How to say “rise” in 34 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.
- شخص/ʃa.xa.sˤa/ Arabic
- उठो/ʊ.ʈʰoː/ Hindi
- ওঠা/ˈoʈʰa/ Bengali
“rise” in Arabic: شخص · Hindi: उठो
It is commonest in Arabic, where شخص is the 68th most used word.
Rise in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans opkom/ˈɔpˌkɔm/ to come up, to rise #1,632
- Arabic شخص/ʃa.xa.sˤa/ to rise, to tower up #68
- Basque igo/iɡo/ to go up, rise, ascend #244
- Bengali ওঠা/ˈoʈʰa/ to rise, to get up; to climb; to ascend #1,204
- Bosnian ustani/ˈustɐnɪ/ to stand up, rise, get up #1,289
- Bulgarian ставам[ˈstavɐm] to stand up, to rise, to get up #1,763
- Catalan pujar[puˈʒa] to rise, go up, ascend, climb up #1,173
- Chinese 起來/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ to rise up; to get up #432
- Croatian ustani/ˈustɐnɪ/ to stand up, rise, get up #1,441
- Czech vyjít[ˈvɪjiːt] to rise #2,386
- Danish rejs/ˈʁɑjˀs/ #1,285
- English raise/ɹeɪz/ To cause to rise; to lift or elevate #1,300
- Esperanto leviĝu/leˈvidʒu/ to rise, get up #1,555
- Estonian tõusma/ˈtɤu̯smɑ/ to rise #2,123
- Finnish nouse/ˈnouse/ to rise, get up #1,104
- German steig/ʃtaɪ̯k/ to ascend, to climb, to rise #1,657
- Hebrew עלה/ʕala/ To ascend, rise, go up; to move from a point… #793
- Hindi उठो/ʊ.ʈʰoː/ to rise, to rise up #740
- Hungarian kelj[ˈkɛjː] to get up, rise #1,784
- Icelandic rísa[ˈriːsa] to rise #1,708
- Indonesian naik/ˈnaik/ to climb, to ascend, to rise #418
- Lithuanian keltis/ˈkæːltɪs/ to rise #1,708
- Malay naik/ˈnaek/ to climb, to ascend, to rise #360
- Malayalam ഏറ്റം/eːrrɐm/ ascent, rise, high-tide, prop for a climbing… #1,963
- Persian طلوع[t̪ʰo.lúːʔ] rise of a celestial body; sunrise #1,615
- Russian встать[fstatʲ] to stand up, to get up, to rise #2,136
- Serbian ustani/ˈustɐnɪ/ to stand up, rise, get up #1,360
- Slovak vstať/fstac/ to stand up, to get up, to rise #1,508
- Slovenian vzhod/ʋzxɔ́t/ #1,117
- Tagalog sikat/ˈsikat/ rise; rising #249
- Tamil எழுந்திரு/ɛɻʊnd̪ɪɾɯ/ to rise up, stand up, get up #324
- Turkish kalk/kaɫk/ to go up, rise; become erect #708
- Ukrainian встати[ˈʍstate] to stand up, to get up, to rise #2,352
- Vietnamese dâng[zəŋ˧˧] to rise #1,925
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), 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.