How to say “rise” in 34 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 Arabic, where شخص is the 68th most used word.
- Afrikaans opkom to come up, to rise #1,632
- Arabic شخص to rise, to tower up #68
- Basque igo to go up, rise, ascend #244
- Bengali ওঠা to rise, to get up; to climb; to ascend #1,204
- Bosnian ustani to stand up, rise, get up #1,289
- Bulgarian ставам to stand up, to rise, to get up #1,763
- Catalan pujar to rise, go up, ascend, climb up #1,173
- Chinese 起來 to rise up; to get up #432
- Croatian ustani to stand up, rise, get up #1,441
- Czech vyjít to rise #2,386
- Danish rejs #1,285
- English raise To cause to rise; to lift or elevate #1,300
- Esperanto leviĝu to rise, get up #1,555
- Estonian tõusma to rise #2,123
- Finnish nouse to rise, get up #1,104
- German steig to ascend, to climb, to rise #1,657
- Hebrew עלה To ascend, rise, go up; to move from a point… #793
- Hindi उठो to rise, to rise up #740
- Hungarian kelj to get up, rise #1,784
- Icelandic rísa to rise #1,708
- Indonesian naik to climb, to ascend, to rise #418
- Lithuanian keltis to rise #1,708
- Malay naik to climb, to ascend, to rise #360
- Malayalam ഏറ്റം ascent, rise, high-tide, prop for a climbing… #1,963
- Persian طلوع rise of a celestial body; sunrise #1,615
- Russian встать to stand up, to get up, to rise #2,136
- Serbian ustani to stand up, rise, get up #1,360
- Slovak vstať to stand up, to get up, to rise #1,508
- Slovenian vzhod #1,117
- Tagalog sikat rise; rising #249
- Tamil எழுந்திரு to rise up, stand up, get up #324
- Turkish kalk to go up, rise; become erect #708
- Ukrainian встати to stand up, to get up, to rise #2,352
- Vietnamese dâng to rise #1,925
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.