How to say “level” in 44 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.
- nivel/niˈbel/ Spanish
- уровень[ˈurəvʲɪnʲ] Russian
- مستوى/mustawan/ Arabic
- स्तर/st̪əɾ/ Hindi
- שלב/ʃaˈlav/ Hebrew
- നില/n̪ilɐ/ Malayalam
“level” in Spanish: nivel · French: niveau · Italian: livello · Russian: уровень · Arabic: مستوى · Hindi: स्तर
It is commonest in Malayalam, where നില is the 484th most used word.
Level in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vlak/flak/ flat, level, even #1,092
- Albanian shit/ʃit/ to level, flatten #1,938
- Arabic مستوى/mustawan/ #791
- Basque maila/mai̯la/ #509
- Bosnian nivo/nǐʋoː/ #1,521
- Bulgarian ниво[niˈvɔ] #1,116
- Catalan nivell[niˈβeʎ] #1,136
- Chinese 程度/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ tu⁵¹/ degree; extent; level; standard #833
- Croatian nivo/nǐʋoː/ #2,324
- Czech úroveň[ˈuːrovɛɲ] #2,265
- Danish niveau/nivo/ #2,030
- Dutch niveau/niˈvoː/ #1,972
- English evening/ˈiv.nɪŋ/ To make flat and level #631
- Estonian tase/ˈtɑse/ #1,796
- French niveau/ni.vo/ #1,142
- Galician nivel/niˈbɛl/ #1,100
- German plan/plaːn/ planar, flat, level, smooth #626
- Greek επίπεδο/eˈpipeˌðo/ plane, level #1,366
- Hebrew שלב/ʃaˈlav/ level, phase, stage #1,471
- Hindi स्तर/st̪əɾ/ level, slope #922
- Icelandic stig[ˈstɪːɣ] #869
- Indonesian level/ˈlɛvəl/ #2,230
- Italian livello/liˈvɛl.lo/ #1,157
- Latvian līmenis/ˈliːmenis/ #1,753
- Lithuanian lygis[²ˈlʲiːɡʲɪs] #1,427
- Macedonian ниво[niˈvɔ] #863
- Malay rata/ˈratə/ level, even, flat #2,076
- Malayalam നില/n̪ilɐ/ #484
- Norwegian nede/ˈneːdə/ down at a lower level #481
- Persian درجه[d̪æ.ɹæ.d͡ʒe] level, extent, rate #704
- Polish poziom/ˈpɔ.ʑɔm/ #1,720
- Portuguese plano/ˈplɐ̃.nu/ flat; level #500
- Romanian nivel/niˈvel/ #1,424
- Russian уровень[ˈurəvʲɪnʲ] level, standard, amount #1,665
- Serbian nivo/nǐʋoː/ #1,523
- Slovak úroveň/uːrɔveɲ/ #1,091
- Slovenian raven/ràːʋən/ even, level #979
- Spanish nivel/niˈbel/ level, tier, height #1,170
- Tagalog lebel/leˈbel/ #832
- Tamil சமவெளி/tʃɐmɐʋɛɭiː/ plain, level lands #1,585
- Turkish kat/kat/ floor, storey, level #970
- Ukrainian рівень[ˈrʲiʋenʲ] #1,675
- Urdu سطح/sə.t̪əɦ/ level, surface #861
- Vietnamese cấp[kəp̚˧˦] rank; level; class #504
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 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.