How to Say Bookworm in Other Languages

Afrikaans: boekwurm (book-wurm)

Albanian: librëdashës (lee-bruh-dah-shuhs)

Amharic: መጽሀፍ ውርፊት (meh-ts-haaf wur-fit)

Arabic: دودة كتب (doo-dat koo-toob)

Armenian: գիրքասեր (geer-kah-sehr)

Azerbaijani: kitab qurdları (kee-tab koor-dla-ree)

Basque: liburuzale (lee-boo-roo-zah-leh)

Belarusian: кніжны чарвяк (knee-zhnee char-vyak)

Bengali: বইপোকা (boi-po-ka)

Bosnian: knjiški moljac (knee-shkee mol-yats)

Bulgarian: книжен плъх (knee-zhen plukh)

Burmese: စာအုပ်ကြိုးကြိုး (sa-oup kyo-kyo)

Catalan: ratolí de biblioteca (rah-toh-lee deh bee-blyoh-teh-kah)

Cebuano: libro nga ulod (lee-bro nga oo-lod)

Chinese (Mandarin): 书虫 (shoo-chong)

Croatian: knjiški moljac (knee-shkee mol-yats)

Czech: knihomol (knee-ho-mohl)

Danish: bogorm (boh-orm)

Dutch: boekenwurm (boo-keh-wurm)

Esperanto: libroŝatanto (lee-broh-shah-tan-toh)

Estonian: raamatukoi (rah-mah-too-koi)

Finnish: kirjahiiri (keer-yah-hee-ree)

French: rat de bibliothèque (rah deh bee-blyoh-tehk)

Galician: rato de biblioteca (rah-toh deh bee-blyoh-teh-kah)

Georgian: წიგნის მოყვარული (ts’igh-nis mohk-var-u-li)

German: Bücherwurm (boo-kher-wurm)

Greek: βιβλιοφάγος (vee-vlee-oh-fah-ghos)

Gujarati: પુસ્તક પ્રેમી (poo-stuhk pray-mee)

Haitian Creole: kòdmon (kod-mon)

Hausa: masu son littafi (mah-soo sohn lee-tah-fee)

Hebrew: תולעת ספרים (toh-la-at se-far-eem)

Hindi: पुस्तक प्रेमी (poo-stuhk pray-mee)

Hungarian: könyvmoly (kony-vmol-yuh)

Icelandic: bókaormur (boh-kah-ormur)

Igbo: onye na-agụ akwụkwọ (oh-nye nah-agoo ah-koo-kwah)

Indonesian: kutu buku (koo-too boo-koo)

Irish: leabharlannach (lyow-ar-lah-nach)

Italian: topo di biblioteca (toh-poh dee bee-blyoh-teh-kah)

Japanese: 本の虫 (hon no moosh-ee)

Javanese: kutu buku (koo-too boo-koo)

Kannada: ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಪಡು (pustaka paddu)

Kazakh: кітап құмар (kee-tap koo-mar)

Khmer: កណ្តូបសៀវភៅ (kan-dohp s’yev-pow)

Korean: 책벌레 (chaek-beol-leh)

Kurdish: pirtûkperest (peer-took-peh-rehst)

Kyrgyz: китеп курт (kee-tep kurt)

Lao: ໜອງໜັງສື (nawng-nang-su)

Latvian: grāmatu tārps (grah-mah-too tahrps)

Lithuanian: knygų kirmėlė (knee-goo keer-meh-leh)

Luxembourgish: Bicherwuerm (bee-sher-wurm)

Macedonian: книжен црв (knee-zhen tsrv)

Malagasy: trotraka boky (trow-tra-ka boo-kee)

Malay: ulat buku (oo-lat boo-koo)

Malayalam: പുസ്തകക്കീടുകൾ (pus-tha-kkee-da-kul)

Maltese: werżna tal-kotba (werzh-na tal kot-ba)

Maori: kaipānui pukapuka (kai-pah-noo-ee poo-ka-poo-ka)

Marathi: पुस्तक किडा (pustak kee-daa)

Mongolian: номны хорхой (nom-nee hor-khoy)

Nepali: किताबे (kee-ta-bay)

Norwegian: lesehest (leh-seh-hest)

Odia: ପୁସ୍ତକ ପୋକା (pus-ta-ka po-ka)

Pashto: د کتابونو چینجي (de ke-ta-bo-noh cheen-gee)

Persian: کرم کتاب (keh-rem ke-tab)

Polish: mól książkowy (mohl kshion-shkoh-vee)

Portuguese: traça de livros (trah-sah deh lee-vrosh)

Punjabi: ਕਿਤਾਬੀ ਕੀੜੀ (kee-tah-bee kee-ree)

Romanian: șoarece de bibliotecă (shwah-reh-cheh deh bee-blyoh-teh-kah)

Russian: книжный червь (knee-zhnee cherv)

Samoan: iniseti o le tusi (ee-nee-seh-tee oh leh too-see)

Serbian: књишки мољац (knee-shkee moh-lyats)

Shona: gakanje rebhuku (gah-kahn-jeh reh-boo-koo)

Sinhala: පොත් කුරුල්ලෝ (poth koo-roo-loh)

Slovak: knihomoľ (knee-ho-mohl)

Slovenian: knjižni molj (knee-zhnee mol-yuh)

Somali: cayayaanka buugga (chai-ah-yah-anka boo-ga)

Spanish: ratón de biblioteca (rah-tohn deh bee-blyoh-teh-kah)

Sundanese: kutu buku (koo-too boo-koo)

Swahili: mdudu wa kitabu (mdoo-doo wah kee-tah-boo)

Swedish: bokmal (bohk-mahl)

Tagalog: taong mahilig sa libro (ta-ohng mah-hee-lig sah lee-broh)

Tajik: кирми китоб (keerm-ee kee-tohb)

Tamil: புத்தகம் கீடான (puh-thuh-kam kee-taan)

Telugu: పుస్తక కీటకము (pus-thuh-ka kee-ta-ka-mu)

Thai: หนอนหนังสือ (non nahng-sue)

Tigrinya: ተንታ መጽሐፍ (ten-ta mets-haf)

Turkish: kitap kurdu (kee-tahp koor-doo)

Turkmen: kitap gurdy (kee-tap goor-dee)

Ukrainian: книжковий черв’як (knee-zhko-vee cher-v’yak)

Urdu: کتابی کیڑا (kee-tah-bee kee-da)

Uzbek: kitob qurtlari (kee-tob koort-lah-ree)

Vietnamese: mọt sách (moht sahk)

Welsh: llyfrgi (hluhv-rgee)

Wolof: golo bu jàng (goh-lo boo jang)

Xhosa: ibhokhwe leencwadi (ee-bohk-hweh leh een-kwah-dee)

Yiddish: ביכערווארעם (bee-kher-vahr-em)

Yoruba: alarinrin iwe (ah-lah-reen-reen ee-weh)

Zulu: isincwadi sasekela (ee-seen-kwa-dee sah-seh-kay-la)

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