How to say “walk” in 46 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 Norwegian, where går is the 65th most used word.
- Afrikaans loop to walk #237
- Albanian kaluar to pass, walk by #231
- Arabic رجل to go on foot, to walk #69
- Bengali চলা to move, to walk about, to move about #1,245
- Bosnian idemo to go, walk #114
- Bulgarian ходя to walk #755
- Catalan caminar to walk #1,318
- Chinese 走路 to walk; to get somewhere by foot #775
- Croatian idemo to go, walk #117
- Czech jít to walk, go #119
- Danish gangen the act of walking, a walk #1,355
- Dutch been to walk in large strides #1,196
- English gang To go; walk; proceed #1,691
- Esperanto promenas to go for a walk; to stroll; to walk around #2,061
- Estonian käi to walk #627
- Finnish kävellä to walk #1,981
- French marche to walk #460
- Galician camiño to walk #299
- Georgian დადის to walk #1,358
- German geht to go, to walk #81
- Hindi चलते to walk, stroll #233
- Hungarian jár to walk, to ambulate #533
- Icelandic ganga to walk #271
- Italian camminare to walk, to tread, to travel, to wander, to… #1,778
- Korean 걸어 to walk #623
- Latvian iet to go, to walk #143
- Lithuanian vaikščioti to take a walk / stroll #1,340
- Macedonian оди to go, walk #91
- Malay berjalan to walk #318
- Malayalam നടന്നു to walk #314
- Norwegian går To walk, go #65
- Polish chodzi to walk #135
- Portuguese anda to walk #252
- Romanian mergem to walk #161
- Russian пройти to pass, to go, to walk #1,082
- Serbian idemo to go, walk #116
- Slovak ísť to walk, to go #77
- Slovenian hoditi to walk #616
- Spanish camino to walk #304
- Swedish gå to walk #77
- Tagalog lumakad to walk #1,085
- Tamil நடக்க to walk, go, pass, proceed #252
- Telugu నడక walk, walking #865
- Ukrainian йти to go, to walk #307
- Urdu چلانا to cause to walk; to move #1,236
- Vietnamese dò to walk carefully; to grope one's way #1,518
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.