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.

Miłostka

Pronounce it like this: mee-wost-kah.

Sosna

Pronounce it like this: sos-nah

Lato

Pronounce it like this: la-to’h.

Onegdaj

Pronounce it like this: oh-nekh-dai.

Dom

Pronounce it as you see it.

Szept

Pronounce it like this: shept.

Galimatias

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

Harmider

Pronounce it like this: har-mee-dehr.

Sobota

Pronounce it like this: soh-boh-tah.

Poezja

Pronounce it like this: po-eh-sia.

Lekko

Pronounce it like this: lekh-koh.

Senna

Pronounce it like this: sen-nah.

Kołysanka

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

Karmazyn

Pronounce it like this: kar-ma-zihn.

Kasztan

Pronounce it like this: kash-tahn.

Melancholia

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

Cisza

Pronounce it like this: tsee-shah.

About the author

Ewa Zubek

VP Social

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).