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Cannabis sativa (Common names)


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Names in common use


  • English: hemp
  • German: Hanf
  • Dutch: hennep
  • Swedish: hampa
  • Danish: hamp
  • Norwegian: hamp, harp
  • Icelandic: hamp ; kannabis


  • French: chanvre ; cannabis
  • Italian: canapa
  • Spanish: cáñamo ; marihuana
  • Catalan: cànem ; cànnabis
  • Portuguese: cânhamo ; cannabis, cânabis
  • Romanian: cânepă


  • Russian: конопля - konoplja
  • Polish: konopie
  • Czech: konopí
  • Slovak: konopa, konope
  • Bulgarian: коноп - konop
  • Croatian: konoplja
  • Serb: конопља
  • Slovenian: konoplja ; kanábis, marihuána
  • Macedonian: коноп - konop ; канабис - kanabis


  • Latvian: kaņepe
  • Lithuanian: kanapė
  • Albanian: konopi ; kanabis
  • Greek: κάνναβη - kannavi
  • Turkish: kenevir
  • Maltese:
  • Hungarian: kender
  • Finnish: hamppu
  • Estonian: kanep

Sources and commentaries

  • Note : In some languages, the drug type bears a distinct name, which is indicated after ";".