How do you say ‘Genealogy’ Abroad?…

How do you say ‘Genealogy’ Abroad?…

Genealogy. Nice word, isn’t it?

But how do people express this term in other languages and cultures?

We’ve had a quick root around for the term in a variety of languages – some obscure, some closer to home – and below is what we came up with. And before you ask: no, we don’t know how to pronounce all of these either.

But it’s interesting to take a look and see the word that’s on the mind of your brothers-and-sisters-in-arms overseas.

Incidentally, if you know the word for genealogy in a language outside of this list, feel free to post it in the comments below. This selection is by no means exhaustive.

French – Généalogie

German – Genealogie

Spanish – Genealogía

Portuguese – Genealogia

Dutch – Genealogie

Italian – Genealogia

Polish – Genealogia

Slovenian: Genealogija

Swedish – Släktforskning

Danish – Slægtsforskning

Norwegian – Slektsforskning

Finnish – Sukututkimus

Czech – Genealogie

Afrikaans – Genealogie

Hungarian – Származástan

Hebrew – גנאלוגיה

Russian – Генеалогия

Indonesian – Silsilah

Hindi – वंशावली

Greek – γενεαλογία

Turkish – şecere

Arabic – علم الانساب

Farsi – سلسله شناسی

Chinese – 族谱(Zú pǔ)

Japanese – 系図 (Keizu)