The sport we know as ice hockey is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for ice hockey in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for ice hockey in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of ice hockey in the other languages.
Name by Language
Language | Name for the sport of ice hockey |
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Afrikaans | Yshokkie |
Arabic | هوكي الجليد |
Aragonese | Hockey sobre chelo |
Armenian | Տափօղակով հոկեյ |
Asturian | Ḥoquei sobre xelu |
Azerbaijani | Buzüstü xokkey |
Bashkir | Шайбалы хоккей |
Basque | Izotz hockey |
Bavarian | Eishockey |
Belarusian | Хакей з шайбай |
Belarusian | Хакей з шайбай |
Bengali | আইস হকি |
Bosnian | Hokej na ledu |
Bulgarian | Хокей на лед |
Cantonese | 冰球 |
Catalan | Hoquei sobre gel |
Chinese | 冰球 |
Chuvash | Шайбăллă хоккей |
Croatian | Hokej na ledu |
Czech | Lední hokej |
Danish | Ishockey |
Dutch | IJshockey |
English | Ice hockey |
Esperanto | Glacihokeo |
Estonian | Jäähoki |
Faroese | Íshockey |
Fiji Hindi | Ice hockey |
Finnish | Jääkiekko |
French | Hockey sur glace |
Galician | Hóckey sobre xeo |
Georgian | ყინულის ჰოკეი |
German | Eishockey |
Greek | Χόκεϊ επί πάγου |
Hebrew | הוקי קרח |
Hindi | आइस हॉकी |
Hungarian | Jégkorong |
Icelandic | Íshokkí |
Indonesian | Hoki es |
Interlingue | Hockey sur glacie |
Italian | Hockey su ghiaccio |
Japanese | アイスホッケー |
Kazakh | Шайбалы хоккей |
Korean | 아이스하키 |
Latin | Alsulegia glacialis |
Latvian | Hokejs |
Limburgish | Ieshockey |
Lithuanian | Ledo ritulys |
Luxembourgish | Äishockey |
Macedonian | Хокеј на мраз |
Malay | Hoki ais |
Malayalam | ഐസ് ഹോക്കി |
Marathi | आइस हॉकी |
Meadow Mari | Шайбан хоккей |
Min Nan | Peng-kiû |
Newar / Nepal Bhasa | आइस हकी |
Norwegian | Ishockey |
Norwegian | Ishockey |
Occitan | Oquei sus glaça |
Pashto | کنگل هاکي |
Persian | هاکی روی یخ |
Polish | Hokej na lodzie |
Portuguese | Hóquei no gelo |
Romanian | Hochei pe gheață |
Russian | Хоккей с шайбой |
Sakha | Муус хоккей |
Samoan | Hockey |
Samogitian | Leda rėtolīs |
Scots | Ice hockey |
Serbian | Хокеј на леду |
Serbo-Croatian | Hokej na ledu |
Silesian | Ajshokej |
Sinhalese | අයිස් හොකී |
Slovak | Ľadový hokej |
Slovene | Hokej na ledu |
Spanish | Hockey sobre hielo |
Swedish | Ishockey |
Tamil | பனி வளைதடியாட்டம் |
Tatar | Алкалы хоккей |
Thai | ฮอกกี้น้ำแข็ง |
Turkish | Buz hokeyi |
Ukrainian | Хокей із шайбою |
Urdu | آئس ہاکی |
Vietnamese | Khúc côn cầu trên băng |
Waray | Ice hockey |
Welsh | Hoci iâ |
West Frisian | Iishockey |
Wu | 冰球 |
Yiddish | אייז האקי |
Zazaki | Hokeyê cemedi |