer solstice #86
- Latvian vasaras #1,901
- Lithuanian vasarą #1,090
- Macedonian лето summer, summertime #1,519
- Malayalam വേനൽ #1,721
- Norwegian sommeren #2,231
- Persian تابستون #1,474
- Romanian vara in the summer #1,698
- Serbian leta summer, summertime #1,493
- Slovak leto #935
- Slovenian poletje #754
- Spanish verano #1,296
- Swedish sommaren #2,269
- Tagalog tag-araw summer; hot, dry season; sunny days #1,627
- Tamil வேனில் summer season #1,730
- Telugu వేసవి the summer, hot season #312
- Turkish yaz #884
- Urdu گرما summer, the hot season #1,748
- Vietnamese hạ #438
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.