How to say “thank” in 43 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 Malayalam, where നന്ദി is the 35th most used word.
- Albanian faleminderit thank you #77
- Arabic شكر to thank, to be thankful, to be grateful #1,473
- Armenian շնորհակալություն thank you, thanks #293
- Basque eskertu to thank #849
- Bengali ধন্যবাদ thank you #70
- Bosnian zahvaliti to thank #1,954
- Bulgarian благодаря thanks, thank you #69
- Catalan agraeixo to thank, to be grateful #1,862
- Chinese 謝謝 thanks; thank you #178
- Croatian zahvaliti to thank #1,344
- Czech děkuji thank you #189
- Danish tak to thank #66
- Dutch bedankt to thank #170
- Esperanto dankon thank you #85
- Estonian tänan thank you, thanks #101
- Finnish kiittää to thank, express one's gratitude #1,285
- French merci thank you #94
- Georgian გმადლობთ thank you #465
- German danken to thank #1,418
- Greek ευχαριστώ thank you!, thanks! #75
- Hindi धन्यवाद thanks, thank you #143
- Hungarian köszönöm thank you #64
- Icelandic takk thank you, thanks #73
- Italian ringrazio to thank #1,240
- Korean 감사합니다 thank you #155
- Latvian paldies thank you #55
- Lithuanian ačiū thank you #60
- Malayalam നന്ദി #35
- Norwegian takk to thank #83
- Persian ممنونم thank you #253
- Polish dziękuję thank you #95
- Portuguese obrigado thanks; thank you #118
- Romanian mulțumesc thank you #807
- Russian спасибо thank you, thanks #64
- Serbian zahvaliti to thank #2,463
- Slovak ďakujem thanks, thank you #76
- Spanish agradezco to thank #1,692
- Swedish tack thanks, thank you #76
- Tagalog salamat thank you #74
- Tamil நன்றி thanks, thank you #49
- Telugu ధన్యవాదాలు thank you #46
- Ukrainian дякую thank you #92
- Urdu شکریہ thanks, thank you #93
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.