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 |