How to say “far” in 49 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.
- далеко[dəlʲɪˈko] Russian
- רחוק/raːˈħoːq/ Hebrew
- دور/d̪uːɾ/ Urdu
“far” in French: loin · German: weit · Portuguese: longe · Russian: далеко · Turkish: uzak
It is commonest in English, where way is the 111th most used word.
Far in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans ver/fɛr ~ fær/ far, distant #247
- Albanian larg/ˈlaɾɡ/ far, far away, afar, away. in space or time #227
- Arabic حتى/ħattaː/ until, as far as, to the point of, even up to #48
- Armenian մինչև/minˈt͡ʃʰev/ as far as, till, until, to #95
- Bosnian dalje/dâʎeː/ #244
- Bulgarian досега[dosɛˈɡa] up until now, so far, heretofore #584
- Catalan lluny[ˈʎuɲ] #512
- Chinese 甚至/ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ even; even if; go so far as to; to the extent… #113
- Croatian dalje/dâʎeː/ #265
- Czech daleko[ˈdalɛko] far, afar #543
- Danish borte[ˈb̥ɒːd̥ə] far away, far off #2,140
- Dutch lang/lɑŋ/ by far #210
- English way/weɪ/ #111
- Esperanto for/for/ away, far, gone #163
- Estonian kaugele/ˈkɑu̯ɡ̊ele/ to far away, to afar #695
- Finnish kaukana/ˈkɑu̯kɑnɑ/ far, far away, afar #823
- French loin/lwɛ̃/ far, distant #401
- Galician lonxe/ˈlonʃe/ far, afar #404
- Georgian აქამდე[äkʰämde̞] so far, until now #385
- German weit/vaɪ̯t/ #392
- Greek μέχρι/ˈmexɾi/ until; up to; as far as #140
- Hebrew רחוק/raːˈħoːq/ #582
- Hindi दूर/d̪uːɾ/ distant, far #181
- Hungarian addig[ˈɒdːiɡ] as far as #413
- Icelandic langt[ˈlauŋ̊t] #237
- Indonesian jauh/ˈd͡ʒauh/ #274
- Italian fino/ˈfi.no/ till, until, as far as #325
- Korean 너무나[nʌ̹muna̠] far too much; excessively #808
- Latvian tālu/ˈtaːlu/ far, far away #489
- Macedonian далеку[ˈdalɛku] far, far away #419
- Malay jauh/ˈd͡ʒaoh/ #295
- Malayalam ഇതുവരെ/id̪uʋäɾe/ yet, thus far #162
- Norwegian lenger/ˈlɛŋər/ #276
- Persian تا[t̪ʰɒː] until; as far as; up to #17
- Polish daleko/daˈlɛ.kɔ/ #684
- Portuguese longe/ˈlõ.ʒi/ far, a long way #487
- Romanian departe/deˈpar.te/ #290
- Russian далеко[dəlʲɪˈko] far, far off, far away #704
- Serbian dalje/dâʎeː/ #238
- Slovak zatiaľ/ˈzaci̯aʎ/ so far, yet #300
- Slovenian daleč/dàːlɛt͡ʃ/ #271
- Spanish demasiado/demaˈsjado/ too much, excessively, far too much, overmuch #248
- Swedish längre/ˈlɛŋrɛ/ #237
- Tagalog malayo/maˈlajoʔ/ #560
- Tamil அனைத்து/ɐnɐɪ̯t̪ːɯ/ so much, thus far #37
- Turkish uzak/uˈzɑk/ far, distant, remote #405
- Ukrainian поки[ˈpɔke] for the present, for the time being. for now,… #218
- Urdu دور/d̪uːɾ/ far, far off #113
- Vietnamese xa[saː˧˧] #349
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