Hubble bubble toil and trouble… whether it’s casting spells, releasing flocks of flying monkeys or luring children into gingerbread houses, people throughout history have feared women with supposedly supernatural powers.
Want to accuse your friends and neighbours of witchcraft? Need a discreet dig at the mother-in-law? Learn how to say witch in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day! Don’t forget to check out the words for wizard too!
- Albanian – Magjistare
- Arabic – ساحرة (Sahira)
- Armenian – Կախարդ (Kakhard)
- Azerbaijani – Cadugər
- Basque – Sorgin
- Belarusian – Ведзьма (Vedz’ma)
- Bulgarian – Вещица (Veštica)
- Catalan – Bruixa
- Croatian – Vještica
- Czech – Čarodějnice
- Danish – Heks
- Dutch – Heks
- Estonian – Nõid
- Faroese – Heksir
- Finnish – Noita
- French – Sorcière
- Georgian – ჯადოქარი (Jadokari)
- German – Hexe
- Greek – Μάγισσα (Mágissa)
- Greenlandic – Ilisiitsoq
- Hungarian – Boszorkány
- Icelandic – Norn
- Irish Gaelic – Cailleach
- Italian – Strega
- Jèrriais – Chorchiéthe
- Latin – Malefica*
- Latvian – Ragana
- Lithuanian – Ragana
- Low German – Hex
- Luxembourgish – Hex
- Macedonian – Вештерка (Vešterka)
- Maltese – Saħħara
- Manx – Ben obbee
- Monégasque – Striya
- Northern Sami – Noaidi*
- Norwegian – Heks
- Polish – Czarownica
- Portuguese – Bruxa
- Romanian – Vrăjitoare
- Russian – Ведьма (Vyed’ma)
- Scots Gaelic – Ban-draoidh
- Serbian – Вештице (Veštice)
- Slovak – Čarodejnica
- Slovene – Čarovnica
- Spanish – Bruja
- Swedish – Häxa
- Swiss German – Häx
- Turkish – Cadı
- Ukrainian – Відьма (Vid’ma)
- Welsh – Gwrach
- Latin – Malefica is ‘evil doer’
- Northern Sami – Noaidi is ‘shaman’
Author: James Scanlan
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