How to say “level” in 44 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 Norwegian, where nede is the 481st most used word.
- Afrikaans vlak flat, level, even #1,092
- Albanian shit to level, flatten #1,938
- Arabic مستوى #791
- Basque maila #509
- Bosnian nivo #1,521
- Bulgarian ниво #1,116
- Catalan nivell #1,136
- Chinese 程度 degree; extent; level; standard #833
- Croatian nivo #2,324
- Czech úroveň #2,265
- Danish niveau #2,030
- Dutch niveau #1,972
- English evening To make flat and level #631
- Estonian tase #1,796
- French niveau #1,142
- Galician nivel #1,100
- German plan planar, flat, level, smooth #626
- Greek επίπεδο plane, level #1,366
- Hebrew שלב level, phase, stage #1,471
- Hindi स्तर level, slope #922
- Icelandic stig #869
- Indonesian level #2,230
- Italian livello #1,157
- Latvian līmenis #1,753
- Lithuanian lygis #1,427
- Macedonian ниво #863
- Malay rata level, even, flat #2,076
- Malayalam നില #484
- Norwegian nede down at a lower level #481
- Persian درجه level, extent, rate #704
- Polish poziom #1,720
- Portuguese plano flat; level #500
- Romanian nivel #1,424
- Russian уровень level, standard, amount #1,665
- Serbian nivo #1,523
- Slovak úroveň #1,091
- Slovenian raven even, level #979
- Spanish nivel level, tier, height #1,170
- Tagalog lebel #832
- Tamil சமவெளி plain, level lands #1,585
- Turkish kat floor, storey, level #970
- Ukrainian рівень #1,675
- Urdu سطح level, surface #861
- Vietnamese cấp rank; level; class #504
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.