Thought to cover roughly a third of the entire planet, forests can be found on most continents including Europe – in fact, forests cover more than 60% of countries like Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Sweden!
Relaxing, beautiful and an important part of our ecosystem, here’s how to say forest or wood in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!
- Albanian – Pyll
- Arabic – غابة (Ghaba)
- Armenian – Անտառ (Antarr)
- Azerbaijani – Meşə
- Basque – Baso
- Belarusian – Лес (Lyes)
- Bulgarian – Гора (Gora)
- Catalan – Bosc
- Croatian – Šuma
- Czech – Les
- Danish – Skov
- Dutch – Bos
- Estonian – Mets
- Faroese – Skógur
- Finnish – Metsä
- French – Forêt
- Georgian – ტყე (Tqe)
- German – Wald
- Greek – Δάσος (Dásos)
- Greenlandic – Orpippalik
- Hungarian – Erdő
- Icelandic – Skógur
- Irish Gaelic – Foraois
- Italian – Foresta
- Jèrriais – Forêt
- Latin – Silva
- Latvian – Mežs
- Lithuanian – Miškas
- Low German – Woold
- Luxembourgish – Bësch
- Macedonian – Шума (Šuma)
- Maltese – Foresta
- Manx – Keyll
- Monégasque – Furesta
- Northern Sami – Vuovdi
- Norwegian – Skog
- Polish – Las
- Portuguese – Floresta
- Romanian – Pădure
- Russian – Лес (Lyes)
- Scots Gaelic – Coille
- Serbian – Шума (Šuma)
- Slovak – Les
- Slovene – Godz
- Spanish – Bosque
- Swedish – Skog
- Swiss German – Wald
- Turkish – Orman
- Ukrainian – Ліс (Lis)
- Welsh – Coedwig
Author: James Scanlan
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Europe in a Day 