How to say “window” in 45 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 Vietnamese, where cửa is the 298th most used word.
- Afrikaans venster #448
- Albanian dritarja #1,294
- Basque leiho #942
- Bengali জানালা #764
- Bosnian prozor #958
- Bulgarian прозорец #2,379
- Catalan finestra #1,100
- Chinese 窗口 #1,844
- Croatian prozor #985
- Czech okna #1,608
- Danish vinduet #1,332
- Dutch blind window shutter #1,989
- Esperanto fenestro #1,211
- Estonian akna #1,318
- French fenêtre #1,222
- Galician fiestra #1,225
- German fenster #955
- Greek παράθυρο #999
- Hebrew חלון a window #1,741
- Hindi खिड़की #1,671
- Icelandic glugga #1,555
- Italian finestra #1,390
- Korean 창문 #932
- Latvian logu #1,211
- Lithuanian langas #1,932
- Macedonian прозорец #2,353
- Malay tingkap #921
- Malayalam ജനാല #1,477
- Norwegian vinduet a window #1,152
- Persian پنجره window, lattice #698
- Polish okno #1,646
- Portuguese janela #1,121
- Romanian fereastră #1,721
- Russian окно #1,619
- Serbian prozor #949
- Slovak okno #817
- Slovenian okno #456
- Spanish ventana #1,116
- Swedish fönstret a window #1,413
- Tagalog bintana #1,033
- Tamil ஜன்னல் #340
- Telugu కిటికీ #1,392
- Ukrainian вікно #1,326
- Urdu کھڑکی #1,251
- Vietnamese cửa door or window #298
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.