How to say “win” 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 Armenian, where հաղթել is the 344th most used word.
- Afrikaans wen to win #506
- Arabic فاز to win #1,693
- Armenian հաղթել to win #344
- Bengali জয় win; victory; triumph #1,650
- Bulgarian победа victory, win, triumph #1,618
- Catalan guanyar to win #688
- Czech vyhrát to win #1,233
- Danish vandt #1,043
- Dutch winnen to win, to triumph, to be victorious #700
- Estonian võit victory, win #1,287
- Finnish voittaa to win #783
- French gagner to win #717
- Galician gañar to win #651
- Georgian გამარჯვება win, victory #1,006
- German gewinnen to win; to be victorious #928
- Hebrew זכה to win #2,003
- Hindi जीत victory, win #471
- Hungarian nyerni to win #2,092
- Indonesian menang to win, triumph, prevail #438
- Italian vinto to win #1,028
- Korean 대박 big win, great success, big hit #1,451
- Lithuanian laimėti to win, gain #762
- Malay menang to win #368
- Norwegian vant to win #727
- Polish wygrać to win #1,541
- Portuguese ganhar to win #630
- Romanian învinge to win #2,381
- Russian победить to win, to be victorious over, to conquer, to… #2,001
- Slovak vyhrať to win #752
- Swedish vinna to win, to defeat, to beat #800
- Tagalog manalo to win; to vanquish #1,018
- Telugu గెలిచింది to win, gain, conquer, overcome #628
- Turkish kazanmak to win, gain, acquire #1,233
- Ukrainian перемогти to win, to triumph #2,028
- Urdu جیت victory, win #433
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.