How to say “deep” in 39 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 Indonesian, where kasih is the 75th most used word.
- Afrikaans diep deep, down low #595
- Albanian thellë deep, profound, abstruse #680
- Arabic عميق #1,468
- Armenian խորունկ #1,226
- Basque sakon #820
- Bengali গভীর #616
- Catalan profund #2,317
- Chinese 深刻 profound; deep #1,196
- Czech hluboko #1,930
- Danish dybt deeply, deep, extremely #1,138
- Dutch diep deep, down low #1,008
- English love A deep caring for the existence of another #122
- Esperanto profunda deep, extending far down #1,768
- Estonian sügav #1,812
- Galician fondo #732
- Georgian ღრმად deep, deeply, profoundly #932
- German tief #1,082
- Hebrew עמוק #727
- Hindi गंभीर #695
- Hungarian mély #1,827
- Icelandic kafa to dive, to go so deep underwater that one… #1,882
- Indonesian kasih a deep caring for the existence of another #75
- Italian fondo #800
- Korean 깊은 to be deep #672
- Latvian dziļi deep, deeply; adverbial form of dziļš #1,086
- Persian عمیق #2,310
- Portuguese fundo #772
- Romanian adânc #1,501
- Russian глубоко deep, deeply #2,139
- Slovak hlboký #2,361
- Slovenian globok #1,599
- Spanish profundo #1,990
- Tagalog malalim #1,187
- Tamil ஆழ் deep, profound #1,434
- Telugu నిట్టూర్పు Deep sighing, a sigh #1,533
- Turkish derin #915
- Ukrainian глибоко #1,979
- Urdu غور deep thought, deliberation #481
- Vietnamese say deep; fast #932
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.