10 Cool Words That Don’t Exist in English [Infographic]

A while back, we discovered this infographic of words that don’t have a direct translation in English. We loved it so much that we decided to see if there were any more words like these and create our own. So here it is – 10 cool words that don’t exist in English. Please do share any other suggestions as we’re sure there are many, many more…

As always, you’re welcome to share this post with friends, or embed the infographic on your own website, if you’d like to.

10 cool words that don't exist in English

Infographic created by Alex, who did all the research, and Luke, our fab graphic designer 🙂

22 thoughts on “10 Cool Words That Don’t Exist in English [Infographic]”

  1. Pingback: 10 Cool Words | Traveling Greener
    • Thanks Rob, it’s interesting to hear that other languages have these words too. It makes you wonder how English manages to have such a large vocabulary!

      Reply
  2. Dear All,

    You give us the German word “Kabelsalat” when cables are all tangled. Well. we Scots have a word for this and is is “fankled”. (Used for wool long before cables came along.) You, yourself, could also be in a fankle when you are working with a ball of wool or string and it goes awry (for example when the cat gets hold of it) and you could then say “I am in an awful fankle”.

    Reply
    • Thanks Marie, yes we’ve since discovered that ‘chantepleurer’ isn’t quite right, but we still think it’s a fun word!

      Reply
  3. “Magtampisaw” doesn’t mean to walk barefoot through a muddy place. It means to frolic in shallow waters — pools, beach, puddles, etc. It’s basically “Vanessa Hudgens” in english, primarily because that’s all she ever does in the beach (thanks to OMG photos)

    Reply
  4. Pingback: 10 Cool Words That Don’t Exist in English #infographic | Visualistan
  5. Pingback: 10 Cool Words That Don't Exist in English | IgHive
  6. Pingback: 10 Cool words that don’t exist in English | d'mentoz

Leave a Comment