The knee is a crucial joint in the human body, enabling mobility and flexibility. Understanding how to say “knee” in different languages provides insight into the diversity of human language and anatomy terminology. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “knee” is expressed in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Gju | Pronunciation: Joo
- Arabic (🇸🇦) – ركبة (Rukba) | Pronunciation: Rook-bah
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – ծունկ (Tsunk) | Pronunciation: Tsoonk
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Diz | Pronunciation: Deez
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Belauna | Pronunciation: Be-lau-na
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Калена (Kalena) | Pronunciation: Ka-le-na
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – হাঁটু (Hāṇṭu) | Pronunciation: Haan-too
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Koljeno | Pronunciation: Ko-lye-no
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Коляно (Kolyano) | Pronunciation: Ko-lya-no
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Genoll | Pronunciation: Juh-nol
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Koleno | Pronunciation: Ko-leh-no
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Knæ | Pronunciation: Kneh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Knie | Pronunciation: K-nee
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Knee | Pronunciation: Nee
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Põlv | Pronunciation: Põlv
- Farsi (🇮🇷) – زانو (Zānu) | Pronunciation: Zaa-noo
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Polvi | Pronunciation: Pol-vi
- French (🇫🇷) – Genou | Pronunciation: Zhuh-noo
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მუხლი (Mukhlis) | Pronunciation: Mookh-lee
- German (🇩🇪) – Knie | Pronunciation: K-nee
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Γόνατο (Gónato) | Pronunciation: Go-na-to
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – ברך (Berech) | Pronunciation: Beh-rekh
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – घुटना (Ghutnā) | Pronunciation: Ghu-ta-na
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Térd | Pronunciation: Taird
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Hné | Pronunciation: Hn-yeh
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Lutut | Pronunciation: Loo-toot
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Glúin | Pronunciation: Gloo-in
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Ginocchio | Pronunciation: Jee-no-kyo
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 膝 (Hiza) | Pronunciation: Hee-za
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Тізе (Tize) | Pronunciation: Tee-zeh
- Khmer (🇰🇭) – ដើមជង្គង់ (Daum Chongkong) | Pronunciation: Da-oom Chong-kong
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 무릎 (Mureup) | Pronunciation: Moo-roop
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Pî | Pronunciation: Pee
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Тизе (Tize) | Pronunciation: Tee-zeh
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຫນ້າ (Na) | Pronunciation: Na
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Celis | Pronunciation: Tse-lis
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Kelio | Pronunciation: Ke-li-o
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Knéi | Pronunciation: K-ney
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Колено (Koleno) | Pronunciation: Ko-le-no
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Lutut | Pronunciation: Loo-toot
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Rkoppa | Pronunciation: Rko-pa
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 膝盖 (Xīgài) | Pronunciation: Shee-gai
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – गुडघा (Guḍghā) | Pronunciation: Good-gha
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Өвдөг (Övdög) | Pronunciation: Öv-dög
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – घुँडा (Ghuṇḍā) | Pronunciation: Ghun-da
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Knel | Pronunciation: Knel
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – زنګون (Zangūn) | Pronunciation: Zan-goon
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Kolano | Pronunciation: Ko-la-no
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Joelho | Pronunciation: Zhoo-el-yoo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Genunchi | Pronunciation: Je-nun-kee
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Колено (Koleno) | Pronunciation: Ko-le-no
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Колено (Koleno) | Pronunciation: Ko-le-no
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – මුණ්ඩු (Muṇḍu) | Pronunciation: Mun-du
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Koleno | Pronunciation: Ko-le-no
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Koleno | Pronunciation: Ko-le-no
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Jilib | Pronunciation: Ji-lib
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Rodilla | Pronunciation: Ro-dee-ya
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Goti | Pronunciation: Go-tee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Knä | Pronunciation: Kneh
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Зону (Zonu) | Pronunciation: Zo-nu
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – முழங்கால் (Muḻaṅkāl) | Pronunciation: Mu-lan-kal
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – మోకాలు (Mōkālu) | Pronunciation: Mo-ka-lu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – เข่า (Khao) | Pronunciation: Khao
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Diz | Pronunciation: Deez
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Коліно (Kolino) | Pronunciation: Ko-lee-no
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – گھٹنا (Ghutnā) | Pronunciation: Ghu-ta-na
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tizza | Pronunciation: Tiz-za
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Đầu gối | Pronunciation: Dau-goy
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Pen-glin | Pronunciation: Pen-glin
- Yiddish (🇮🇱) – קני (Knee) | Pronunciation: K-nee