How to say “wedding” in 40 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 திருமணம் is the 172nd most used word.
- Albanian dasma #2,103
- Arabic زفاف wedding, marriage feast #1,303
- Armenian հարսանեկան nuptial, bridal, wedding #1,541
- Bengali বিয়ে marriage, wedding #1,307
- Bosnian vjenčanje #1,722
- Bulgarian сватба #1,448
- Catalan casament #1,061
- Croatian vjenčanje #1,158
- Czech svatební #1,963
- Danish bryllup #1,471
- Dutch bruiloft wedding reception, wedding feast #1,408
- English bride A woman in the context of her own wedding;… #2,260
- Estonian pulma #1,581
- Galician voda #1,251
- Georgian საქორწინო wedding, nuptial #744
- German hochzeit wedding, marriage #1,000
- Greek γάμο marriage, wedding #749
- Hebrew חתונה #1,627
- Hindi शादी marriage, wedding #195
- Hungarian esküvő #2,193
- Indonesian pernikahan wedding; marriage ceremony #607
- Korean 결혼식 wedding ceremony #729
- Latvian kāzas #1,267
- Lithuanian vestuvės #901
- Macedonian свадба #1,921
- Malay perkahwinan marriage; wedding #702
- Norwegian bryllupet a wedding #1,503
- Persian عروسی #1,785
- Portuguese casamento #527
- Romanian nunta #1,226
- Serbian venčanje marriage, wedding #1,310
- Slovak svadba wedding; marriage #1,083
- Slovenian poroka #706
- Spanish boda #852
- Swedish bröllop a wedding #1,503
- Tagalog kasal wedding; marriage #373
- Tamil திருமணம் marriage, wedding, matrimony #172
- Turkish düğün wedding ceremony #1,134
- Ukrainian весілля wedding, marriage ceremony #1,153
- Urdu شادی wedding, marriage #317
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.