The word “guess” is crucial in many contexts, from daily conversations where we speculate or predict, to games and scientific theories where estimating or making educated guesses is common. Interestingly, how to say “guess” varies widely across languages, reflecting diverse phonetic and cultural nuances.
Here’s how to say “guess” in 70 different languages, showing the fascinating linguistic diversity across the globe:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Mendonj | Pronunciation: Men-donj
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – تخمين (Takhmeen) | Pronunciation: Tak-meen
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – կողակցել (Koghaktsel) | Pronunciation: Ko-ghak-tsel
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Tahmin etmek | Pronunciation: Tah-min et-mek
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Asmatu | Pronunciation: As-ma-tu
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Здагадацца (Zdagadatstsa) | Pronunciation: Zda-ga-dat-tsa
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – অনুমান করা (Onuman kora) | Pronunciation: O-noo-man ko-ra
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Pogoditi | Pronunciation: Po-go-diti
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Познай (Poznay) | Pronunciation: Poz-nai
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Endevinar | Pronunciation: En-de-vi-nar
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Hádat | Pronunciation: Ha-dat
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Gæt | Pronunciation: Get
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Raden | Pronunciation: Rah-den
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Guess | Pronunciation: Gess
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Arvama | Pronunciation: Ar-va-ma
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – حدس زدن (Hads zadan) | Pronunciation: Hads za-dan
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Arvata | Pronunciation: Ar-va-ta
- French (🇫🇷) – Deviner | Pronunciation: De-vee-nay
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – გამოცნობა (Gamotsnoba) | Pronunciation: Ga-mot-sno-ba
- German (🇩🇪) – Raten | Pronunciation: Rah-ten
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Μαντεύω (Mantevo) | Pronunciation: Man-tev-o
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לנחש (Lenahesh) | Pronunciation: Le-na-hesh
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – अनुमान लगाना (Anumaan lagaana) | Pronunciation: A-noo-maan la-ga-na
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Találgat | Pronunciation: Ta-lal-gat
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Giska | Pronunciation: Gees-ka
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Menebak | Pronunciation: Me-ne-bak
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Tomhas | Pronunciation: Tum-has
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Indovinare | Pronunciation: In-do-vi-na-re
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 推測する (Suisoku suru) | Pronunciation: Sui-soku su-ru
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Болжамдау (Bolzhamdau) | Pronunciation: Bol-zham-dau
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – សន្មត (Sonat) | Pronunciation: So-nat
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 추측하다 (Chuchukhada) | Pronunciation: Chu-chuk-ha-da
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Zanîn | Pronunciation: Zan-een
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Божомолдоо (Bozhomoldoo) | Pronunciation: Bo-zho-mol-doo
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ເດົາ (Deua) | Pronunciation: Deu-a
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Uzminēt | Pronunciation: Uz-mi-net
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Spėti | Pronunciation: Spe-ti
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Raten | Pronunciation: Rah-ten
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Претпоставува (Pretpostavuva) | Pronunciation: Pret-pos-ta-vu-va
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Teka | Pronunciation: Te-ka
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Iħoss | Pronunciation: Ih-oss
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 猜 (Cāi) | Pronunciation: Tsai
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – अंदाज (Andaaj) | Pronunciation: An-daaj
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Таамаглах (Taamaglakh) | Pronunciation: Taa-mag-lakh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – अनुमान गर्नु (Anuman garnu) | Pronunciation: A-noo-man gar-noo
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Gjette | Pronunciation: Yett-e
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – ویل (Weel) | Pronunciation: Weel
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – حدس زدن (Hads zadan) | Pronunciation: Hads za-dan
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Zgadywać | Pronunciation: Zga-dy-vatch
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Adivinhar | Pronunciation: A-dee-veen-yar
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Ghici | Pronunciation: Gee-chee
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Угадать (Ugadat’) | Pronunciation: Oo-ga-dat
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Нагађати (Nagađati) | Pronunciation: Na-ga-jah-tee
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – අනුමාන කරනවා (Anumana Karanava) | Pronunciation: A-noo-ma-na Ka-ra-na-va
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Hádať | Pronunciation: Ha-dat
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Ugibati | Pronunciation: Oo-gee-ba-tee
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Qiyaas | Pronunciation: Kiy-aas
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Adivinar | Pronunciation: A-dee-vee-nar
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kisia | Pronunciation: Kee-see-a
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Gissa | Pronunciation: Gis-sa
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ҳадс задан (Hads zadan) | Pronunciation: Hads za-dan
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – யூகிக்க (Yūkikka) | Pronunciation: Yu-ki-ka
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఊహించు (Ūhin̄cu) | Pronunciation: Oo-hin-choo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ทาย (Thai) | Pronunciation: Tai
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Tahmin etmek | Pronunciation: Tah-min et-mek
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Вгадати (Vhadaty) | Pronunciation: Vha-da-tee
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – اندازہ لگانا (Andaza lagana) | Pronunciation: An-da-za la-ga-na
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Taxmin qilish | Pronunciation: Tah-min kee-lish
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Đoán | Pronunciation: Zoh-an
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Dyfalu | Pronunciation: Duh-va-lee