How to say “test” in 41 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 Norwegian, where prøver is the 225th most used word.
- Arabic اختبار #1,007
- Basque azterketa examination, test #678
- Bengali পরীক্ষা exam, examination, test #388
- Bosnian test #1,028
- Bulgarian тест #1,346
- Catalan prova to try out, to test #668
- Croatian test #1,095
- Czech test #1,322
- Danish prøver trial, test, examination #264
- Dutch test to test, to try out #1,299
- English final A final examination; a test or examination… #1,117
- Esperanto ekzameno examination, test #1,192
- French essaie to test, to try on #463
- Galician probas #1,012
- German test #1,859
- Greek τεστ #1,247
- Hebrew מבחן a test, an examination #1,250
- Hindi परीक्षा test, examination #1,967
- Icelandic raun trial, test, experiment #552
- Indonesian tes #1,046
- Italian prova to try, to try out, to test #536
- Korean 시험 test, exam #912
- Lithuanian bandymas a test, experiment #1,317
- Macedonian оглед test, experiment #1,264
- Malay ujian test; examination #611
- Malayalam ടെസ്റ്റ് #811
- Norwegian prøver #225
- Persian تست #1,047
- Polish test examination, exam, test #1,690
- Portuguese teste #1,088
- Romanian test #1,433
- Russian попробовать to test, to attempt, to try #1,145
- Serbian test #1,034
- Spanish examen exam, examination, test #1,949
- Swedish prov a test, a trial #2,438
- Tagalog testing trial; testing; test; attempt #2,187
- Tamil தேர்வு examination, test #263
- Telugu పరీక్ష a test, trial, experiment #512
- Ukrainian перевірити to check, to verify, to test #1,310
- Urdu امتحان exam, test #274
- Vietnamese thử for a test; for a tryout #381
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.