How to say “young” in 53 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.
- joven/ˈxoben/ Spanish
- молодой[məɫɐˈdoj] Russian
- युवा/jʊ.ʋɑː/ Hindi
- νέα/ˈnea/ Greek
- צעיר/t͡saˈʔiʁ/ Hebrew
- ახალგაზრდა[äχälɡäzɾdä] Georgian
“young” in Spanish: joven · French: jeune · German: junge · Russian: молодой · Hindi: युवा · Turkish: genç · Greek: νέα
It is commonest in Albanian, where re is the 206th most used word.
Young in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans jong/jɔŋ/ #258
- Albanian re/ˈɾe/ #206
- Arabic آنسة/ʔaː.ni.sa/ young woman #398
- Armenian ջահել/d͡ʒɑˈhel/ #214
- Basque mutil/mutil/ boy, young man #220
- Bengali বাচ্চা/bat͡ʃːa/ young, infantile #235
- Bosnian momci/ˈmomtsɪ/ a young man, lad #315
- Bulgarian млад[mɫat] young, youthful #1,101
- Catalan noi[ˈnɔj] boy, young man #256
- Chinese 小伙子/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d͡z̥ɹ̩⁴/ young man; young fellow; lad #637
- Croatian momci/ˈmomtsɪ/ a young man, lad #492
- Czech mladý[ˈmladiː] #1,097
- Danish unge[ˈɔŋə] #577
- Dutch jongen/ˈjɔ.ŋə(n)/ a young: a young being, especially an… #280
- English baby/ˈbeɪ.bi/ A very young human, particularly from birth… #269
- Esperanto juna/ˈjuna/ #452
- Estonian neiu/ˈnei̯u/ a young unmarried woman, a teenager, or a… #1,527
- Finnish nuori/ˈnuo̯ri/ #749
- French jeune/ʒœn/ #423
- Galician novo/ˈnɔbo/ the young people #161
- Georgian ახალგაზრდა[äχälɡäzɾdä] young, youthful #213
- German junge/ˈjʊŋə/ #288
- Greek νέα/ˈnea/ young, youthful #243
- Hebrew צעיר/t͡saˈʔiʁ/ #642
- Hindi युवा/jʊ.ʋɑː/ #667
- Hungarian fiatal[ˈfijɒtɒl] #627
- Icelandic ungfrú/ˈuŋkfru/ miss, young lady #413
- Indonesian muda/ˈmuda/ #412
- Italian ragazzi/raˈɡat.t͡si/ boy, young man #218
- Korean 어린[ʌ̹ɾin] to be young, to be little, to be a child;… #395
- Latvian puiši/ˈpuiʃi/ young man, youth, boy #326
- Lithuanian mergina/mʲɛɾʲɡʲɪˈnɐ/ young woman, girl, lass #263
- Macedonian девојка[ˈdɛvɔjka] girl, young female, maiden #222
- Malay budak/ˈbudak/ young person; child #230
- Malayalam ആൺകുട്ടി/aːɳkuʈʈi/ boy, young male #1,264
- Norwegian jente/²jɛntə/ girl; young woman #398
- Persian جوان[d͡ʒæ.vɒ́ːn] #648
- Polish młody/ˈmwɔ.dɘ/ #1,086
- Portuguese rapaz/ʁaˈpa(j)s/ boy; young man; lad; youngster #345
- Romanian tânăr[ˈtɨnər] #1,020
- Russian молодой[məɫɐˈdoj] #1,501
- Serbian momci/ˈmomtsɪ/ a young man, lad #312
- Slovak mladý/mladiː/ #543
- Slovenian mlad/mláːt/ #673
- Spanish joven/ˈxoben/ young, youthful #504
- Swedish ung/ɵŋː/ #740
- Tagalog itoy/ʔiˈtoj/ term of address for a young boy #1,251
- Tamil இளம்/ɪɭɐm/ young, tender #407
- Telugu యువ/juʋa/ young, youthful #348
- Turkish genç/ˈɟent͡ʃ/ #370
- Ukrainian дівчина[ˈdʲiu̯t͡ʃenɐ] young girl, girl #647
- Urdu نوجوان/nɔː.d͡ʒə.ʋɑːn/ young; young man; teenager #401
- Vietnamese bạn[ʔɓaːn˧˨ʔ] you, a young person in your twenties #94
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