High in Different Languages
Discover 'High' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
High
Afrikaans hoog | ||
Albanian i lartë | ||
Amharic ከፍተኛ | ||
Arabic عالي | ||
Armenian բարձր | ||
Assamese ওখ | ||
Aymara jach'a | ||
Azerbaijani yüksək | ||
Bambara jamanjan | ||
Basque altua | ||
Belarusian высокі | ||
Bengali উচ্চ | ||
Bhojpuri ऊँच | ||
Bosnian visoko | ||
Bulgarian високо | ||
Catalan alt | ||
Cebuano taas | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 高 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 高 | ||
Corsican altu | ||
Croatian visoko | ||
Czech vysoký | ||
Danish høj | ||
Dhivehi އުސް | ||
Dogri उच्चा | ||
Dutch hoog | ||
English high | ||
Esperanto alta | ||
Estonian kõrge | ||
Ewe kɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mataas | ||
Finnish korkea | ||
French haute | ||
Frisian heech | ||
Galician alto | ||
Georgian მაღალი | ||
German hoch | ||
Greek υψηλός | ||
Guarani yvate | ||
Gujarati ઉચ્ચ | ||
Haitian Creole segondè | ||
Hausa babba | ||
Hawaiian kiʻekiʻe | ||
Hebrew גָבוֹהַ | ||
Hindi उच्च | ||
Hmong siab | ||
Hungarian magas | ||
Icelandic hár | ||
Igbo elu | ||
Ilocano nangato | ||
Indonesian tinggi | ||
Irish ard | ||
Italian alto | ||
Japanese 高い | ||
Javanese dhuwur | ||
Kannada ಹೆಚ್ಚು | ||
Kazakh жоғары | ||
Khmer ខ្ពស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda muremure | ||
Konkani उच्च | ||
Korean 높은 | ||
Krio ay | ||
Kurdish bilind | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرز | ||
Kyrgyz жогорку | ||
Lao ສູງ | ||
Latin altum | ||
Latvian augsts | ||
Lingala likolo | ||
Lithuanian aukštas | ||
Luganda waggulu | ||
Luxembourgish héich | ||
Macedonian високо | ||
Maithili ऊंच | ||
Malagasy avo | ||
Malay tinggi | ||
Malayalam ഉയർന്ന | ||
Maltese għoli | ||
Maori teitei | ||
Marathi उच्च | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo sang | ||
Mongolian өндөр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မြင့်သည် | ||
Nepali उच्च | ||
Norwegian høy | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mkulu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉଚ୍ଚ | ||
Oromo ol aanaa | ||
Pashto لوړ | ||
Persian بالا | ||
Polish wysoki | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) alto | ||
Punjabi ਉੱਚ | ||
Quechua hatun | ||
Romanian înalt | ||
Russian высоко | ||
Samoan maualuga | ||
Sanskrit उच्चैः | ||
Scots Gaelic àrd | ||
Sepedi godimo | ||
Serbian високо | ||
Sesotho phahameng | ||
Shona kumusoro | ||
Sindhi مٿانهون | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉහළ | ||
Slovak vysoká | ||
Slovenian visoko | ||
Somali sare | ||
Spanish alto | ||
Sundanese luhur | ||
Swahili juu | ||
Swedish hög | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mataas | ||
Tajik баланд | ||
Tamil உயர் | ||
Tatar биек | ||
Telugu అధిక | ||
Thai สูง | ||
Tigrinya ላዕሊ | ||
Tsonga henhla | ||
Turkish yüksek | ||
Turkmen beýik | ||
Twi (Akan) soro | ||
Ukrainian високий | ||
Urdu اونچا | ||
Uyghur ئېگىز | ||
Uzbek yuqori | ||
Vietnamese cao | ||
Welsh uchel | ||
Xhosa phezulu | ||
Yiddish הויך | ||
Yoruba giga | ||
Zulu phezulu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Although it means 'high', 'hoog' can also refer to 'drunk', a meaning it shares only with its cognate 'hooch'. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "i lartë" has ancient Greek origins, where "lartos" meant "fine" or "delicate". In modern Greek, it means "thin". |
| Amharic | The word "ከፍተኛ" can also mean "top" or "upper" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "عالي" also means "noble" or "exalted" in Arabic, suggesting a position of honor or esteem. |
| Armenian | The word "բարձր" is derived from the Middle Persian word "brz" meaning "high" or "lofty" and can also refer to elevation or altitude. |
| Azerbaijani | "Yüksək" is related with the word "yük" (burden, load) and originally meant "loaded, heavy". |
| Basque | "Altua" is closely related to the Basque word "alto" which also means "high" and is the probable origin of the Spanish word "alto." |
| Belarusian | The word "высокі" also means "tall, lofty, majestic, exalted, superb, grandiose" |
| Bengali | "উচ্চ" also means "distinguished" and can be used in front of positions like "উচ্চ কমিশনার" (High Commissioner). |
| Bosnian | The word 'visoko' can also refer to a Bosnian town or a famous Bosnian pyramid. |
| Bulgarian | The word "Високо" can also mean "tall" or "elevated" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | "Alt" in Catalan may derive from the Latin "altus" (high) or the Germanic "hold" (high ground), possibly via a pre-Romance substratum. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "taas" is derived from the Proto-Philippine word *taʔas, which also means "above". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character '高' also refers to 'excellent, noble' or 'above, surpass', and is a common component in words related to altitude or status. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 高 (gao) can also mean esteemed, noble, grand, important, honorable, or dignified. |
| Corsican | The word "altu" in Corsican originates from the Latin word "altus," which also means "high" |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the word visoko shares its root with the words visina (altitude) and visor (height). |
| Czech | "Vysoký" can also mean "tall". This is because the word derives from the Proto-Slavic root *vysъkъ, which meant "high" but also "tall". |
| Danish | In Danish, "høj" can also mean "cairn" or "mound". |
| Dutch | The word hoog in Dutch also refers to a noble or exalted social class. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "alta" is derived from the Latin word "altus," meaning "high" or "deep." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "kõrge" is thought to have evolved from an archaic form meaning "to grow" and shares a root with the German "hoch." |
| Finnish | The word "korkea" also means "dear" or "prized" in colloquial Finnish. |
| French | The word "haute" in French comes from the Latin "altus," meaning "high," and also has the alternate meanings of "tall," "loud," and "deep." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "heech" is also used as an adverb meaning "very" and as an adjective meaning "tall". |
| Galician | Galician "alto" is cognate with Latin "altus" and retains the latter's meaning of "deep" in addition to "high." |
| Georgian | The word "high" (მაღალი) in Georgian is also used figuratively to mean "respected" or "noble". |
| German | The word 'hoch' can also mean 'respected' in German, as in 'hoher Herr' or 'hohe Dame' ('high sir' or 'high lady'). |
| Greek | υψηλός also means "sublime" and "honorable". |
| Gujarati | The word "ઉચ્ચ" (high) can also mean "tall", "elevated", or "of high quality" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'segondè' may also refer to a second or subsequent time or event. |
| Hausa | The word "babba" in Hausa can also mean "to swell up" or "to be arrogant." |
| Hawaiian | In the Hawaiian language, the word “kiʻekiʻe” can also refer to nobility, honor, or status. |
| Hebrew | The word "גָבוֹהַ" can also mean "tall" or "great". |
| Hindi | The word "उच्च" also means "noble" or "superior" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word 'siab' ('high') is etymologically linked to 'sib' ('ascend'), highlighting the correlation between elevation and altitude. |
| Hungarian | The word "magas" can also refer to a granary or a tower. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "hár" is also the name of a bird of prey, derived from its loud call. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "elu" also means "heaven" or "sky" in some contexts, extending its semantic range beyond physical height. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "tinggi" is cognate with the Malay "tinggi" and the Javanese "tin" and "tiing", all of which mean "high". |
| Irish | The Irish word "ard" also means "great" or "noble" and is the origin of the English word "admiral". |
| Italian | In the 16th century the word 'alto' was used not only as an adjective but also as an adverb meaning 'loud'. |
| Japanese | The word "高い" can also mean "expensive" or "tall". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "dhuwur" can also mean "tall" or "elevated". |
| Kannada | "ಹೆಚ್ಚು" also means 'more' in the sense of 'quantity' or 'greater'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жоғары" also means "above", "upwards", "higher", and "top". |
| Khmer | The word ខ្ពស់ (Khpsor) can also mean tall, elevated, or eminent. |
| Korean | The word "높은" also means "noble" or "lofty" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word 'bilind' derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- ('to swell, rise') and shares cognates with English 'balloon' and 'blister'. |
| Kyrgyz | The term "жогорку" (high) is etymologically related to the word for an "eagle," and also signifies "sovereign." |
| Lao | In Thai, "สูง" (pronounced "sung") also means "tall, elevated, or long in vertical dimension". |
| Latin | The Latin word "altum" also refers to the deep sea, and is the root of the word "altitude." |
| Latvian | Augsts, in Latvian, is cognate with the English word "august" |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "aukštas" can also refer to a story in a building and derives ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₂ewǵ-", meaning "to increase". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word for "high", "héich", derives from Middle High German and is cognate with English "high" |
| Macedonian | The word “високо“ can derive from the word “висок“ (tall), which derives from the Proto-Slavic word “vysokъ (high) |
| Malagasy | The word "avo" in Malagasy can also mean "chief" or "master". |
| Malay | The root of the word "tinggi" is "tinggal" (to remain), suggesting a sense of elevation or permanence. |
| Malayalam | Malayalam 'ഉയർന്ന' is used in the same sense as 'high' in English to describe something that is above average, or to express a sense of superiority or elevation, but can also mean 'to lift' or 'to rise'. |
| Maltese | "Għoli" also means "tall", "lofty", "elevated", or "exalted" in Maltese. |
| Maori | The archaic or poetic Māori word 'teitei' can also refer to something 'excellent' or 'exalted'. |
| Marathi | उच्च comes from the Sanskrit word ऊच् meaning "lift" and also refers to "a high place" |
| Mongolian | "Өндөр" is derived from the Mongolian verb "өндөрөх" meaning "to raise" or "to lift". |
| Nepali | The word "उच्च" in Nepali can also mean "upper", "elevated" or "noble". |
| Norwegian | The word 'høy' (high) in Norwegian comes from the Proto-Germanic word 'hauhs', which also meant 'high' or 'tall'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The alternative meaning of the Nyanja word "mkulu" is "elder". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "لوړ" can also mean "loud" or "great", and is related to the Persian word "بلند" meaning "high". |
| Persian | Etymology: "بالا" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel-," to be high" or "to swell". |
| Polish | The word "wysoki" means not only "high" in English, but also "tall", "lofty" and "elevated". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Alto" also means "stop" when referring to traffic signs, "tall" when describing a person, "deep" when describing the sea or a voice, or "large" when describing a sum of money. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਉੱਚ' is also used to refer to a high place or elevation, and in a figurative sense, to a high or exalted state of being. |
| Romanian | The word "înalt" in Romanian is derived from the Latin word "altus", meaning "high" or "deep". |
| Russian | In Old Russian, "высоко" also meant "expensive." |
| Samoan | The word "maualuga" in Samoan can refer to the sky, a high place, or something that is above average in size or quality. |
| Scots Gaelic | In some parts of Scotland, "àrd" is used to mean "pregnant." |
| Serbian | The word "високо" can also mean "tall" or "loud". |
| Sesotho | The word "phahameng" has an alternate meaning in Sesotho, referring to something that is "difficult" or "challenging". |
| Shona | The word 'kumusoro' can also be used to mean 'the top' or 'the highest point'. |
| Sindhi | The word "مٿانهون" in Sindhi is derived from the Sanskrit word "उच्च" (ucca), meaning "high" or "elevated". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, ඉහළ (ihala) can also refer to the upper parts of a tree, a building, or a body of water, or to an elevated social or economic position. |
| Slovak | "Vysoká" derives from Proto-Slavic *vъsokъ and also means "university" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | "Visoko" has been attested in many Slavic languages since the 6th century; its original meaning was "something hanging down", which later changed through a process of euphemism, as is common with other words for "high". |
| Somali | The word "sare" in Somali also refers to a kind of grass or reed used for thatching roofs or making baskets. |
| Spanish | Alto is also a noun meaning "stand" and is related to the word "altar" from the Latin *altus*. |
| Sundanese | "Luhur" can also mean "noble" or "sacred" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "juu" also means "top" or "above", and is related to the verb "jua" ("to know"). |
| Swedish | The word "hög" can also refer to a pile, a heap, or a burial mound in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "mataas" also means "tall" or "deep" depending on the context. |
| Tajik | The word "баланд" can also refer to a type of eagle or a high mountain pass. |
| Tamil | "உயர்" comes from the Proto-Dravidian root *uy, which also means "to rise". |
| Telugu | The word "అధిక" in Telugu can also mean "more" or "extra". |
| Thai | The word "สูง" also means "tall" or "great" in Thai, and is often used to describe people or objects that are elevated or superior. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "yüksek" also means "noble", "great" or "loud". |
| Ukrainian | The word "високий" in Ukrainian also has an archaic meaning of "tall" or "long" and is related to the word "вись" meaning "to hang". |
| Urdu | The word "اونچا" can also mean "noble" or "lofty" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | Yuqori originates from the Old Turkic word *YuxrÏ, also sharing cognates with Mongolian, Siberian and Central Asian Turkic languages. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "cao" can also mean "skillful" or "clever." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "uchel" also means "bird" or "sky" and derives from the Proto-Celtic *ud-selo- "high, above". |
| Xhosa | The word "phezulu" also means "up" or "above" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | Its etymology is similar to Yiddish 'הויל' or 'העי' which mean 'noise', hence the phrase 'זיין צו הויך' meaning to be too loud |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word for "high" 'giga' means "to be great" as well as "to be many" and "to be tall" |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "phezulu" can also refer to "upwards" or "on top of". |
| English | The word 'high' originated from the Old English word 'hēah,' meaning 'tall' or 'elevated,' and has evolved to encompass a range of meanings, including height, intensity, and intoxication. |