How to Say Hell in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say hell in different languages. This page features translation of the word "hell" 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 hell and how to read it.
Saying Hell in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say hell | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | ferr | |
| Basque | infernua | |
| Belarusian | пекла [piekla] | |
| Bosnian | pakao | |
| Bulgarian | по дяволите [po dyavolite] | |
| Catalan | infern | |
| Corsican | infernu | |
| Croatian | pakao | |
| Czech | peklo | |
| Danish | helvede | |
| Dutch | hel | |
| Estonian | põrgu | |
| Finnish | helvetti | |
| French | enfer | |
| Frisian | hel | |
| Galician | inferno | |
| German | Hölle | |
| Greek | κόλαση [kólasi] | |
| Hungarian | pokol | |
| Icelandic | Helvíti | |
| Irish | ifreann | |
| Italian | inferno | |
| Latvian | elle | |
| Lithuanian | pragaras | |
| Luxembourgish | Hell | |
| Macedonian | пеколот [pekolot] | |
| Maltese | infern | |
| Norwegian | helvete | |
| Polish | piekło | |
| Portuguese | inferno | |
| Romanian | iad | |
| Russian | ад [ad] | |
| Scots Gaelic | ifrinn | |
| Serbian | пакао [pakao] | |
| Slovak | peklo | |
| Slovenian | pekel | |
| Spanish | infierno | |
| Swedish | Helvete | |
| Tatar | тәмуг | |
| Ukrainian | пекло [peklo] | |
| Welsh | uffern | |
| Yiddish | גענעם [genem] | |
Saying Hell in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say hell | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | դժոխք [dzhokhk’] | |
| Azerbaijani | cəhənnəm | |
| Bengali | জাহান্নাম [jāhānnāma] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 地狱 [dìyù] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 地獄 [dìyù] | |
| Georgian | ჯოჯოხეთი [jojokheti] | |
| Gujarati | નરક [naraka] | |
| Hindi | नरक [narak] | |
| Hmong | ntuj raug txim | |
| Japanese | 地獄 | |
| Kannada | ನರಕ [naraka] | |
| Kazakh | тозақ [tozaq] | |
| Khmer | នរក | |
| Korean | 지옥 [jiog] | |
| Kyrgyz | тозок [tozok] | |
| Lao | ນະລົກ [ nalok] | |
| Malayalam | നരകം [narakam] | |
| Marathi | नरक [naraka] | |
| Mongolian | там [tam] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ငရဲ [ ngarell] | |
| Nepali | नरक [naraka] | |
| Odia | ନର୍କ | |
| Pashto | دوزخ | |
| Punjabi | ਨਰਕ [naraka] | |
| Sindhi | جهنم | |
| Sinhala | නිරය [niraya] | |
| Tajik | ҷаҳаннам | |
| Tamil | நரகம் [narakam] | |
| Telugu | నరకం [narakaṁ] | |
| Thai | นรก | |
| Turkish | cehennem | |
| Turkmen | dowzah | |
| Urdu | جہنم | |
| Uyghur | دوزاخ | |
| Uzbek | jahannam | |
| Vietnamese | Địa ngục | |
Saying Hell in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say hell | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | جحيم [jahim] | |
| Hebrew | גֵיהִנוֹם | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | cehnem | |
| Persian | جهنم | |
Saying Hell in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say hell | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | hel | |
| Amharic | ሲኦል [sī’oli] | |
| Chichewa | gehena | |
| Hausa | jahannama | |
| Igbo | hell | |
| Kinyarwanda | ikuzimu | |
| Sesotho | lihele | |
| Shona | gehena | |
| Somali | cadaab | |
| Swahili | kuzimu | |
| Xhosa | isihogo | |
| Yoruba | apaadi | |
| Zulu | isihogo | |
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"Hell in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/hell. Accessed 22 Sep 2023.
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