How to say “high” in 47 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.
- उच्च/ʊt̪t͡ʃ/ Hindi
- ψηλά/psiˈla/ Greek
- բարձր/ˈbɑɾt͡sʰəɾ/ Armenian
- উচ্চ/ut͡ʃːo/ Bengali
- بلند/bə.lənd̪/ Urdu
“high” in French: haut · German: drauf · Italian: alto · Hindi: उच्च · Greek: ψηλά
It is commonest in Albanian, where lartë is the 351st most used word.
High in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans hoog/ɦʊə̯χ/ #594
- Albanian lartë/laɾtə/ #351
- Arabic علي/ʕa.li.ja/ to be exalted, high #75
- Armenian բարձր/ˈbɑɾt͡sʰəɾ/ high; high up #1,306
- Basque gara/ɡaɾa/ top, high #35
- Bengali উচ্চ/ut͡ʃːo/ high, tall #882
- Bosnian visoko/ʋisǒko/ highly, high #1,494
- Bulgarian високо[viˈsɔko] high, high up #1,183
- Catalan alt[ˈal] #766
- Chinese 尊重/t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/ to respect; to hold in high esteem #486
- Croatian visoko/ʋisǒko/ highly, high #1,594
- Czech vysoké[ˈvɪsokɛː] #1,738
- Danish høj/hɔjˀ/ #945
- Dutch zeer/zeːr/ very, to a high degree or intensity #519
- English dear/dɪɹ/ Dearly; at a high price #420
- Esperanto alta/ˈalta/ #928
- Estonian kõrge/ˈkɤrɡ̊e/ tall, high #1,206
- French haut/o/ #624
- Galician alto/ˈalto/ #457
- Georgian მაღლა[mäʁɫä] high up, up, upstairs, upwards #1,091
- German drauf[dʁaʊ̯f] #593
- Greek ψηλά/psiˈla/ #836
- Hebrew במה/baˈma/ high place, highland #505
- Hindi उच्च/ʊt̪t͡ʃ/ high, lofty #791
- Hungarian magas[ˈmɒɡɒʃ] high, tall #954
- Icelandic hár[ˈhauːr] #790
- Indonesian tinggi/ˈtiŋɡi/ high, tall #422
- Italian alto/ˈal.to/ high, tall #749
- Korean 고등학교[ko̞dɯŋɦa̠k̚k͈jo] high school #797
- Latvian augstu/ˈauɡstu/ high, highly; adverbial form of augsts #1,376
- Lithuanian aukštas[ˈä̂ˑʊ̯kʃt̪ɐs̪] #1,117
- Macedonian високо[ˈvisɔkɔ] #1,134
- Malay tinggi/ˈtiŋɡi/ #388
- Malayalam മുന്തിയ/mun̪t̪ijɐ/ of superior class; high class #1,208
- Norwegian høy/ˈhœ͡ʏ/ high, tall #949
- Polish tyle/ˈtɘ.lɛ/ emphasizes a high or low amount or number; so… #245
- Serbian visoko/ʋisǒko/ highly, high #1,526
- Slovak vysoký/visɔkiː/ #1,108
- Slovenian visok/ʋisɔ́k/ #801
- Spanish alto/ˈalto/ up, high, highly #522
- Swedish hög/høːɡ/ high; tall; reaching a great distance from… #1,045
- Tagalog mataas/mataˈʔas/ high; tall; superior #505
- Tamil உயர்நிலை/ʊjɐɾnɪlɐɪ̯/ high position #1,581
- Telugu భారీ/bʱaːɾiː/ big, high, stout, bulky #439
- Turkish lise/ˈli.se/ high school #2,078
- Urdu بلند/bə.lənd̪/ high, lofty #890
- Vietnamese trọng[t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] to hold in high regard; to value #278
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