How to say “extremely” in 30 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 非常 is the 42nd most used word.
- Arabic للغاية extremely, greatly #129
- Armenian չափազանց extremely, excessively, unduly #306
- Bengali অত্যন্ত very, extremely, exceedingly, highly #698
- Bosnian veoma very, very much, extremely #235
- Chinese 非常 extremely; very; highly #42
- Croatian vrlo very, extremely #189
- Danish dybt deeply, deep, extremely #1,138
- Dutch moeilijk used as an intensifier; incredibly, extremely #431
- English crazy Very, extremely #382
- Esperanto bonege extremely well #251
- Finnish erittäin very, extremely #729
- French super extremely, very #286
- Georgian ძლიერ very, very much, extremely #715
- Hebrew רצח very much, very, extremely #519
- Hungarian rendkívül highly, extraordinarily, extremely #2,095
- Korean 매우 very, extremely #244
- Macedonian отров #1,827
- Malay bisa Extremely painful #218
- Malayalam അങ്ങേയറ്റം #1,160
- Persian سخت exceedingly, extremely, very #304
- Polish strasznie extremely, really #969
- Romanian grozav very, bloody, extremely #440
- Russian удивительно #1,795
- Serbian veoma very, very much, extremely #199
- Tagalog atat very impatient; extremely eager #2,125
- Tamil மிகவும் very much, extremely, abundantly #42
- Turkish aşırı excessively, extremely #835
- Ukrainian надзвичайно extremely, extraordinarily, exceedingly,… #1,495
- Urdu نہایت #1,607
- Vietnamese chết extremely; terribly; awfully #97
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.