How to say WINTER in 50 languages with Europe in a Day!

Winter is coming – and now it’s here!

As the temperatures drop across the continent on the winter solstice, let’s look at how to say ‘winter’ in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!

1. Albanian – Dimri
2. Arabic – شتاء (Shetah)
3. Armenian – Ձմեռ (Jmerr)
4. Azerbaijani – Qış
5. Basque – Negu
6. Belarusian – Зіма (Zima)
7. Bulgarian – Зима (Zima)
8. Catalan – Hivern
9. Croatian – Zima
10. Czech – Zima
11. Danish – Vinter
12. Dutch – Winter
13. Estonian – Talv
14. Faroese – Vetur
15. Finnish – Talvi
16. French – Hiver
17. Georgian – ზამთარი (Zamtari)
18. German – Winter
19. Greek – Χειμώνας (Kheimónas)
20. Greenlandic – Ukioq
21. Hungarian – Tél
22. Icelandic – Vetur
23. Irish Gaelic – Geimhreadh
24. Italian – Inverno
25. Jèrriais – Hivé
26. Latin – Hiems
27. Latvian – Ziema
28. Lithuanian – Žiema
29. Low German – Winter
30. Luxembourgish – Wanter
31. Macedonian – Зима (Zima)
32. Maltese – Xitwa
33. Manx – Geurey
34. Monégasque – Invernu
35. Northern Sami – Dálvi
36. Norwegian – Vinter
37. Polish – Zima
38. Portuguese – Inverno
39. Romanian – Iarnă
40. Russian – Зима (Zima)
41. Scots Gaelic – Geamhradh
42. Serbian – Зима (Zima)
43. Slovak – Zima
44. Slovene – Zima
45. Spanish – Invierno
46. Swedish – Vinter
47. Swiss German – Winter
48. Turkish – Kış
49. Ukrainian – Зима (Zima)
50. Welsh – Gaeaf

Author: James Scanlan
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