Croatian - Basic Vocabulary
This is a collection of basic vocabulary for the Croatian language, including around 200 words.
1. Numbers
Learn to count and express quantities with basic numerals, cardinal and ordinal numbers, and numerical expressions
0
nula
zero
1
jedan
one
2
dva
two
3
tri
three
4
četiri
four
5
pet
five
6
šest
six
7
sedam
seven
8
osam
eight
9
devet
nine
10
deset
ten
11
jedanaest
eleven
12
dvanaest
twelve
13
trinaest
thirteen
14
četrnaest
fourteen
15
petnaest
fifteen
16
šesnaest
sixteen
17
sedamnaest
seventeen
18
osamnaest
eighteen
19
devetnaest
nineteen
20
dvadeset
twenty
30
trideset
thirty
40
četrdeset
forty
50
pedeset
fifty
60
šezdeset
sixty
70
sedamdeset
seventy
80
osamdeset
eighty
90
devedeset
ninety
100
sto
hundred
1K
tisuću
thousand
1M
milijun
million
2. Colors
Explore basic and advanced colors, shades, and descriptive terms for talking about the visual world around you
⚪
bijela
white
⚫
crna
black
🔴
crvena
red
🔵
plava
blue
🟡
žuta
yellow
🟢
zelena
green
🟣
ljubičasta
purple
🟤
smeđa
brown
🟠
narančasta
orange
🌸
ružičasta
pink
⭐
zlatna
gold
🌑
srebrna
silver
☁️
siva
grey
3. Animals
Discover vocabulary for domestic pets, farm animals, wild creatures, and exotic species from around the world
🐶
pas
dog
🐱
mačka
cat
🐴
konj
horse
🐮
krava
cow
🐷
svinja
pig
🐦
ptica
bird
🐟
riba
fish
🐭
miš
mouse
🦊
lisica
fox
🐇
zec
rabbit
🐻
medvjed
bear
🐼
panda
panda
🐨
koala
koala
🐘
slon
elephant
🐢
kornjača
turtle
🦒
žirafa
giraffe
🦆
patka
duck
🕷️
pauk
spider
4. People
Learn words for immediate and extended family members, relationships, and terms for describing different types of people
👨👩👧👦
obitelj
family
🧔
muškarac
man
👩
žena
woman
👦
dječak
boy
👧
djevojčica
girl
👶
dijete
child
👨🦳
otac
father
👩🦳
majka
mother
👴
djed
grandfather
👵
baka
grandmother
🧑🦰
brat
brother
👩🦱
sestra
sister
🧑
prijatelj
friend
👥
ljudi
people
🙋
osoba
person
5. Objects
Build vocabulary for everyday items, household objects, tools, and common things you encounter in daily life
🏠
kuća
house
🏢
zgrada
building
🏫
škola
school
🏪
trgovina
store
🛣️
cesta
road
🌆
grad
city
🌳
drvo
tree
💧
voda
water
☀️
sunce
sun
☁️
oblak
cloud
📚
knjiga
book
🖊️
olovka
pen
📱
telefon
phone
🔑
ključ
key
🚗
auto
car
6. Food
Master vocabulary for meals, snacks, beverages, cooking ingredients, and different types of cuisine from various cultures
🍎
jabuka
apple
🍌
banana
banana
🍞
kruh
bread
🧀
sir
cheese
🥩
meso
meat
🥛
mlijeko
milk
☕
kava
coffee
🍵
čaj
tea
💧
voda
water
🍺
pivo
beer
🍷
vino
wine
🍽️
hrana
food
🍳
jaje
egg
🍚
riža
rice
🥕
povrće
vegetables
7. Time
Learn to express time concepts including days of the week, months, seasons, clock times, and temporal expressions
☀️
dan
day
🌙
noć
night
⏰
sat
hour
🗓️
tjedan
week
📅
mjesec
month
🗓️
godina
year
🗓️
ponedjeljak
Monday
🗓️
utorak
Tuesday
🗓️
srijeda
Wednesday
🗓️
četvrtak
Thursday
🗓️
petak
Friday
🗓️
subota
Saturday
🗓️
nedjelja
Sunday
🌅
jutro
morning
🌆
večer
evening
🕛
sada
now
🔜
uskoro
soon
🕒
vrijeme
time
8. Verbs
Essential action words and verbs for describing activities, states of being, and both physical and mental actions
🗣️
govoriti
to speak
🚶
hodati
to walk
🏃
trčati
to run
🍽️
jesti
to eat
🍷
piti
to drink
😴
spavati
to sleep
📖
čitati
to read
✍️
pisati
to write
👀
vidjeti
to see
👂
čuti
to hear
💭
misliti
to think
🤔
znati
to know
❤️
voljeti
to love
👍
sviđati se
to like
👋
doći
to come
🚪
otvoriti
to open
🔒
zatvoriti
to close
💡
učiti
to learn
➕
dati
to give
💸
kupiti
to buy
9. Adjectives
Expand your descriptive vocabulary with words for qualities, characteristics, emotions, and properties of things
😊
sretan
happy
😢
tužan
sad
😠
ljut
angry
👍
dobar
good
👎
loš
bad
⬆️
velik
big
⬇️
mali
small
🆕
nov
new
🕰️
star
old
💯
mnogi
many
🤏
malo
few
🥵
vruće
hot
🥶
hladno
cold
💪
jak
strong
👶
slab
weak
✨
lijep
beautiful
👹
ružan
ugly
✅
ispravan
correct
❌
pogrešan
wrong
⚡
brz
fast
10. Connectors
Master conjunctions, transitions, and linking expressions to connect ideas and create more complex, flowing sentences
➕
i
and
➡️
ali
but
👉
ili
or
🤔
jer
because
👉
tako
so
🤨
međutim
however
🤔
stoga
therefore
➕
također
also
🕒
kada
when
🤔
ako
if
🕒
prije
before
🕒
nakon
after
🕒
od
since
🕒
dok
while
11. Professions
Learn vocabulary for various careers, occupations, and professional roles across different industries and sectors
👨🏫
učitelj
teacher
🧑⚕️
doktor
doctor
👩💻
inženjer
engineer
👨🍳
kuhar
chef
🧑🌾
poljoprivrednik
farmer
👮
policajac
police officer
🧑🎨
umjetnik
artist
🧑💼
uredski radnik
office worker
🔬
znanstvenik
scientist
🛒
prodavač
salesperson
Your Croatian Journey Starts Now!
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