Do you want to know what the word for dog and puppy is in different languages? We cover an extensive list of countries and how they spell dog and puppy.
Language |
Dog |
Puppy |
Afrikaans | Hond | Hondjie |
Albanian | Qen | Qenush |
Amharic | Wisha | Buchila |
Arabic | Kalb | Juru |
Armenian | Shun | K’vot’vot’ |
Azerbaijani | It | Puppy |
Bangla | Kukura | Kukurachānā |
Basque | Txakurra | Txakurkume |
Belarusian | Sabaka | Ščaniuk |
Bosnian | Pas | Štene |
Bulgarian | Kuche | Kuchentse |
Burmese | Birmanski | Hkwaykalayy |
Catalan | Dog | Cadell |
Cebuano | Iro | Itoy |
Chinese (simplified) | Gǒu | Xiǎo gǒu |
Chinese (traditional) | Gǒu | Xiǎo gǒu |
Corsican | Cane | Cucciolo |
Croatian | Pas | Štene |
Czech | Pes | Štěně |
Danish | Hund | Hundehvalp |
Dutch | Hond | Puppy |
Esperanto | Hundo | Hundido |
Estonian | Koer | Kutsikas |
Filipino | Aso | Tuta |
Finnish | Koira | Pentu |
French | Chienne (feminine), chien (masculine) |
Chiot |
Galician | Chan | Cachorro |
Georgian | Dzaghli | Lek’vi |
German | Hund | Welpe |
Greek | Skýlos | Koutávi |
Gujarati | Kūtarō | Kurakuriyuṁ |
Haitian Creole | Chen | Chyo |
Hausa | Kare | Kwikwiyo |
Hawaiian | ʻIlio | ʻIlio |
Hindi | Kutta | Kutte ka pilla |
Hmong | Aub | Puppy |
Hungarian | Kutya | Kölyökkutya |
Icelandic | Hundur | Hvolpur |
Igbo | Nkịta | Nwa nkita |
Indonesian | Anjing | Anak anjing |
Irish | Madra | Madrín |
Italian | Cagna (feminine), cane (masculine) |
Cucciola (feminine), cucciolo (masculine) |
Japanese | Inu | Koinu |
Javanese | Asu | Kirik |
Kannada | Nāyi | Nāyimari |
Kazakh | Ït | Küşik |
Khmer | Chhke | Kaunochhke |
Kinyarwanda | Imbwa | Ibibwana |
Korean | Gae | Gang-aji |
Kurdish | Seh | Cewr |
Latin | Canis | Puppy |
Latvian | Suns | Kucēns |
Lithuanian | Šuo | Šuniukas |
Luxembourgish | Hond | Welpen |
Macedonian | Kuče | Kučence |
Malagasy | Amboa | Alika |
Malay | Anjing | Anak anjing |
Malayalam | Nāya | Nāykkuṭṭi |
Maltese | Kelb | Ġeru |
Māori | Kuri | Kurī |
Marathi | Kutrā | Pillū |
Mongolian | Nokhoi | Gölög |
Nepali | Kukura | Kukura |
Norwegian | Hund | Valp |
Nyanja | Galu | Mwana wagalu |
Polish | Pies | Szczeniak |
Portuguese | Cadela (feminine), cachorro (masculine) |
Cachorra (feminine), cachorro (masculine) |
Punjabi | Kutā | Katūrē |
Romanian | Câine | Catelus |
Russian | Sobaka | Shchenok |
Samoan | Maile | Tamai maile |
Serbian | Pas | Puppi |
Sinhala | Ballā | Balu pæṭiyā |
Slovak | Pes | Šteniatko |
Slovenian | Pes | Kuža |
Spanish | Perra (feminine), perro (masculine) |
Perrita (feminine), perrito (masculine) |
Sudanese | Anjing | Anak anjing |
Swahili | Mbwa | Mbwa wa mbwa |
Swedish | Hund | Valp |
Tamil | Nāy | Nāykkuṭṭi |
Telugu | Kukka | Kukkapilla |
Thai | S̄unạk̄h | Lūk s̄unạk̄h |
Turkish | Köpek | Köpek yavrusu |
Ukranian | Pes | Shchenya |
Uzbec | It | Kuchukcha |
Vietnamese | Chú chó | Cún yêu |
Welsh | Ci | Ci bach |
Xhosa | Injana | Injana |
Yiddish | Hunt | Hintele |
Yoruba | Aja | Puppy |
Zulu | Inja | Umdlwane |