How to say “theory” in 32 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 Swedish, where lära is the 536th most used word.
- Arabic نظرية #1,204
- Bosnian teorija #2,000
- Bulgarian теория #1,556
- Catalan teoria #1,449
- Croatian teorija #1,858
- Czech teorie #1,909
- Danish teori #2,063
- Dutch theorie #1,658
- Estonian teooria #1,440
- French théorie #1,846
- Galician teoría #2,009
- German theorie #2,384
- Greek θεωρία #1,549
- Icelandic kenning #2,380
- Italian teoria #1,792
- Latvian teorija #2,364
- Lithuanian teorija #1,424
- Macedonian теорија #1,522
- Malayalam സിദ്ധാന്തം #1,381
- Norwegian idé idea, theory #567
- Portuguese teoria #1,682
- Romanian teoria #2,115
- Serbian teorija #1,960
- Slovak teória #1,277
- Slovenian teorija #916
- Spanish teoría #1,858
- Swedish lära a scientific branch, a theory #536
- Tagalog teorya #1,596
- Tamil கோட்பாடு #1,857
- Ukrainian теорія #2,391
- Urdu نظریہ #1,152
- Vietnamese thuyết doctrine; theory #765
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.