Humanlike sculptures made from snow that are often used as a decorating motif around Christmas time, snowmen are a common sight around Europe during in the winter months – especially in countries with traditionally heavy snow fall!
The beauty of a snowman is there are no hard and fast rules for what they look like or how to make them – so you can be as creative as you like! Everyone has their own style, their own techniques and of course, their own ways to decorate them! (my personal favourite was a Hungarian snowman with leaves for hair!)
But before you dash off to make your own, here’s how to say snowman in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!
- Albanian – Dordoleci i borës
- Arabic – رجل الثلج (Rajul althalj)
- Armenian – Ձնեմարդ (Dznemard)
- Azerbaijani – Qardan adam
- Basque – Elur-panpin
- Belarusian – Снегавік (Snegavik)
- Bulgarian – Снежен човек (Snezhen chovek)
- Catalan – Ninot de neu
- Croatian – Snjegović
- Czech – Sněhulák
- Danish – Snemand
- Dutch – Sneeuwpop
- Estonian – Lumememm
- Faroese – Kavamaður
- Finnish – Lumiukko
- French – Bonhomme de neige
- Georgian – თოვლის კაცი (Tovlis katsi)
- German – Schneemann
- Greek – Χιονάνθρωπος (Khionánthropos)
- Greenlandic – Aput inuusiaq
- Hungarian – Hóember
- Icelandic – Snjókarl
- Irish Gaelic – Fear sneachta
- Italian – Pupazzo di neve
- Jèrriais – Bouonhomme d’né
- Latin – Pupulus nivalis
- Latvian – Sniegavīrs
- Lithuanian – Senis besmegenis
- Low German – Sneekeerl
- Luxembourgish – Schnéimännchen
- Macedonian – Снешко (Sneško)
- Maltese – Borrinu
- Manx – Fer sniaghtee
- Monégasque – Büratin d’a neve
- Northern Sami – Muohtaáddjá
- Norwegian – Snømann
- Polish – Bałwan śniegowy
- Portuguese – Boneco de neve
- Romanian – Om de zăpadă
- Russian – Снеговик (Snyegovik)
- Scots Gaelic – Bodach-sneachda
- Serbian – Снешко Белић (Sneško Belić)
- Slovak – Snehuliak
- Slovene – Snežak
- Spanish – Muñeco de nieve
- Swedish – Snögubbe
- Swiss German – Schneemaa
- Turkish – Kardan adam
- Ukrainian – Снігова баба (Snihova baba)
- Welsh – Dyn eira
Author: James Scanlan
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