How to say “view” 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 Tamil, where பார் is the 126th most used word.
- Afrikaans uitsig #1,310
- Albanian pamje appearance, sight, view #858
- Arabic شاهد to see, to view, to inspect, to watch, to… #834
- Armenian տեսարան spectacle, view, scene, sight #844
- Basque ikuspegi point of view, perspective #842
- Bosnian pogled #829
- Bulgarian поради because of, due to, on account of, in view… #1,128
- Chinese 看法 opinion; view #703
- Croatian pogled #832
- Dutch gezien in view of, considering #187
- English seeing Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that #662
- French attendu given, in view of #1,690
- German schau to watch, to view #504
- Greek άποψη point of view, opinion #1,972
- Hebrew צפה to watch; to view; to observe #2,160
- Hindi भ्रम misconception, mistaken view #2,164
- Icelandic álit opinion, view #1,203
- Italian opinione opinion, mind, view, attitude #2,096
- Lithuanian vaizdas view, sight #1,211
- Malay pandang to look; to gaze; to view #660
- Malayalam കാഴ്ച #567
- Persian منظره #1,774
- Polish widok #1,821
- Portuguese visão #1,512
- Romanian părere opinion, view, judgement, belief, notion,… #1,137
- Russian ввиду in view of #964
- Serbian pogled #812
- Slovak názor opinion, view #556
- Slovenian gledati to watch, to observe; to view #453
- Swedish åsikt an opinion, a view #2,018
- Tagalog tingin look; glance; view #168
- Tamil பார் to see, look at, view, notice, observe, watch #126
- Turkish bakış glance, look, view #1,671
- Urdu منظر sight; view; scene #1,011
- Vietnamese cảnh scenery; view; landscape #255
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.