How to say “week” in 48 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 Persian, where هفته is the 199th most used word.
- Afrikaans weke #328
- Albanian javë #375
- Arabic أسبوع #612
- Basque aste #321
- Bengali সপ্তাহ #431
- Bosnian tjedan #910
- Bulgarian седмица #367
- Catalan setmana #435
- Chinese 星期 #286
- Croatian tjedan #523
- Czech týden #522
- Danish uge #458
- Dutch weken week, period of seven days #564
- English weekend The break in the working week, usually two… #1,346
- Esperanto semajno #1,254
- Estonian nädal #771
- Finnish viikon #885
- French semaine #436
- Galician semana #369
- Georgian კვირა #1,049
- German woche #496
- Greek εβδομάδα #681
- Hebrew שבוע week, period of seven days #515
- Hindi सप्ताह #547
- Icelandic vika #1,850
- Indonesian minggu #360
- Italian settimana #413
- Korean 일주일 A week; seven days #750
- Latvian nedēļas #562
- Lithuanian savaitė #1,512
- Malay minggu #374
- Malayalam ആഴ്ച #562
- Norwegian uke a week #535
- Persian هفته #199
- Polish tydzień #727
- Portuguese semana #383
- Romanian săptămâni #640
- Serbian tjedan #1,252
- Slovak týždeň #320
- Slovenian teden #237
- Spanish semana #325
- Swedish veckor a week, a period of 7 days #601
- Tamil வாரம் #253
- Telugu వారాలు #947
- Turkish hafta #262
- Ukrainian тиждень #727
- Urdu ہفتہ week, sennight #962
- Vietnamese tuần #421
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.