How to say “degree” in 42 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.
- grado/ˈɡɾado/ Spanish
- 정도[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋdo̞] Korean
- డిగ్రీల/ˈɖiɡriːla/ Telugu
- مرتبہ/məɾ.t̪əb.ɑ(ː)/ Urdu
“degree” in Spanish: grado · German: grad · Italian: grado · Korean: 정도 · Turkish: derece
It is commonest in Korean, where 정도 is the 351st most used word.
Degree in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans grade/ˈxrɑːdə/ degree, stage of qualification or proficiency… #1,747
- Albanian aq/ac/ so much, so, to a certain degree #133
- Arabic أجد/ʔad͡ʒadd/ elative degree of جَدِيد #464
- Basque hobeto/hobeto/ comparative degree of ondo and ongi; better #202
- Bengali মাত্রা/mat̪ɾa/ measure, degree #1,079
- Bosnian bolje/bôʎeː/ comparative degree of dòbro: in a better or… #154
- Bulgarian по-добре[ˈpɔ-doˈbrɛ] comparative degree of добре́ #187
- Chinese 要死/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ sɹ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to a great degree #634
- Croatian bolje/bôʎeː/ comparative degree of dòbro: in a better or… #151
- Czech hodně[ˈɦodɲɛ] very; to a great degree or extent #191
- Danish grad[ˈɡ̊ʁɑˀð] #2,499
- Dutch zeer/zeːr/ very, to a high degree or intensity #519
- English how/haʊ/ To what degree or extent #61
- Esperanto gradoj/ˈɡradoi̯/ degree or temperature; grade #2,027
- French assez/a.se/ to a sufficient or moderate degree; enough;… #232
- Galician grao/ˈɡɾao/ #2,161
- German grad/ɡʁaːt/ #1,610
- Hungarian régebben[ˈreːɡɛbːɛn] comparative degree of rég or régen: earlier,… #2,400
- Icelandic yngri/ˈiŋkrɪ/ younger; comparative degree of ungur #865
- Indonesian lebih/ləˈbih/ more, to a greater degree or extent #49
- Italian grado/ˈɡra.do/ #825
- Korean 정도[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋdo̞] degree, extent #351
- Latvian vislabākais/ʋiˈslabaːːkais/ the best; superlative degree of labs #1,973
- Lithuanian geriau[ɡʲɛ²ˈrʲɛʊˑ] comparative degree of gerai̇̃ #120
- Macedonian средно[ˈsrɛdnɔ] to an intermediate degree #1,288
- Malay kurang/ˈkuraŋ/ less; to a lesser degree #405
- Malayalam വളരെ/ʋɐɭɐɾe/ very, to a great extent or degree #23
- Norwegian grader/ˈɡrɑːdər/ #2,056
- Persian مرتبه[mæɹ.t̪ʰæ.bé] rank; degree; position #929
- Polish bardziej/ˈbar.d͡ʑɛj/ more used to form the comparative degree #247
- Romanian grade[ˈɡrade] #1,791
- Russian быстрее[bɨˈstrʲeje] comparative degree of бы́стрый #548
- Serbian bolje/bôʎeː/ comparative degree of dòbro: in a better or… #147
- Slovak lepší/ʎepʃiː/ better, comparative degree of dobrý #512
- Slovenian več/ʋɛ́t͡ʃ/ comparative degree of velíko; more #55
- Spanish grado/ˈɡɾado/ #2,428
- Swedish lika/ˈliːka/ to the same degree, as, equally #357
- Telugu డిగ్రీల/ˈɖiɡriːla/ #677
- Turkish derece/de.ɾeˈd͡ʒe/ #857
- Ukrainian краще[ˈkraʃt͡ʃe] comparative degree of до́бре, га́рно, and… #141
- Urdu مرتبہ/məɾ.t̪əb.ɑ(ː)/ degree, rank, standing #1,003
- Vietnamese hơn[həːn˧˧] more, -er, to a greater degree or extent #92
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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