How to say “welcome” 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 Arabic, where مرحبا is the 101st most used word.
- Afrikaans welkom #321
- Albanian mirësevini #1,936
- Arabic مرحبا hello, welcome #101
- Basque ongietorri welcome, reception #1,445
- Bengali স্বাগতম #325
- Bosnian dobrodošli #1,091
- Catalan benvingut #1,123
- Chinese 歡迎 to welcome #993
- Croatian dobrodošli #1,069
- Czech vítej to welcome #1,390
- Danish velkommen #427
- Dutch welkom #579
- Esperanto bonvenon welcome! #608
- Finnish tervetuloa welcome; great to see you, nice you could come #534
- French bienvenue #751
- Galician benvida #1,569
- German willkommen #625
- Hindi स्वागत #461
- Icelandic velkomin #491
- Italian benvenuto #1,329
- Korean 천만에요 you're welcome! #1,013
- Macedonian добредојде #848
- Malayalam സ്വാഗതം #176
- Norwegian velkommen #437
- Polish witam #554
- Portuguese bem-vindo #1,333
- Serbian dobrodošli #1,053
- Slovenian dobrodošel #533
- Spanish bienvenido #1,230
- Swedish välkommen #639
- Tamil வரவேற்கிறேன் #696
- Telugu స్వాగతము #1,913
- Ukrainian прийом reception, greeting, welcome #1,221
- Urdu استقبال welcome, hail, reception #1,062
- Vietnamese đón to be ready to receive; to welcome #882
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.