A Word Across Cultures
"Dog" in Languages Around the World
Few words are as universal as the name for humankind's oldest companion. Here is how nearly a hundred languages, living and historic, say it.
One Word
Every Tongue
Every Tongue
Did You Know?
Most Romance languages trace their word for dog back to the Latin canis — a linguistic thread stretching from Portuguese cão to Italian cane.
A
Afrikaans
Hond
Albanian
Qen
Aleut
Sabaakax
Anglo-Norman
Chen
Arabic
Kalb / Kilaab
B
Bavarian
Hund
Belarusian
Sabaka
Bengali
Kukur
Blackfoot
Imita
Bosnian
Pas / Kucka
Bulgarian
Kuce / Pes
C
Catalan
Gos / Ca / Gossa
Cherokee
Gili
Cheyenne
Oeskeso
Comanche
Sarrie
Cornish
Ki
Corsican
Cane / Ghjacaru
Croatian
Pas
Czech
Pes / Fena
D
Dalmatian
Cun
Danish
Hund
Dutch
Hond
E
Esperanto
Hundo / Virhundo / Hundino
Estonian
Koer / Peni
F
Faroese
Hundur
Fijian
Koli
Finnish
Koira
French
Chien
G
Gaelic
Cu / Madadh
Georgian
Jagli
German
Hund / Rude / Hundin
Greek
Skilos / Kion
H
Hebrew
Kalba' / Kalbta' / Kelev
Hindi
Kutta / Kutti
Hopi
Pooko
Hungarian
Kutya / Eb
I
Icelandic
Hundur
Indonesian
Anjing
Irish
Madra / Gadhar / Madadh
Italian
Cane
J
Javanese
Asu
K
Korean
Gae / Gyeon / Gu
L
Lakota
Suka
Lao
Maa
Latin
Canis
Latvian
Suns / Kuce
Lithuanian
Suo / Suva / Kale
Low Saxon
Hund / Koter
Luxembourgish
Hond / Mupp / Mudder
M
Malay
Anjing / Asu
Maltese
Kelb / Kelba
Manchu
Indahun
Maori
Kuri
Middle Dutch
Hont
Middle English
Dogge
Middle High German
Hunt
Middle Low German
Hund
Middle Welsh
Ci
Mohawk
Erhar
Mongolian
Nohoi
N
Nahuatl
Chichi / Itzcuintli
Navajo
Leechaa'i
Nepali
Kukur / Kukurni
Norwegian
Hund / Bikkje
O
Old Church Slavonic
Pisu
Old English
Hund / Docga
Old French
Chen / Chien
Old High German
Hunt
Old Irish
Cu / Matad
Old Norse
Hundr / Grey / Bikkja
Old Prussian
Sunis
Old Saxon
Hund
P
Papiamentu
Kacho
Persian
Sag
Polish
Pies / Suka
Portuguese
Cao / Cadela / Cachorro / Cachorra
Powhatan
Atemos
Punjabi
Pa / Kutta
R
Romanian
Caine / Catea / Caini
Russian
Sobaka / Pjos / Psina
S
Samoan
Maile
Sanskrit
Svan
Sardinian
Cani / Cane / Perru / Catteddu
Serbian
Pas / Kucka / Kuce / Kuca
Shoshone
Sadee'
Sicilian
Cani
Slovak
Pes / Suka
Slovenian
Pes / Psica
Somali
Eey / Ey
Spanish
Perro
Sundanese
Anjing
Swahili
Mbwa
Swedish
Hund / Hynda
T
Tagalog
Aso
Taos
Culo'ona
Thai
Maa / Sunak
Tibetan
Kiy
Turkish
Kopek / It
Turkmen
It
U
Ukrainian
Sobaka
Urdu
Kutta / Kalb / Sag
Uzbek
It
V
Venetian
Can
Vietnamese
Cho
W
Welsh
Ci
West Frisian
Hun
Western Apache
Goshe
Y
Yiddish
Hunt / Hint
Z
Zulu
Inja
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