A common feature in folklore, dragons are found in cultures all over Europe. Generally depicted as monstrous fire-breathing reptiles with large bat-like wings, legends about these ferocious creatures date back as far as the days of the Romans – and they are still a hugely popular part of fantasy literature today!
Whether they are hoarding gold in their underground lairs, scorching the battlefield with their fire or guarding wizard banks, here is how to say dragon in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!
- Albanian – Dragoi
- Arabic – تنين (Tanin)
- Armenian – Վիշապ (Vishap)
- Azerbaijani – Əjdaha
- Basque – Herensuge
- Belarusian – Цмок (Tsmok)
- Bulgarian – Дракон (Drakon)
- Catalan – Drac
- Croatian – Zmaj
- Czech – Drak
- Danish – Drage
- Dutch – Draak
- Estonian – Lohe
- Faroese – Dreki
- Finnish – Lohikäärme
- French – Dragon
- Georgian – დრაკონი (Drak’oni)
- German – Drache
- Greek – Δράκος (Drákos)
- Greenlandic – Kuukkooriaasarsuaq
- Hungarian – Sárkányok
- Icelandic – Dreki
- Irish Gaelic – Dragan
- Italian – Drago
- Jèrriais – Dragon
- Latin – Draco
- Latvian – Pūķis
- Lithuanian – Drakonas
- Low German – Draak
- Luxembourgish – Draach
- Macedonian – Змеј (Zmej)
- Maltese – Dragun
- Manx – Dragan
- Monégasque – Dragun
- Northern Sami – Gearpmašat*
- Norwegian – Drage
- Polish – Smok
- Portuguese – Dragão
- Romanian – Dragon
- Russian – Дракон (Drakon)
- Scots Gaelic – Dràgon
- Serbian – Змај (Zmaj)
- Slovak – Drak
- Slovene – Zmaj
- Spanish – Dragón
- Swedish – Drake
- Swiss German – Traach
- Turkish – Ejderha
- Ukrainian – Дракон (Drakon)
- Welsh – Draig
- Northern Sami – Gearpmašat means ‘serpent’ or ‘snake’
Author: James Scanlan
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Europe in a Day 