Softball in other Languages
The sport we know as softball is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for softball in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for softball in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of softball in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of softball |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Sagtebal |
| Arabic | كرة لينة |
| Asturian | Sóftbol |
| Basque | Sofbol |
| Belarusian | Софтбол |
| Bulgarian | Софтбол |
| Cantonese | 壘球 |
| Catalan | Softbol |
| Chinese | 壘球 |
| Croatian | Softball |
| Czech | Softball |
| Danish | Softball |
| Dutch | Softbal |
| English | Softball |
| Esperanto | Softbalo |
| Estonian | Pehmepall |
| Fijian | Ravupolo |
| Finnish | Softball |
| French | Softball |
| German | Softball |
| Greek | Σόφτμπολ |
| Gujarati | સોફ્ટબોલ |
| Hebrew | סופטבול |
| Hungarian | Softball |
| Icelandic | Mjúkbolti |
| Indonesian | Sofbol |
| Italian | Softball |
| Japanese | ソフトボール |
| Kannada | ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ಬಾಲ್ |
| Kazakh | Софтбол |
| Korean | 소프트볼 |
| Latvian | Softbols |
| Lithuanian | Softbolas |
| Macedonian | Софтбол |
| Malay | Sofbol |
| Marathi | सॉफ्टबॉल |
| Norwegian | Softball |
| Persian | سافتبال |
| Polish | Softball |
| Portuguese | Softbol |
| Romanian | Softball |
| Russian | Софтбол |
| Sanskrit | मृदुकन्दुक-क्रीडा |
| Sardinian | Softball |
| Serbian | Софтбол |
| Serbo-Croatian | Softbol |
| Slovak | Softbal |
| Slovene | Softball |
| Spanish | Sóftbol |
| Swedish | Softboll |
| Tamil | மென்பந்தாட்டம் |
| Thai | ซอฟต์บอล |
| Turkish | Softbol |
| Ukrainian | Софтбол |
| Urdu | سافٹ بال |
| Vietnamese | Bóng mềm |
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