How do you say witch in german

Hubble bubble toil and trouble… whether it’s casting spells, releasing flocks of flying monkeys or luring children into gingerbread houses, people throughout history have feared women with supposedly supernatural powers.

Want to accuse your friends and neighbours of witchcraft? Need a discreet dig at the mother-in-law? Learn how to say witch in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!

1. Albanian – Magjistare
2. Arabic – ساحرة (Sahira)
3. Armenian – Կախարդ (Kakhard)
4. Azerbaijani – Cadugər
5. Basque – Sorgin
6. Belarusian – Ведзьма (Vedz’ma)
7. Bulgarian – Вещица (Veštica)
8. Catalan – Bruixa
9. Croatian –  Vještica
10. Czech – Čarodějnice
11. Danish – Heks
12. Dutch – Heks
13. Estonian – Nõid
14. Faroese – Heksir
15. Finnish – Noita
16. French –  Sorcière
17. Georgian – ჯადოქარი (Jadokari)
18. German – Hexe
19. Greek – Μάγισσα (Mágissa)
20. Greenlandic – Ilisiitsoq
21. Hungarian – Boszorkány
22. Icelandic – Norn
23. Irish Gaelic – Cailleach
24. Italian – Strega
25. Jèrriais – Chorchiéthe
26. Latin – Malefica*
27. Latvian – Ragana
28. Lithuanian – Ragana
29. Low German – Hex
30. Luxembourgish – Hex
31. Macedonian – Вештерка (Vešterka)
32. Maltese – Saħħara
33. Manx – Ben obbee
34. Monégasque – Striya
35. Northern Sami – Noaidi*
36. Norwegian – Heks
37. Polish – Czarownica 
38. Portuguese – Bruxa
39. Romanian – Vrăjitoare
40. Russian – Ведьма (Vyed’ma)
41. Scots Gaelic – Ban-draoidh
42. Serbian – Вештице (Veštice)
43. Slovak – Čarodejnica
44. Slovene – Čarovnica
45. Spanish – Bruja
46. Swedish – Häxa
47. Swiss German – Häx
48. Turkish – Cadı
49. Ukrainian – Відьма (Vid’ma)
50. Welsh – Gwrach

• Latin – Malefica is ‘evil doer’
• Northern Sami – Noaidi is ‘shaman’

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