How to say “low” in 39 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 Polish, where tyle is the 245th most used word.
- Afrikaans diep deep, down low #595
- Albanian ulët low, below, under, down #1,193
- Arabic حقير low, mean, vile #1,371
- Armenian ստոր base, low, despicable #371
- Basque baxu #1,973
- Bengali নিম্ন low, lower, subordinate #2,447
- Catalan baix #694
- Chinese 不快 unhappy; displeased; in low spirits #1,827
- Danish lave #276
- Dutch diep deep, down low #1,008
- English cool Of a mildly low temperature #496
- Estonian rämps poor, bad, of low quality #1,937
- French bas #527
- Galician baixa #842
- German leise quietly, softly, low #1,481
- Greek χαμηλά #2,350
- Hebrew נמוך #1,003
- Hindi नीच low, vile, inferior #2,475
- Hungarian alacsony short, low #2,465
- Icelandic lélegur poor, low quality #2,049
- Indonesian dingin having a low temperature #526
- Italian basso #1,529
- Latvian jaunu having relatively low age, young, new #509
- Macedonian тивок quiet, low, soft #2,093
- Malay rendah #731
- Malayalam കുറഞ്ഞ less, low #401
- Norwegian lavt #1,976
- Persian کوتاه short, low #793
- Polish tyle emphasizes a high or low amount or number; so… #245
- Portuguese baixo #436
- Slovak nízky #2,458
- Slovenian nizek #1,628
- Spanish bajo #379
- Swedish kalla cold; having a low temperature #571
- Tagalog baba lowness; low height #453
- Tamil கம்மி very little, low, less, scant #2,125
- Turkish düşük Low in height, drooping, fallen #1,324
- Urdu نیچا low, under #1,652
- Vietnamese tạp low quality; shoddy #1,114
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.