How to say “win” in 35 different 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.
- победить[pəbʲɪˈdʲitʲ] Russian
- فاز/faː.za/ Arabic
- זכה/zaˈχa/ Hebrew
- გამარჯვება[ɡ̊ämäɾd͡ʒʷe̞bä] Georgian
- հաղթել/hɑχˈtʰel/ Armenian
- জয়/d͡ʒoj/ Bengali
“win” in French: gagner · German: gewinnen · Italian: vinto · Portuguese: ganhar · Russian: победить · Arabic: فاز · Turkish: kazanmak
It is commonest in Armenian, where հաղթել is the 344th most used word.
Win in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans wen/vɛn/ to win #506
- Arabic فاز/faː.za/ to win #1,693
- Armenian հաղթել/hɑχˈtʰel/ to win #344
- Bengali জয়/d͡ʒoj/ win; victory; triumph #1,650
- Bulgarian победа[poˈbɛdɐ] victory, win, triumph #1,618
- Catalan guanyar[ɡwəˈɲa] to win #688
- Czech vyhrát[ˈvɪɦraːt] to win #1,233
- Danish vandt/ˈvanˀd/ #1,043
- Dutch winnen/ˈʋɪ.nə(n)/ to win, to triumph, to be victorious #700
- Estonian võit/vɤi̯t/ victory, win #1,287
- Finnish voittaa/ˈʋoi̯tːɑːˣ/ to win #783
- French gagner/ɡa.ɲe/ to win #717
- Galician gañar/ɡaˈɲaɾ/ to win #651
- Georgian გამარჯვება[ɡ̊ämäɾd͡ʒʷe̞bä] win, victory #1,006
- German gewinnen/ɡəˈvɪnən/ to win; to be victorious #928
- Hebrew זכה/zaˈχa/ to win #2,003
- Hindi जीत/d͡ʒiːt̪/ victory, win #471
- Hungarian nyerni[ˈɲɛrni] to win #2,092
- Indonesian menang/məˈnaŋ/ to win, triumph, prevail #438
- Italian vinto/ˈvin.to/ to win #1,028
- Korean 대박[ˈtɛ(ː)ba̠k̚] big win, great success, big hit #1,451
- Lithuanian laimėti[lɐɪ¹ˈmʲeːtʲɪ] to win, gain #762
- Malay menang/mənaŋ/ to win #368
- Norwegian vant/ˈvɑnt/ to win #727
- Polish wygrać/ˈvɘ.ɡrat͡ɕ/ to win #1,541
- Portuguese ganhar/ɡɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ to win #630
- Romanian învinge/ɨnˈvind͡ʒe/ to win #2,381
- Russian победить[pəbʲɪˈdʲitʲ] to win, to be victorious over, to conquer, to… #2,001
- Slovak vyhrať/viɦrac/ to win #752
- Swedish vinna/²vɪna/ to win, to defeat, to beat #800
- Tagalog manalo/maˈnalo/ to win; to vanquish #1,018
- Telugu గెలిచింది/ˈɡeliˌcindi/ to win, gain, conquer, overcome #628
- Turkish kazanmak/kɑzɑnˈmɑk/ to win, gain, acquire #1,233
- Ukrainian перемогти[peremɔɦˈtɪ] to win, to triumph #2,028
- Urdu جیت/d͡ʒiːt̪/ victory, win #433
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.