How to say “clearly” in 31 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Chinese, where 清楚 is the 101st most used word.
- Armenian մեկին clearly, intelligibly #291
- Bosnian jasno clearly, obviously #473
- Bulgarian ясно #276
- Catalan clarament #1,882
- Chinese 清楚 #101
- Croatian jasno clearly, obviously #430
- Czech jasně #186
- Danish tydeligvis evidently, obviously, clearly #1,787
- Dutch duidelijk #484
- English fair Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly,… #829
- Esperanto klare #589
- Finnish selvästi clearly, in a clear manner #1,472
- French clair #818
- German deutlich distinctly, clearly #2,311
- Hungarian tisztán cleanly, clearly #1,934
- Italian ovviamente obviously, evidently, clearly #787
- Korean 분명 clearly, certainly #334
- Latvian skaidri clear, clearly; adverbial form of skaidrs #954
- Lithuanian aiškiai clearly, obviously #758
- Macedonian јасно clearly, limpidly, plainly #375
- Malayalam വ്യക്തമായി #498
- Norwegian tydeligvis evidently, obviously, clearly #1,437
- Polish najwyraźniej apparently, clearly, evidently #1,266
- Portuguese claro #148
- Romanian clar clearly, evidently #613
- Russian ясно #330
- Serbian jasno clearly, obviously #469
- Spanish claramente #1,985
- Swedish klart #336
- Turkish açık clearly, frankly #330
- Ukrainian ясно #245
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.