How to say “value” in 35 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 English, where two is the 132nd most used word.
- Afrikaans waardeer to appreciate, to value #824
- Albanian vlerë value, worth #969
- Arabic قيمة value, worth #749
- Armenian արժեք value, worth, cost, price #713
- Basque balio #256
- Bengali দাম price, cost, value, worth #490
- Catalan preciosa precious, of great value #1,089
- Chinese 珍惜 to treasure; to cherish; to value #1,607
- Croatian vrijednost #2,426
- Dutch waardeer to appreciate, to value #1,599
- English two A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots #132
- Esperanto valoro worth, value #2,479
- Estonian hindan to evaluate, to assess, to value #1,121
- Finnish arvostan to value, appreciate, think much of, hold in… #1,760
- French valeur value, worth #1,675
- Greek τιμή price, value #715
- Hebrew ערך #959
- Hindi मूल्य value, worth #1,317
- Icelandic verð #468
- Indonesian harga price, value #906
- Italian apprezzo to appreciate, to esteem, to value #2,034
- Korean 가치 #1,768
- Latvian vērts #594
- Macedonian вреди to be worth, have a value #650
- Malayalam മൂല്യം #1,132
- Persian ارزش value, worth #478
- Portuguese valor #1,420
- Romanian valoare value, worth #1,478
- Slovenian vrednost value that renders something desirable or… #1,034
- Spanish valor #1,275
- Swedish värt worth; worthy; having a value #1,016
- Tagalog kahalagahan importance; value #1,052
- Telugu విలువ price, value, cost #313
- Turkish değer #815
- Urdu قدر value, worth #1,214
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.