Teen in Different Languages
Discover 'Teen' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Teen
Afrikaans tiener | ||
Albanian adoleshent | ||
Amharic ታዳጊ | ||
Arabic في سن المراهقة | ||
Armenian դեռահաս | ||
Assamese teen | ||
Aymara wayn tawaqu | ||
Azerbaijani yeniyetmə | ||
Bambara teen ye | ||
Basque nerabea | ||
Belarusian падлетак | ||
Bengali কিশোর | ||
Bhojpuri किशोर के बा | ||
Bosnian teen | ||
Bulgarian тийнейджър | ||
Catalan adolescent | ||
Cebuano tin-edyer | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 青少年 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 青少年 | ||
Corsican adolescente | ||
Croatian tinejdžerica | ||
Czech dospívající | ||
Danish teenager | ||
Dhivehi ޓީން | ||
Dogri किशोर | ||
Dutch tiener | ||
English teen | ||
Esperanto adoleskanto | ||
Estonian teismeline | ||
Ewe ƒewuivi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tinedyer | ||
Finnish teini | ||
French l'adolescence | ||
Frisian teen | ||
Galician adolescente | ||
Georgian თინეიჯერი | ||
German teen | ||
Greek έφηβος | ||
Guarani adolescente rehegua | ||
Gujarati ટીન | ||
Haitian Creole jèn timoun | ||
Hausa saurayi | ||
Hawaiian ʻōpio | ||
Hebrew נוער | ||
Hindi किशोर | ||
Hmong tus hluas | ||
Hungarian tini | ||
Icelandic unglingur | ||
Igbo afọ iri na ụma | ||
Ilocano tin-edyer | ||
Indonesian remaja | ||
Irish déagóir | ||
Italian adolescente | ||
Japanese ティーン | ||
Javanese remaja | ||
Kannada ಹದಿಹರೆಯದವರು | ||
Kazakh жасөспірім | ||
Khmer ក្មេងជំទង់ | ||
Kinyarwanda ingimbi | ||
Konkani किशोरवयीन | ||
Korean 비탄 | ||
Krio teen | ||
Kurdish ciwan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هەرزەکار | ||
Kyrgyz өспүрүм | ||
Lao ໄວລຸ້ນ | ||
Latin teen | ||
Latvian pusaudzis | ||
Lingala elenge | ||
Lithuanian paauglys | ||
Luganda omuvubuka omutiini | ||
Luxembourgish teenager | ||
Macedonian тинејџер | ||
Maithili किशोर | ||
Malagasy tanora | ||
Malay remaja | ||
Malayalam കൗമാരക്കാരൻ | ||
Maltese żagħżugħ | ||
Maori taiohi | ||
Marathi किशोरवयीन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯤꯟ | ||
Mizo tleirawl a ni | ||
Mongolian өсвөр нас | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆယ်ကျော်သက် | ||
Nepali किशोर | ||
Norwegian tenåring | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wachinyamata | ||
Odia (Oriya) କିଶୋର | ||
Oromo dargaggeessa umrii kurnanii keessa jiru | ||
Pashto ځواني | ||
Persian نوجوان | ||
Polish nastolatek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) adolescente | ||
Punjabi ਕਿਸ਼ੋਰ | ||
Quechua wayna sipas | ||
Romanian adolescent | ||
Russian подросток | ||
Samoan talavou | ||
Sanskrit किशोरः | ||
Scots Gaelic deugaire | ||
Sepedi mofsa wa mahlalagading | ||
Serbian теен | ||
Sesotho mocha | ||
Shona wechidiki | ||
Sindhi نوجوان | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) යෞවනය | ||
Slovak dospievajúci | ||
Slovenian najstnik | ||
Somali dhallinyar | ||
Spanish adolescente | ||
Sundanese rumaja | ||
Swahili kijana | ||
Swedish tonåring | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tinedyer | ||
Tajik наврас | ||
Tamil டீன் | ||
Tatar яшүсмер | ||
Telugu టీన్ | ||
Thai วัยรุ่น | ||
Tigrinya መንእሰይ | ||
Tsonga teen | ||
Turkish genç | ||
Turkmen ýetginjek | ||
Twi (Akan) mmabun | ||
Ukrainian підліток | ||
Urdu نوعمر | ||
Uyghur teen | ||
Uzbek o'spirin | ||
Vietnamese tuổi teen | ||
Welsh teen | ||
Xhosa ulutsha | ||
Yiddish טין | ||
Yoruba ọdọmọkunrin | ||
Zulu osemusha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "tiener" is derived from the Dutch word "tien" and can also refer to someone in their early 20s. |
| Albanian | The word "adoleshent" derives from the Latin word "adolescens", meaning "a young person". |
| Amharic | "ታዳጊ" (teen) has no alternate meanings and is derived from Amharic "ተ+አዳጌ" (having matured). |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "في سن المراهقة" "(teen)" is derived from the verb "عاشر" "(share with or live among)", and can also refer to the decade of "life" after childhood, or more abstractly, "youth". |
| Armenian | The word "դեռահաս" in Armenian literally means "still reaching", referring to reaching adulthood. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "yeniyetmə" (teen) in Azerbaijani literally means "new arrival" or "newcomer". |
| Basque | The Basque word "nerabea" (teen) comes from the word "nerabe" (half), as teens are halfway to adulthood. |
| Belarusian | "Падлетак" is a derivative of the word "падлетак" meaning "one who follows behind". |
| Bengali | In Bengali, “কিশোর” (teen) can also refer to youth, adolescence, or a young person. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, 'teen' can also refer to a type of earthenware jar. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian „тийнейджър” (teen) was coined from the English word „teenager” and has the same meaning. |
| Catalan | The word "adolescent" comes from the Latin word "adolescere", which means "to grow up". |
| Cebuano | The etymological root of "tin-edyer" is the Spanish word "teniente," meaning "lieutenant". The term came to refer to young soldiers and eventually to teenagers in general |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, "青少年" can also refer to the period of adolescence or the early stage of adulthood. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "青少年" literally means "young people". It can also refer to adolescents, teenagers, or young people in general. |
| Corsican | Corsican "adolescente" comes from "adulescenti" (young man), originally "adolesco" (to grow). |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "tinejdžerica" is derived from the English word "teenager" and has the same meaning, referring to a person between the ages of 13 and 19. |
| Czech | "Dospívající" is a Czech word that literally means "reaching maturity," but is commonly used to refer to teenagers. |
| Danish | In Danish, 'teen' was originally used to describe young sheep; it now means 'teenager'. |
| Dutch | The word 'tiener' is derived from 'dertien' (13), but it actually refers to those aged 12–19. |
| Esperanto | The root 'adolesk' in 'adoleskanto' is Latin for 'to grow up' and is also found in 'adolescence'. |
| Estonian | The term "teismeline" was originally used to refer to a person between the ages of 13 and 19. |
| Finnish | The word "teini" in Finnish originated in the 1950s as slang for "teenager", and is thought to derive from the English word "teen" or the Swedish word "tonåring". |
| French | L'adolescence, deriving from the Latin "adolescentia" meaning "growth" or "coming of age", also signifies a transition and transformation period marked by significant changes. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "teen" also means "against" and "towards". |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "adolescente" also has the alternate meaning of "novice". |
| Georgian | The term "teenager" was introduced in the early 20th century to differentiate teenagers from children. |
| German | "Teen" in German can also mean "a bucket" or "a large cup". |
| Greek | "Ἔφηβος" originally referred to youths aged 18-20 who were undergoing military training in ancient Athens. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ટીન" can also refer to metal sheets or containers used for storing liquids. |
| Haitian Creole | The term "jèn timoun" is also used to refer to children between the ages of 12 and 15. |
| Hausa | In some dialects of Hausa, 'saurayi' can mean someone between 13 and 19 years old rather than 13 to 19. |
| Hawaiian | ʻŌpio has multiple meanings in Hawaiian, including "tender shoot" and "young animal," reflecting its connection to the concept of growth and development. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "נוער" not only means "teen" but also signifies "freshness," "youthfulness," and "immaturity." |
| Hindi | The word "किशोर" in Hindi is derived from the Sanskrit word "किशोरक," meaning "young" or "immature." |
| Hmong | "Tus hluas" directly translates to "small person" in Hmong dialects. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "tinédzserek" (teens, "teen" in the plural) is a direct loan from the English "teenager", but the word "tini" itself is short for "tini-bödön" (literally, "youth can"). |
| Icelandic | The word "unglingur" can also refer to a young person, typically between the ages of 13 and 19. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "afọ iri na ụma" has an alternate meaning related to "adolescence" or the "period of life between childhood and adulthood." |
| Indonesian | Remaja derives from the Sanskrit word "ramya", meaning "beautiful" or "charming". |
| Irish | The word **déagóir** in Irish comes from the Old Irish "déac" meaning "ten" and "ocht" meaning "eight" because "teen" is the period of life between eighteen and twenty. |
| Italian | The Italian word "adolescente" derives from the Latin word "adolescens," meaning "young person" or "youthful." |
| Japanese | "ティーン" is a Japanese loanword from English, derived from the English pronunciation of "teenager" |
| Javanese | "Remaja" in Javanese means "young plant" or "young animal". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "hadīharēyadavaru" (ಹದಿಹರೆಯದವರು), which is also known as "kishoravaya" (ಕಿಶೋರಾವಸ್ಥೆ) in Sanskrit, literally means "one in their youthful years" and is derived from the words "hadinēlu" (ಹದಿನೇಳು, seventeen), meaning the age when one begins adolesecnce and "hara" (ಹರ), which refers to greenness, or youthful exuberance, as well as the spring season, when new life begins. |
| Kazakh | The word "жасөспірім" also means "adolescent," highlighting the transitional nature of this life stage. |
| Korean | Though 비탄, meaning “teen,” is most commonly rendered as “비” from “별(star) |
| Kurdish | The word "ciwan" in Kurdish also means "young" or "fresh". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ໄວລຸ້ນ" (teen) is derived from the French word "adolescent," meaning "a young person in the process of growing up." |
| Latin | In Latin, "teen" comes from "decimus" (tenth), referring to the period of life between 10 and 19. |
| Latvian | The root of the word pusaudzis (teen) comes from the old word puuss, meaning boy or male servant and the ending -audzu, denoting age or growth in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "paauglys" also refers to a "calf", as in a baby cow. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, teenager can mean 'an irritable person' as well. |
| Macedonian | The word "тинејџер" in Macedonian originates from the English word "teen", which refers to the years between 13 and 19. |
| Malagasy | The word "tanora" can also mean "young people" or "youth" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | "Remaja" in Malay also means "young man" or "young woman" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "ramyaka" meaning "delightful" or "charming". |
| Malayalam | The word "കൗമാരക്കാരൻ" in Malayalam translates to "teenager," but it literally means "one who is in the period of youth or adolescence." |
| Maltese | The word "żagħżugħ" is derived from the Arabic word "shabab", which means "youth" or "young man". It can also be used to refer to a young woman. |
| Maori | The word 'taiohi' in Māori also has the connotation of 'friend' or 'peer'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "किशोरवयीन" can also refer to a young person between the ages of 12 and 18. |
| Mongolian | The word "өсвөр нас" derives from the Mongolian word "өсөх" (to grow), denoting a period of rapid physical and mental development. |
| Nepali | "किशोर" can also refer to a young bird. |
| Norwegian | The word "tenåring" was created in the 1950s by merging "ten" (teens) and "åring" (year). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "wachinyamata" also means "those who are not yet adults". |
| Pashto | ځواني can also mean young, fresh, new, tender, raw, unripe, unseasoned, and youthful in Pashto. |
| Persian | The Persian word "نوجوان" not only means "teen" but also "young person" or "novice". |
| Polish | The word "nastolatek" is derived from the Latin "nascor" (to be born) and "ate" (year), meaning "one who is born in the year (of the century). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "adolescente" in Portuguese originates from the Latin word "adolescens", meaning "young person". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਿਸ਼ੋਰ" (teen) is derived from the Sanskrit word "किशोर" (young, youthful), which is also the origin of the English word "adolescent." |
| Romanian | "Adolescent" in Romanian is derived from the Latin "adolescere," meaning "to grow up," and can also refer to young adults up to 25 years old. |
| Russian | "Подросток" is the Russian for "teenager" as well as the name of a novel by Dostoevsky. |
| Samoan | Talavou, though most directly translating to "teen" in English, derives from the Proto-Polynesian word "taputo", meaning "to be prohibited" or "sacred". |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, it can also refer to a person in their teens or early twenties, especially a mischievous or rebellious youth. |
| Serbian | The word "teen" in Serbian (teen/ティーン) is cognate with the English word "teen", and like the English word it refers to a person between the ages of 13 and 19. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, "mocha" can refer to a "young person" or "youngster". |
| Shona | In Shona, a "wechidiki" is not just a teenager, it can also be a young adult or married man in his late thirties. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "نوجوان" (teen) is derived from the Persian word "نو جوان" meaning "new or inexperienced youth." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term "යෞවනය" also refers to the "first youth or puberty" and the "period of life between childhood and adulthood." |
| Slovak | The word "dospievajúci" is derived from the verb "dospievať" which means "to reach maturity" or "to come of age". |
| Slovenian | In older Slavic languages, the word "najstnik" was used in the sense of "younger" or "newer" (e.g. Russian: "младший" [mladšij] - "younger"). |
| Somali | Dhallinyar is an Arabic loanword, it means a young male goat. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "adolescente" derives from the Latin "adolescere," meaning "to grow up." |
| Sundanese | In a different context, "rumaja" can also refer to a young man or woman, especially one who is unmarried. |
| Swahili | In Tanzania, "kijana" can be used to address people who are not necessarily teenagers but are young, often unmarried and without children |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "tonåring" also means "a person who is ten years old". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "tinedyer" is derived from the English word "teenager" and has been shortened for ease of pronunciation. |
| Tajik | In the past, "наврас" also referred to a young man who had reached adulthood |
| Tamil | டீன் (teen) in Tamil originally meant 'to be lazy' and is cognate with 'thine' in English, while in modern usage it refers to a young person in their adolescence. |
| Telugu | The word "టీన్" also has the alternate meaning of "small" or "young" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The term "วัยรุ่น" has been used since the late Rattanakosin period, and it originally meant a young monk who helps the head monk with temple duties. |
| Turkish | The noun and adjective 'genç' also means 'new' and its plural, 'gençler', can also mean 'youth'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "підліток" comes from the Old Church Slavonic "подълитокъ", meaning “junior” |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "نوعمر" (teen) is often used to describe adolescents or young people from 13 to 19 years old but can also refer to someone who is immature or inexperienced. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "o'spirin" can also refer to a kind of bird or a type of fabric. |
| Vietnamese | The word "tuổi teen" literally translates to "age of teenager" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "teen" can also refer to a decade or a score, as in "dau ddeg" (twenty), or a group of ten objects. |
| Xhosa | The word "ulutsha" comes from the root "ulu-", meaning "to grow" or "to become," and is suffixed with "-sha" to indicate a state or condition. |
| Yiddish | The alternate Yiddish meaning of "טין" is "clay" or "mud" |
| Yoruba | The word "ọdọmọkunrin" in Yoruba is an ambiguous term that can also refer to "youthful" or "immature" people. |
| Zulu | The word "osemusha" can also refer to a young person who is just starting out in their life or career. |
| English | The word "teen" stems from the Old English word "tene," meaning "ten," and was used to refer to the decade from 13 to 19 in the 13th century. |