How to say “victory” in 39 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 Urdu, where جیت is the 433rd most used word.
- Albanian fitore #1,271
- Basque garaipen #1,133
- Bengali জয় win; victory; triumph #1,650
- Bulgarian победа victory, win, triumph #1,618
- Catalan victòria #1,599
- Croatian pobjeda #2,172
- Czech vítězství #1,548
- Danish sejr #2,088
- Dutch overwinning victory, triumph #2,294
- Estonian võit victory, win #1,287
- French victoire victory; win #1,818
- Galician vitoria #976
- Georgian გამარჯვება win, victory #1,006
- German sieg #1,949
- Greek νίκη #1,561
- Hebrew ניצחון victory, triumph #1,744
- Hindi जीत victory, win #471
- Icelandic sigra #815
- Indonesian kemenangan #1,245
- Italian vittoria #1,958
- Korean 승리 #1,594
- Latvian uzvara #1,593
- Lithuanian pergalė victory, triumph #1,475
- Macedonian победи #643
- Malayalam വിജയം #509
- Norwegian seier a victory #2,106
- Persian غلبه victory, triumph #2,128
- Portuguese vitória #1,923
- Romanian victorie #2,131
- Serbian pobeda #2,340
- Slovak víťazstvo #1,102
- Slovenian zmaga #613
- Spanish victoria #1,463
- Swedish seger #2,499
- Tagalog tagumpay victory; triumph #555
- Tamil ஜெயம் #2,075
- Telugu జయము conquest, victory, triumph, success #1,330
- Turkish zafer victory, triumph, win #1,805
- Urdu جیت victory, win #433
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.