How to say “extremely” in 30 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.
- удивительно[ʊdʲɪˈvʲitʲɪlʲnə] Russian
- للغاية/lil.ɣaː.ja.ti/ Arabic
- 非常/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/ Chinese
- չափազանց/t͡ʃʰɑpʰɑˈzɑnt͡sʰ/ Armenian
- അങ്ങേയറ്റം/ɐŋŋeːjɐrrɐm/ Malayalam
“extremely” in French: super · Chinese: 非常 · Russian: удивительно · Arabic: للغاية
It is commonest in Chinese, where 非常 is the 42nd most used word.
Extremely in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic للغاية/lil.ɣaː.ja.ti/ extremely, greatly #129
- Armenian չափազանց/t͡ʃʰɑpʰɑˈzɑnt͡sʰ/ extremely, excessively, unduly #306
- Bengali অত্যন্ত/ɔt̪ːɔnt̪o/ very, extremely, exceedingly, highly #698
- Bosnian veoma/ʋěoma/ very, very much, extremely #235
- Chinese 非常/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/ extremely; very; highly #42
- Croatian vrlo/ʋr̂lo/ very, extremely #189
- Danish dybt[ˈd̥yb̥d̥] deeply, deep, extremely #1,138
- Dutch moeilijk/ˈmui̯.lək/ used as an intensifier; incredibly, extremely #431
- English crazy/ˈkɹeɪ.zi/ Very, extremely #382
- Esperanto bonege/boˈneɡe/ extremely well #251
- Finnish erittäin/ˈeritːæi̯n/ very, extremely #729
- French super/sy.pɛʁ/ extremely, very #286
- Georgian ძლიერ[d͡zlie̞ɾ] very, very much, extremely #715
- Hebrew רצח/ʁaˈt͡saχ/ very much, very, extremely #519
- Hungarian rendkívül[ˈrɛntkiːvyl] highly, extraordinarily, extremely #2,095
- Korean 매우[mɛu] very, extremely #244
- Macedonian отров[ˈɔtrɔf] #1,827
- Malay bisa/ˈbisə/ Extremely painful #218
- Malayalam അങ്ങേയറ്റം/ɐŋŋeːjɐrrɐm/ #1,160
- Persian سخت[sæxt̪ʰ] exceedingly, extremely, very #304
- Polish strasznie/ˈstraʂ.ɲɛ/ extremely, really #969
- Romanian grozav/ɡroˈzav/ very, bloody, extremely #440
- Russian удивительно[ʊdʲɪˈvʲitʲɪlʲnə] #1,795
- Serbian veoma/ʋěoma/ very, very much, extremely #199
- Tagalog atat/ʔaˈtat/ very impatient; extremely eager #2,125
- Tamil மிகவும்/mɪɡɐʋʊm/ very much, extremely, abundantly #42
- Turkish aşırı/a.ʃɯˈɾɯ/ excessively, extremely #835
- Ukrainian надзвичайно[nɐd͡zʋeˈt͡ʃai̯nɔ] extremely, extraordinarily, exceedingly,… #1,495
- Urdu نہایت/nɪ.hɑː.jət̪/ #1,607
- Vietnamese chết[t͡ɕet̚˧˦] extremely; terribly; awfully #97
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) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.