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Global Etymology Knowledge Test

Since 2013, we have been measuring the global knowledge about etymology through the online quiz game.
The results are based on 1020030 answers to questions in category etymology, given by players from 165 countries.
This test has questions in the following languages: Italian language, German language, French language, Portuguese language, Spanish language, Polish language, Ukrainian language, English language, Russian language and Dutch language.

Results by country

Results by gender

men
 27.0% /243599
women
 18.4% /225295

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
243599
women
49%
225295

Answers distribution by language:

language
Italian language
0%
299
German language
3%
34370
French language
0%
127
Portuguese language
0%
35
Spanish language
0%
30
Polish language
89%
912541
Ukrainian language
0%
832
English language
6%
69209
Russian language
0%
2574
Dutch language
0%
13

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
889260
flagGermany
3%
3%
34874
flagthe United States
2%
2%
24820
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
13194
flagIndia
0%
0%
9025
flagAustria
0%
0%
5790
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
3238
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3154
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2499
flagCanada
0%
0%
2444

Quiz size

Number of active questions per language:

language
Italian language
0%
2
German language
24%
80
French language
0%
2
Portuguese language
0%
2
Spanish language
0%
1
Polish language
44%
147
Ukrainian language
1%
5
English language
25%
83
Russian language
2%
7
Dutch language
0%
1

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