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18 Beautiful Polish Words That Will Make You Fall in Love With the Whole Language

You may know Polish for its ‘hissing’ reputation, or you may not know it at all. The language is difficult to master, and even more difficult to pronounce correctly. Here are some unbelievably beautiful words to get you falling in love with Polish.

Dusza

Pronounce it like this: doo-sha.

Dusza-Soul

Miłostka

Pronounce it like this: mee-wost-kah.

Milostka-Little Love

Sosna

Pronounce it like this: sos-nah

Sosna-Pine Tree

Lato

Pronounce it like this: la-to’h.

Lato-Summer

Onegdaj

Pronounce it like this: oh-nekh-dai.

Onegdaj-In the past

Dom

Pronounce it as you see it.

Dom-Home

Szept

Pronounce it like this: shept.

Szept-Whisper

Galimatias

Pronounce it like this: gah-lee-mat-ee-as.

Galimatias-Disorder

Harmider

Pronounce it like this: har-mee-dehr.

Harmider-Ruckus

Sobota

Pronounce it like this: soh-boh-tah.

Sobota-Saturday

Poezja

Pronounce it like this: po-eh-sia.

Poezja-Poetry

Lekko

Pronounce it like this: lekh-koh.

Lekko-Light

Senna

Pronounce it like this: sen-nah.

Senna-Sleepy

Kołysanka

Pronounce it like this: koh-wih-san-kah.

Kolysanka-Lullaby

Karmazyn

Pronounce it like this: kar-ma-zihn.

Karmazyn-Crimson

Kasztan

Pronounce it like this: kash-tahn.

Kasztan-Chestnut

Melancholia

Pronounce it like this: me-lan-kho-liah.

Melancholia-Melancholy

Cisza

Pronounce it like this: tsee-shah.

Cisza-Silence

About the author

Ewa [ey-va] was born into a newly democratic Poland, but raised in England, where she studied French and German at the University of Oxford. An insatiable explorer, she’s lived in Florence, Berlin, Brussels, London, Warsaw and Singapore, worked at diplomatic institutions and has written for international publications, including The Huffington Post. A regular contributor to Culture Trip since its very beginning, Ewa quickly fell in love with the pace and creativity of the start-up world and, soon after, became the company’s first Managing Editor and then Director of Operations. Now, as the platform’s Social Media Director, Ewa oversees social strategy across the hubs and the rest of the world. Outside of The Culture Trip, you can find her writing (unabashedly), reading (critically) or country-hopping (methodically).

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