How to say “high” in 47 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 Basque, where gara is the 35th most used word.
- Afrikaans hoog #594
- Albanian lartë #351
- Arabic علي to be exalted, high #75
- Armenian բարձր high; high up #1,306
- Basque gara top, high #35
- Bengali উচ্চ high, tall #882
- Bosnian visoko highly, high #1,494
- Bulgarian високо high, high up #1,183
- Catalan alt #766
- Chinese 尊重 to respect; to hold in high esteem #486
- Croatian visoko highly, high #1,594
- Czech vysoké #1,738
- Danish høj #945
- Dutch zeer very, to a high degree or intensity #519
- English dear Dearly; at a high price #420
- Esperanto alta #928
- Estonian kõrge tall, high #1,206
- French haut #624
- Galician alto #457
- Georgian მაღლა high up, up, upstairs, upwards #1,091
- German drauf #593
- Greek ψηλά #836
- Hebrew במה high place, highland #505
- Hindi उच्च high, lofty #791
- Hungarian magas high, tall #954
- Icelandic hár #790
- Indonesian tinggi high, tall #422
- Italian alto high, tall #749
- Korean 고등학교 high school #797
- Latvian augstu high, highly; adverbial form of augsts #1,376
- Lithuanian aukštas #1,117
- Macedonian високо #1,134
- Malay tinggi #388
- Malayalam മുന്തിയ of superior class; high class #1,208
- Norwegian høy high, tall #949
- Polish tyle emphasizes a high or low amount or number; so… #245
- Serbian visoko highly, high #1,526
- Slovak vysoký #1,108
- Slovenian visok #801
- Spanish alto up, high, highly #522
- Swedish hög high; tall; reaching a great distance from… #1,045
- Tagalog mataas high; tall; superior #505
- Tamil உயர்நிலை high position #1,581
- Telugu భారీ big, high, stout, bulky #439
- Turkish lise high school #2,078
- Urdu بلند high, lofty #890
- Vietnamese trọng to hold in high regard; to value #278
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.