How to Say Fear in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say fear in different languages. This page features translation of the word "fear" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce fear and how to read it.
Saying Fear in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say fear | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | frikë | |
| Basque | beldurra | |
| Belarusian | страх [strach] | |
| Bosnian | strah | |
| Bulgarian | страх [strakh] | |
| Catalan | por | |
| Corsican | paura | |
| Croatian | strah | |
| Czech | strach | |
| Danish | frygt | |
| Dutch | angst | |
| Estonian | hirm | |
| Finnish | pelko | |
| French | craindre | |
| Frisian | bangens | |
| Galician | medo | |
| German | Furcht | |
| Greek | φόβος [fóvos] | |
| Hungarian | félelem | |
| Icelandic | ótta | |
| Irish | eagla | |
| Italian | paura | |
| Latvian | bailes | |
| Lithuanian | baimė | |
| Luxembourgish | Angscht | |
| Macedonian | страв [strav] | |
| Maltese | biża | |
| Norwegian | frykt | |
| Polish | strach | |
| Portuguese | temer | |
| Romanian | frică | |
| Russian | страх [strakh] | |
| Scots Gaelic | eagal | |
| Serbian | бојати се [bojati se] | |
| Slovak | strach | |
| Slovenian | strah | |
| Spanish | miedo | |
| Swedish | rädsla | |
| Tatar | курку | |
| Ukrainian | страх [strakh] | |
| Welsh | ofn | |
| Yiddish | מורא [mura] | |
Saying Fear in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say fear | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | վախ [vakh] | |
| Azerbaijani | qorxu | |
| Bengali | ভয় [bhaẏa] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 害怕 [hàipà] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 害怕 [hàipà] | |
| Georgian | შიში [shishi] | |
| Gujarati | ભય [bhaya] | |
| Hindi | डर [dar] | |
| Hmong | ntshai | |
| Japanese | 恐れ | |
| Kannada | ಭಯ [bhaya] | |
| Kazakh | қорқыныш [qorqınış] | |
| Khmer | ការភ័យខ្លាច | |
| Korean | 두려움 [dulyeoum] | |
| Kyrgyz | коркуу [korkuu] | |
| Lao | ຄວາມຢ້ານກົວ [ khuaamyankua] | |
| Malayalam | പേടി [pedi] | |
| Marathi | भीती [bhītī] | |
| Mongolian | айдас [aidas] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ကြောက်ရွံ့ခြင်း။ [ kyawwatrwanhkyinn ] | |
| Nepali | डर [ḍara] | |
| Odia | ଭୟ | |
| Pashto | ډار | |
| Punjabi | ਡਰ [ḍara] | |
| Sindhi | خوف | |
| Sinhala | බිය [biya] | |
| Tajik | тарс | |
| Tamil | பயம் [payam] | |
| Telugu | భయం [bhayaṁ] | |
| Thai | กลัว | |
| Turkish | korku | |
| Turkmen | gorky | |
| Urdu | خوف | |
| Uyghur | قورقۇنچ | |
| Uzbek | qo'rquv | |
| Vietnamese | nỗi sợ | |
Saying Fear in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say fear | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | يخاف [yakhaf] | |
| Hebrew | פַּחַד | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | tirs | |
| Persian | ترس | |
Saying Fear in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say fear | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | vrees | |
| Amharic | ፍርሃት [firihati] | |
| Chichewa | mantha | |
| Hausa | tsoro | |
| Igbo | egwu | |
| Kinyarwanda | ubwoba | |
| Sesotho | tshabo | |
| Shona | kutya | |
| Somali | cabsi | |
| Swahili | hofu | |
| Xhosa | uloyiko | |
| Yoruba | iberu | |
| Zulu | ukwesaba | |
Cite this Entry
"Fear in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/fear. Accessed 30 Sep 2023.
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