Afrikaans hoogs | ||
Albanian shumë | ||
Amharic በከፍተኛ | ||
Arabic للغاية | ||
Armenian բարձր | ||
Assamese উচ্চ | ||
Aymara wali jach’a | ||
Azerbaijani yüksək dərəcədə | ||
Bambara ka bon kosɛbɛ | ||
Basque biziki | ||
Belarusian высока | ||
Bengali অত্যন্ত | ||
Bhojpuri उच्च स्तर के बा | ||
Bosnian visoko | ||
Bulgarian силно | ||
Catalan molt | ||
Cebuano kaayo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 高度 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 高度 | ||
Corsican altamente | ||
Croatian visoko | ||
Czech vysoce | ||
Danish højt | ||
Dhivehi މަތީ ދަރަޖައަކަށެވެ | ||
Dogri उच्चा | ||
Dutch zeer | ||
English highly | ||
Esperanto tre | ||
Estonian väga | ||
Ewe kɔkɔ ŋutɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mataas | ||
Finnish erittäin | ||
French très | ||
Frisian heulendal | ||
Galician altamente | ||
Georgian უაღრესად | ||
German höchst | ||
Greek υψηλά | ||
Guarani yvateterei | ||
Gujarati ખૂબ | ||
Haitian Creole trè | ||
Hausa sosai | ||
Hawaiian mahalo loa | ||
Hebrew מְאוֹד | ||
Hindi अत्यधिक | ||
Hmong siab | ||
Hungarian magasan | ||
Icelandic mjög | ||
Igbo ukwuu | ||
Ilocano nangato ti saadna | ||
Indonesian sangat | ||
Irish go mór | ||
Italian altamente | ||
Japanese 非常に | ||
Javanese banget | ||
Kannada ಹೆಚ್ಚು | ||
Kazakh жоғары | ||
Khmer ខ្ពស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda cyane | ||
Konkani उंचेल्या पांवड्यार | ||
Korean 고도로 | ||
Krio ay ay wan | ||
Kurdish pir | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بە شێوەیەکی بەرز | ||
Kyrgyz жогорку | ||
Lao ສູງ | ||
Latin highly | ||
Latvian augsti | ||
Lingala mingi mpenza | ||
Lithuanian labai | ||
Luganda waggulu nnyo | ||
Luxembourgish héich | ||
Macedonian високо | ||
Maithili उच्च | ||
Malagasy tena | ||
Malay sangat | ||
Malayalam വളരെ | ||
Maltese ħafna | ||
Maori tino | ||
Marathi अत्यंत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯌꯥꯝꯅꯥ ꯋꯥꯡꯏ꯫ | ||
Mizo sang tak a ni | ||
Mongolian өндөр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အလွန်အမင်း | ||
Nepali अत्यधिक | ||
Norwegian høyt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kwambiri | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅତ୍ୟଧିକ | ||
Oromo ol’aanaa ta’e | ||
Pashto په لوړه کچه | ||
Persian بسیار | ||
Polish wysoko | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) altamente | ||
Punjabi ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ | ||
Quechua altamente | ||
Romanian foarte | ||
Russian высоко | ||
Samoan maualuga | ||
Sanskrit उच्चैः | ||
Scots Gaelic gu mòr | ||
Sepedi godimodimo | ||
Serbian високо | ||
Sesotho haholo | ||
Shona zvikuru | ||
Sindhi گھڻي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉහළ | ||
Slovak vysoko | ||
Slovenian zelo | ||
Somali sare | ||
Spanish muy | ||
Sundanese kacida | ||
Swahili sana | ||
Swedish i hög grad | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lubos | ||
Tajik хеле баланд | ||
Tamil மிகவும் | ||
Tatar югары | ||
Telugu అత్యంత | ||
Thai สูง | ||
Tigrinya ልዑል ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga swinene | ||
Turkish büyük ölçüde | ||
Turkmen ýokary | ||
Twi (Akan) a ɛkorɔn sen biara | ||
Ukrainian високо | ||
Urdu انتہائی | ||
Uyghur يۇقىرى | ||
Uzbek juda yuqori | ||
Vietnamese cao | ||
Welsh hynod | ||
Xhosa kakhulu | ||
Yiddish העכסט | ||
Yoruba gíga | ||
Zulu kakhulu |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "hoogs" is derived from the Dutch word "hoog" which means "high" and is also related to the English word "huge". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "shumë" can also mean "many" or "a lot". |
| Amharic | The word "በከፍተኛ" can also mean "exceedingly" or "extraordinarily". |
| Arabic | للغاية "Lillghaya" in Arabic can have additional meanings like "extremely" or "finally." |
| Armenian | The word "բարձր" is not only used to describe something tall, but it can also refer to elevation, height, or a high position or status. |
| Basque | The word "biziki" can also mean "greatly" or "very" and is often used to emphasize the degree or intensity of something. |
| Belarusian | The word высока came into the Belarusian language through the Old Church Slavonic language and has a direct meaning of “tall”. |
| Bengali | The word 'অত্যন্ত' can also mean 'exceedingly', 'extremely', or 'greatly'. |
| Bosnian | The word "visoko" in Bosnian also means "tall", "lofty", or "elevated" in terms of physical dimensions. |
| Bulgarian | The word "силно" is an adverb and means "very", "greatly", or "strongly". It can also be used to express intensity or emphasis. |
| Catalan | The word "molt" in Catalan can also mean "very" or "a lot". |
| Cebuano | In some contexts, Cebuano "kaayo" can also connote a sense of "very" |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 高度 can also mean "altitude" or "level". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word 高度 in Chinese can also refer to "height". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "altamente" also means "very" or "greatly". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "visoko" not only means "highly," but also refers to a high-pitched tone or the act of climbing. |
| Czech | The word "vysoce" can also mean "very" or "greatly". |
| Danish | The word "højt" is a cognate of the English word "high" and has the same meaning as "highly". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, 'zeer' (highly) also means 'sea' and is a cognate of 'see' in English, referring to the nautical concept of the horizon as a high point. |
| Esperanto | "Tre" comes from the old Germanic words "tri-," "tres," "thruh," and "trai," and also the Latin word "tres," and all of those words mean three. |
| Estonian | Estonian “väga” derives from Proto-Finnic “*wäkeŋ” (“strong”), but also has the archaic meaning of “very” in some other Finnic languages. |
| Finnish | The word "erittäin" is also used to mean "very much" or "extremely". |
| French | "Très" derives from the Latin word "trans" meaning "across" or "beyond," suggesting its meaning of exceeding or surpassing a certain level. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "heulendal" can also mean "loudly" and is related to the Dutch verb "huilen" (to howl). |
| Galician | The word "altamente" is derived from the Latin word "altus", meaning "high" or "deep". |
| Georgian | "უაღრესად," which literally means "to the extreme," can also imply a sense of "very" or "extremely." |
| German | Despite meaning "highly" today, "höchst" once referred to "the highest judicial court" or "the highest political authority". |
| Greek | The Greek word "υψηλά" also refers to a high social rank or altitude. |
| Gujarati | The verb "to be great" comes from the Sanskrit "kr̥" (to do, to make), suggesting that excellence is a result of action. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "trè" in Haitian Creole can also refer to "too much," "very," or "extremely." |
| Hausa | "Sosai" also means "very much, in great abundance" |
| Hawaiian | "Mahalo loa" is a Hawaiian phrase that literally means "many thanks" but is often used as an expression of gratitude or respect. |
| Hebrew | "מְאוֹד" can also be used to express intensity or emphasis, similar to "indeed" or "very much" in English. |
| Hindi | The word "अत्यधिक" (atyadhik) in Hindi has Sanskrit roots and can also mean "exceedingly" or "too much". |
| Hmong | An old term used in Miao literature, "siab" means "top". Today, "siab" has the same meaning as the Chinese "gao", "above". |
| Hungarian | A "magasan" szó a "magas" szó származéka, melynek jelentése eredetileg "magasra emelkedő" volt, de idővel átvette a "nagy mértékben" jelentést is. |
| Icelandic | Mjög is a combination of the words "mjú" (soft) and "ok" (yoke). |
| Igbo | The word "ukwuu" is often used to mean "very" or "extremely". It can also be used to describe something that is impressive or remarkable. |
| Indonesian | The word "sangat" is used as a quantifier in Indonesian, derived from the Sanskrit word "sangata" meaning "completely". |
| Irish | In the Irish language, "go mór" can also mean "great" or "much" and is often used in a figurative sense. |
| Italian | The adverb "altamente" can also be used figuratively to mean "greatly" or "intensively." |
| Japanese | The word "非常に" can also mean "extraordinarily" or "remarkably" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | "Banget" can also mean "really" or "very". |
| Kannada | The word "ಹೆಚ್ಚು" is also used to refer to a large quantity or number. |
| Kazakh | "Жоғары" means "highly," but also "upwards" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | "고도로" also means "to a high degree," which is not a common meaning of "highly" in English. |
| Kurdish | The word "pır" in Kurdish is thought to have originated from the Persian word "far" meaning "very". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жогорку" can also refer to the upper part or top of something. |
| Lao | "ສູງ" also means "high-pitched" as a tone, "elevated" in position, or "sublime" in character. |
| Latin | The Latin word "altus" means "high" and is used in both English and Latin to mean "highly". |
| Latvian | The word "augsti" can also mean "tall", "elevated", or "lofty" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "labai" in Lithuanian can also mean "very" or "greatly". |
| Macedonian | The word "високо" also means "a high place" or "a hill" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | "Tena" also means "very" and comes from the Proto-Austronesian word *tina* meaning "very, really, extremely". |
| Malay | The word "sangat" can also mean "very". |
| Malayalam | The word 'വളരെ' can also mean 'very' or 'greatly' in Malayalam |
| Maltese | "Ħafna" is derived from Arabic "hafî" meaning "bare, clear, exposed" and also "very, much, many" |
| Maori | In Maori, 'tino' has historical meanings including 'exceedingly' and 'completely' in addition to its modern meaning 'highly'. |
| Marathi | अत्यंत, in Marathi, originates from the Sanskrit word "ati" which means "exceedingly" or "very" |
| Mongolian | Mongolian өндөр (highly) originally meant "upper part of back" or "neck" but it also means "upper, higher" and "senior, aged". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "अत्यधिक" ("atyadhik") ultimately derives from the Sanskrit word "अति" ("ati"), meaning "beyond" or "excessive", and "धिक" ("dhik"), meaning "contempt" or "disapproval". |
| Norwegian | "Høyt" also means high-pitched sound and a place that's far up |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The etymology of the word "kwambiri" is unknown, but it is thought to be related to the word "kumbiriritsa," which means "to make high." |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "په لوړه کچه" also has the additional meanings of "exceedingly" and "greatly." |
| Persian | The word "بسیار" is a comparative of the word "بسی" (much), and can also mean "many" or "too much". |
| Polish | The word 'wysoko' ('highly') in Polish shares its root with the word 'wyż' ('elevation'), as both come from the Proto-Indo-European root '*weik-' meaning 'to rise'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "altamente" can also mean "deeply" or "thoroughly" |
| Romanian | "Foarte" also means "very" in Romanian, similar to its meaning in English. |
| Russian | The word "высоко" has a number of different etymologies, including a Proto-Slavic root, and a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to raise". |
| Samoan | The word "maualuga" can also mean "respectful" or "honorable" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The phrase "gu mòr" can also mean "very much" or "greatly". |
| Serbian | The word 'високо' can also mean 'tall' or 'high' in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "haholo" comes from the root "holo" meaning "to ascend" or "to climb" suggesting a sense of elevation or surpassing. |
| Shona | The root of "zvikuru" is "-kuru", which means "to become large", and "zwi-" is a plural prefix. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ඉහළ" (highly) in Sinhala also means "above" or "on top of". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "vysoko" also refers to the high altitudes of mountains or other elevated areas, such as "vyskohorská turistika" (high-altitude hiking). |
| Slovenian | The word "zelo" also means "very" in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Macedonian. |
| Somali | Although "sare" is an adverb meaning "highly" in Somali, it also means "too much" or "excessive" in some contexts. |
| Spanish | The word "muy" originates from the Latin word "multum", meaning "much" or "greatly". |
| Sundanese | The word 'kacida' is also used in the context of measuring distance, meaning 'far away'. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "sana" derives from the Arabic term "sinn" meaning "tooth" or "sharpness" and is related to the concept of excellence or "highness". |
| Swedish | I hög grad, meaning 'highly', also means 'in great degree'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "lubos" likely originated from the Spanish word "lo bueno", meaning "the good". |
| Tajik | The word "хеле баланд" in Tajik can also refer to the spiritual journey of a Sufi mystic. |
| Tamil | The word "மிகவும்" in Tamil can also mean "exceedingly","very" and "greatly". |
| Telugu | అత్యంత also means 'extreme' when used in conjunction with other words. |
| Thai | The word "สูง" (pronounced "song") also means "high" in terms of elevation or altitude, and can be used to describe the height of a person, building, or mountain. |
| Turkish | "Büyük ölçüde" means "very much" or "to a great extent" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "високо" can also mean "tall" or "lofty", as in describing a person or building. |
| Urdu | The word "انتہائی" means "extreme" or "intense" in Urdu, and can also be used to describe something that is very important or significant. |
| Uzbek | The word "juda yuqori" can also mean "very much" or "greatly" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "cao" can also refer to a type of grass or reed, and is sometimes used in traditional medicine. |
| Welsh | The word 'hynod' in Welsh can also be interpreted as 'exceedingly' or 'unusually'. |
| Xhosa | The word also means 'great,' 'good,' 'wonderful,' and is sometimes used to indicate 'too much'. |
| Yiddish | It comes from the German word "höchst" and can mean "most" or "very" in Yiddish. |
| Yoruba | Gíga in Yoruba relates to the English word 'giant' and derives from the word 'gígùn', which means 'tall' or 'long'. |
| Zulu | "Kakhulu" also means "great" or "exceedingly" in Zulu. |
| English | The word "highly" can also mean "exalted" or "noble". |