How to say “war” in 50 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 جنگ is the 126th most used word.
- Afrikaans oorlog #270
- Albanian luftë war, fight #499
- Armenian կռիվներ fight, struggle; war; battle #1,139
- Basque gerra #285
- Bengali যুদ্ধ #243
- Bosnian rat #565
- Bulgarian война warfare, war #571
- Catalan guerra #276
- Chinese 戰爭 war; invasion #1,512
- Croatian rat #597
- Czech války #1,193
- Danish krig #646
- Dutch krijgen #223
- Esperanto milito #268
- Estonian sõda #679
- Finnish sota #1,457
- French guerre #457
- Galician guerra #175
- Georgian ომი #301
- German kriege war, warfare #1,176
- Greek πόλεμο #712
- Hebrew מלחמה war, battle #757
- Hindi युद्ध #386
- Hungarian háború #1,005
- Icelandic stríð #2,104
- Indonesian perang #406
- Italian guerra war, warfare #530
- Korean 전쟁 #650
- Latvian kara #641
- Lithuanian karas #508
- Macedonian војна #403
- Malay perang #410
- Malayalam യുദ്ധം #139
- Norwegian krig #718
- Persian جنگ #249
- Polish wojny #1,133
- Portuguese guerra #398
- Romanian război #644
- Russian война war, warfare #1,404
- Serbian rat #597
- Slovak vojna #610
- Slovenian vojna #450
- Spanish guerra war, warfare #421
- Swedish krig #764
- Tagalog digmaan war; battle #725
- Tamil போர் war, fight, battle #882
- Turkish savaş #431
- Ukrainian війна #939
- Urdu جنگ #126
- Vietnamese chiến a war, fight #226
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.