We all know every language has their own words, but even sounds are described differently around the world!
Here is a list of 35 languages and how they translate the “knock knock” sound.
Albanian – “Tak Tak”
Arabic (Syria) – “Taq Taq” / “Taa Taa”
Bulgarian – ” чук чук” (“Chuk Chuk”)
Cantonese – 咯咯
Chinese – 扣扣
Czech – “ťuk ťuk”
Dutch – “Klop Klop”
English – “Knock Knock”
Finnish – “Kop Kop”
French – “Toc Toc”
Georgian – “Kak-Kuk”
German – “Klopf Klopf”
Hebrew – “Tuk Tuk”
Hungarian – “Kopp Kopp”
Indonesian – “Tok Tok Tok” (mostly said 3 times)
Xhosa (South Africa) – “Nqo nqo”
Zulu (South Africa) – “Koko”
Italian – “Toc Toc”
Korean – 똑똑똑 / “Ddok Ddok Ddok”
Lithuanian – “Tuk Tuk”
Mandarin – “叩叩”
Norwegian – “Bank Bank”
Papiamento (Aruba) – “Tok Tok”
Persian – “Tagh tagh”
Polish – “Puk Puk”
Portuguese – “Toc Toc” / “Truz Truz”
Romanian – “Cioc cioc”
Russian – “тук тук” (Tuk Tuk)
Serbian – “Kuc Kuc”
Spanish – “Toc Toc”
Turkish – “Tık tık”/ “Tak tak”
Urdu – “Khat Khat”
Venda (South Africa) – “Ndaa”
Vietnamese – “Cốc Cốc” *
*Fun fact; this is also the name of a popular search engine in Vietnam