Cubing terminology in different languages

Pronunciation is given in square brackets, in pinyin in for Mandarin and in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) for other languages (for technical reason, nasal vowels are denoted by a proceeding tilde (~)). Literal translations are given in parentheses.

Indo-European Languages

Germanic					Romance				Slavic
English	Dutch	German	Swedish	Icelandic (1)	French	Spanish	Italian	Romanian	Russian	Polish	Croatian
Rubik's Cube	Rubiks kubus	Zauberwürfel ['tsaʊbɐ̯vʏɐ̯fɛl]	Rubiks kub	Rubik's teningur/kubbur	Rubik's Cube [ʁubiks kyb]	Cubo Rubik	Cubo di Rubik	Cubul Rubik	Кубик Рубика	Kostka Rubika
Corner		die Ecke [ɛkə]		Horn	le coin [kw~ɛ]		angolo				vrh
Edge		die Kante		Hliðarkubbur	l'arête (f) [aʁɛt]		spigolo				rub
center				Miðja	le centre [s~atʁ]
algorithm				Algrím	l'algorithme/algo (m) [algoʁitm/algo]		algoritmo
F2L [ɛf tuː ɛL]				Fyrstu tvö lögin	le F2L [ɛf døz‿ɛl]		Primi Due Strati
to scramble					mélanger [mel~aʒe]		mischiare

(1) Although these translations are correct, the English words are often used.

Other Languages

English	Uralic	Semitic	Sino-Tibetan			Other Asian
English	Hungarian	Hebrew (Israel)	Mandarin (Simplified)	Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional)	Chinese (Hongkong, Traditional)	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese
Rubik's Cube	Rubik Kocka (Rubik's Cube) / Varázs Kocka (Magic Cube)	קובייה הונגרית (kubia hungarit)	魔方 [mófāng]	魔術方塊 [móshùfāngkuài]	扭計骰 [niǔjìtóu]	ルービックキューブ [ɽu͍ːbiQku͍kju͍ːꜜbu͍]		Khối lập phương Rubik
corner						コーナー [koːꜜnaː]
edge						エッジ [eQꜜdʑi]
center
algorithm
to scramble
F2L

External Links

• Speedsolving.com: Rubik's Cube in different languages
• Speedsolving.com: Foreign Cubing Terms?