How to say “deep” in 39 different 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.
- profundo/pɾoˈfundo/ Spanish
- глубоко[ɡɫʊbɐˈko] Russian
- عميق/ʕa.miːq/ Arabic
- गंभीर/ɡəm.bʱiːɾ/ Hindi
- עמוק/(ʔ)aˈmok/ Hebrew
- ღრმად[ʁɾmätʰ] Georgian
“deep” in Spanish: profundo · German: tief · Italian: fondo · Portuguese: fundo · Russian: глубоко · Arabic: عميق · Hindi: गंभीर · Turkish: derin
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where diep is the 595th most used word.
Deep in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans diep/dip/ deep, down low #595
- Albanian thellë[θeɫə] deep, profound, abstruse #680
- Arabic عميق/ʕa.miːq/ #1,468
- Armenian խորունկ/χoˈɾunk/ #1,226
- Basque sakon/s̺akon/ #820
- Bengali গভীর/ɡobʱiɾ/ #616
- Catalan profund[pɾuˈfun] #2,317
- Chinese 深刻/ʂən⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/ profound; deep #1,196
- Czech hluboko[ˈɦluboko] #1,930
- Danish dybt[ˈd̥yb̥d̥] deeply, deep, extremely #1,138
- Dutch diep/dip/ deep, down low #1,008
- English love/ˈlʌv/ A deep caring for the existence of another #122
- Esperanto profunda/proˈfunda/ deep, extending far down #1,768
- Estonian sügav/ˈsyɡ̊ɑv/ #1,812
- Galician fondo/ˈfondo/ #732
- Georgian ღრმად[ʁɾmätʰ] deep, deeply, profoundly #932
- German tief/tiːf/ #1,082
- Hebrew עמוק/(ʔ)aˈmok/ #727
- Hindi गंभीर/ɡəm.bʱiːɾ/ #695
- Hungarian mély[ˈmeːj] #1,827
- Icelandic kafa[ˈkʰaːva] to dive, to go so deep underwater that one… #1,882
- Indonesian kasih/ˈkasih/ a deep caring for the existence of another #75
- Italian fondo/ˈfon.do/ #800
- Korean 깊은[kipʰɯn] to be deep #672
- Latvian dziļi/ˈdziʎi/ deep, deeply; adverbial form of dziļš #1,086
- Persian عمیق[ʔæ.míːɢ̥] #2,310
- Portuguese fundo/ˈfũ.du/ #772
- Romanian adânc/aˈdɨnk/ #1,501
- Russian глубоко[ɡɫʊbɐˈko] deep, deeply #2,139
- Slovak hlboký/ɦɫ̩bɔkiː/ #2,361
- Slovenian globok/ɡlɔbɔ́k/ #1,599
- Spanish profundo/pɾoˈfundo/ #1,990
- Tagalog malalim/maˈlalim/ #1,187
- Tamil ஆழ்/ɑːɻ/ deep, profound #1,434
- Telugu నిట్టూర్పు/ˈniʈʈuːrpu/ Deep sighing, a sigh #1,533
- Turkish derin[deˈɾin] #915
- Ukrainian глибоко[ˈɦɫɪbɔkɔ] #1,979
- Urdu غور/ɣɔːɾ/ deep thought, deliberation #481
- Vietnamese say[saj˧˧] deep; fast #932
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