Afrikaans sterk | ||
Albanian fuqimisht | ||
Amharic በጥብቅ | ||
Arabic بقوة | ||
Armenian խիստ | ||
Assamese শক্তিশালীভাৱে | ||
Aymara ch’amampi | ||
Azerbaijani şiddətlə | ||
Bambara barika la | ||
Basque biziki | ||
Belarusian моцна | ||
Bengali দৃ .়ভাবে | ||
Bhojpuri मजबूती से कहल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian jako | ||
Bulgarian силно | ||
Catalan fortament | ||
Cebuano kusganon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 强烈地 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 強烈地 | ||
Corsican forti | ||
Croatian snažno | ||
Czech silně | ||
Danish stærkt | ||
Dhivehi ހަރުކަށިކޮށް | ||
Dogri मजबूती से | ||
Dutch sterk | ||
English strongly | ||
Esperanto forte | ||
Estonian tugevalt | ||
Ewe sesĩe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) malakas | ||
Finnish voimakkaasti | ||
French fortement | ||
Frisian sterk | ||
Galician fortemente | ||
Georgian მკაცრად | ||
German stark | ||
Greek δυνατά | ||
Guarani mbarete | ||
Gujarati ભારપૂર્વક | ||
Haitian Creole fòtman | ||
Hausa da karfi | ||
Hawaiian ikaika | ||
Hebrew בְּתוֹקֶף | ||
Hindi दृढ़ता से | ||
Hmong muaj zog heev | ||
Hungarian erősen | ||
Icelandic eindregið | ||
Igbo ike | ||
Ilocano napigsa | ||
Indonesian dengan kuat | ||
Irish go láidir | ||
Italian fortemente | ||
Japanese 強く | ||
Javanese banget | ||
Kannada ಬಲವಾಗಿ | ||
Kazakh қатты | ||
Khmer យ៉ាងខ្លាំង | ||
Kinyarwanda bikomeye | ||
Konkani खरपणान | ||
Korean 강하게 | ||
Krio strɔng wan | ||
Kurdish bi xurtî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بە توندی | ||
Kyrgyz катуу | ||
Lao ຢ່າງແຮງ | ||
Latin vehementer | ||
Latvian stingri | ||
Lingala makasi | ||
Lithuanian stipriai | ||
Luganda mu ngeri ey’amaanyi | ||
Luxembourgish staark | ||
Macedonian силно | ||
Maithili मजबूती से | ||
Malagasy mafy | ||
Malay dengan kuat | ||
Malayalam ശക്തമായി | ||
Maltese bil-qawwa | ||
Maori kaha | ||
Marathi जोरदारपणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯟꯅꯥ ꯍꯣꯠꯅꯔꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo chak takin | ||
Mongolian хүчтэй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် | ||
Nepali कडा | ||
Norwegian sterkt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mwamphamvu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦୃ strongly ଭାବରେ | | ||
Oromo cimsee | ||
Pashto په کلکه | ||
Persian به شدت | ||
Polish silnie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) fortemente | ||
Punjabi ਜ਼ੋਰਦਾਰ | ||
Quechua sinchita | ||
Romanian puternic | ||
Russian сильно | ||
Samoan malosi | ||
Sanskrit दृढतया | ||
Scots Gaelic gu làidir | ||
Sepedi ka matla | ||
Serbian снажно | ||
Sesotho ka matla | ||
Shona zvine simba | ||
Sindhi زور سان | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තදින් | ||
Slovak silno | ||
Slovenian močno | ||
Somali xoog leh | ||
Spanish fuertemente | ||
Sundanese niatna | ||
Swahili kwa nguvu | ||
Swedish starkt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) matindi | ||
Tajik сахт | ||
Tamil வலுவாக | ||
Tatar көчле | ||
Telugu బలంగా | ||
Thai อย่างยิ่ง | ||
Tigrinya ብትሪ | ||
Tsonga hi matimba | ||
Turkish şiddetle | ||
Turkmen güýçli | ||
Twi (Akan) denneennen | ||
Ukrainian сильно | ||
Urdu سختی سے | ||
Uyghur كۈچلۈك | ||
Uzbek kuchli | ||
Vietnamese mạnh mẽ | ||
Welsh yn gryf | ||
Xhosa ngamandla | ||
Yiddish שטארק | ||
Yoruba gidigidi | ||
Zulu ngokuqinile |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "sterk" can also mean "very" or "quite" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | The word "fuqimisht" in Albanian also means "firmly" and "steadfastly". |
| Amharic | The word "በጥብቅ" can also mean "firmly" or "thoroughly." |
| Arabic | بقوة is derived from the verb قوي, meaning to be strong or powerful. |
| Armenian | Խիստ derives from a Proto-Indo-European root that has given rise to several other words related to strength, firmness, and tightness. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "şiddətlə" in Azerbaijani, originally meaning "with force," can be used as an adverb meaning "strongly, intensely." |
| Basque | In Basque, "biziki" can also mean "deeply" or "sincerely." |
| Belarusian | "моцна" can also mean "powerfully" or "forcefully". |
| Bengali | The word "দৃ .়ভাবে" can also mean "firmly" or "sturdily". |
| Bosnian | The word "jako" comes from the Slavic root "jakъ", meaning "how" or "as". It can also mean "very" or "much" in some contexts. |
| Bulgarian | "Силно" means "strongly" but is also an archaic term meaning "salty" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word "fortament" is the adverbial form of the verb "fort", meaning "to make strong" or "to fortify". |
| Cebuano | The term 'kusganon' in Cebuano is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root *kusan, meaning 'strong'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "强烈地" can also mean "intensely" or "passionately". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "強烈地" can also mean "intensely" or "violently". |
| Corsican | "Forti" can also mean "brave" or "robust" |
| Croatian | "Snažno" can also refer to "with might" and is related to the noun "s(i)la" ("strength") and the adjective "sil(i)ni" ("strong"). |
| Czech | The word 'silně' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'silьnь' meaning 'strong' and is related to the word 'slat' meaning 'to salt' and 'silnice' meaning 'road'. |
| Danish | The word "stærkt" can also mean "very" or "greatly". |
| Dutch | "Sterk" derives from the Proto-Germanic *sterkaz, "rigid, sturdy, firm," and is related to the English word "stark." |
| Esperanto | The word "forte" comes from the Italian word that means "strong" or "loud". |
| Estonian | "Tug" in "tugevalt" is the same as "tug" in "tug-of-war", and "tugevalt" can also mean "tightly" or "firmly" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | "Voima" is not only the word for "strength" but also for "butter". The connection is seen for example in the expression "voita leivälle," which means "butter on bread" but is also a word play referring to "adding power to your bread." |
| French | "Fortement" also means "loudly" and is derived from the Latin "fortis" |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "sterk" can also mean "stubborn" or "strong-willed" |
| Galician | 'Fortemente' in Galician can also mean 'in a fortress' or 'in a loud voice'. |
| Georgian | In Georgian, "მკაცრად" ("strongly") can also refer to the concept of harshness, severity, or strictness, emphasizing the intensity of the force or action being described. |
| German | In German, the word "stark" can also mean "naked" or "harsh". |
| Greek | The word "δυνατά" is also the neuter plural of the adjective "δυνατός" ("powerful") and can be used to mean "powers", "forces", or "abilities". |
| Gujarati | The word "ભારપૂર્વક" is also used to refer to an emphasis or stress on something. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "fòtman" in Haitian Creole, despite its literal translation to "strongly," can also mean "forcefully" or "sturdily." |
| Hausa | "Karfi' is the Hausa word for 'strength'. In the phrase 'da karfi', 'da' means 'with', so 'da karfi' literally means 'with strength' or 'strongly'. |
| Hawaiian | The word "ikaika" can also refer to "a person of strong will" or "a warrior". |
| Hebrew | בְּתוֹקֶף can also mean "by virtue of" or "by reason of" and is often used in legal contexts. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word दृढ़ता से ("strongly") derives from the Sanskrit root दृह् ("to be firm") and is also used as an intensifier in various contexts. |
| Hmong | The prefix "muaj zog" can also mean "very" or "too" depending on context. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, the word "erősen" can also mean "very" or "a lot". |
| Icelandic | Eindregið can also mean 'insistently' or 'doggedly'. |
| Igbo | In addition to its literal meaning, "ike" can also signify "exceedingly" or "intensely". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "dengan kuat" can also mean "firmly" or "steadfastly". |
| Irish | The word "go láidir" can also be used to mean "be healthy" or "be strong-willed" in Irish. |
| Italian | The word "fortemente" also means "loudly" in a musical context. |
| Japanese | The word "強く" can also mean "tenaciously" or "firmly". |
| Javanese | The root word of "banget" is 'bang' with the addition of suffix "et" to form a comparative word meaning more or less than. |
| Kannada | "ಬಲವಾಗಿ" is derived from the root word "ಬಲ(bala)" meaning "power" or "strength". It can also mean "forcefully" or "violently" in certain contexts. |
| Kazakh | Қатты is not only commonly used as an adverb, meaning «strongly», but can also be an adjective or a noun |
| Korean | 강하게 can also be used to mean 'intensely' or 'fiercely' |
| Kurdish | The word "bi xurtî" in Kurdish is derived from the verb "xurîn", meaning "to pour" or "to flow", and signifies a forceful or intense action. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "катуу" in Kyrgyz can also mean "hard", "firm", or "solid" depending on the context. |
| Latin | The word 'vehementer' also means 'furiously' or 'with violence.' |
| Latvian | The word "stingri" can also mean "firmly" or "tenaciously" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "stipriai" also has the archaic meaning of "with certainty" and was often used in the context of oaths and affirmations. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word "staark" has its roots in the Old High German term "starc", meaning "strong'' or "powerful". |
| Macedonian | The word "силно" in Macedonian also means "very". |
| Malagasy | The word **mafy** derives from the root "mafy" meaning "tight" or "firm". |
| Malay | "Dengan kuat" is a phrase in Malay which when translated to English can also literally mean "by force." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "bil-qawwa" is derived from the Arabic phrase "bi al-qawwa," meaning "with force or strength." |
| Maori | The word 'kaha' also carries connotations of stability, durability, and resistance. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "जोरदारपणे" has no alternate meanings and is solely used to mean "strongly". |
| Mongolian | The word 'хүчтэй' can also be used to refer to someone or something that is powerful, influential, or effective. |
| Nepali | The word "कडा" can also mean "bracelet" or "bangle" in Hindi and Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "sterkt" is derived from the Old Norse word "sterkr", meaning "strong, firm, or robust". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mwamphamvu" can also mean "with great force" or "with great power". |
| Pashto | The origin of "په کلکه" is debated, with theories suggesting Persian, Sanskrit, and even Old Turkic roots. |
| Persian | "به شدت" means not only "very much" but can also be translated to "extremely" or "greatly". |
| Polish | The word 'silnie' can also mean 'forcibly' or 'powerfully'. It is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'silьnъ', which meant 'strong' or 'powerful'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In music, "fortemente" means "loudly" and is similar to the English word "forte". |
| Romanian | "Puternic" also translates to "potent" in English. |
| Russian | "Сильно" can also mean "much" in a quantitative sense, or "very" in the sense of intensifying a quality. |
| Samoan | Malōsi is a common Samoan word used today to mean "very," "much," or "excessive." |
| Scots Gaelic | The initial meaning of the two words was 'very courageous', with 'gu' meaning 'to', 'làidir' meaning 'strong' and '-r' forming the comparative |
| Serbian | The word "снажно" in Serbian has a similar root to the word "снага" (strength), which is related to the Proto-Slavic word "sъnъga". It can also mean "stoutly" or "sturdily". |
| Sesotho | The word "ka matla" in Sesotho can also mean "with force" or "in a powerful way". |
| Shona | The literal meaning of 'zvine simba' is 'like a lion', referring to the strength of a lion. |
| Sindhi | The word "زور سان" in Sindhi is also used to describe a person who is physically strong or powerful. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | තදින් is sometimes used to describe a person with strong convictions, but its original meaning is more closely related to |
| Slovak | The word "silno" has two meanings in Slovak: "strongly" and "intensely". |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "močno" can also mean "heavily" or "intensely". |
| Somali | Xoog leh literally translates to "strength with" in Somali. |
| Spanish | "Fuertemente" can also mean "firmly" or "steadfastly". |
| Sundanese | "Niatna" is a variant of "niatna" which means "intend" or "have the intention to do something." |
| Swahili | "Kwa nguvu" also means "with force" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "starkt" in Swedish also means "naked" or "unadorned", which is reflected in its historical Germanic root "sterkaz" meaning "stiff" or "fixed". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Matindi also means 'intense' or 'severe' and is derived from the Tagalog word 'tindi' ('intensity'). |
| Tajik | The word "сахт" is also used in the sense of "forcefully" and "compulsorily". |
| Tamil | The word "வலுவாக" (strongly) can also mean "vigorously". |
| Telugu | The word "బలంగా" can also mean "firmly" or "tightly" in Telugu. |
| Thai | อย่างยิ่ง is a Thai word that can also mean 'exceedingly', 'greatly', or 'very much'. |
| Turkish | "Şiddet" means "violence" or "intensity" in Turkish, and the adverb "şiddetle" is derived from the noun "şiddet". |
| Ukrainian | The word "сильно" (strongly) in Ukrainian also means to be a large quantity of money. |
| Urdu | سختی سے can also mean 'with difficulty' or 'hardly'. |
| Uzbek | The word "kuchli" ultimately derives from the Mongolian word for "strength" and also has meanings such as "powerful," "sturdy," and "solid" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "mạnh mẽ" is an adverb meaning "strongly" in Vietnamese, and it is derived from the Chinese word " mạnh mẽ," which means "violent" or "strong." |
| Welsh | The term "yn gryf" can also mean "in a manner that is firm or determined". |
| Xhosa | Ngamandla's possible origin is from the words 'ngama' (same) and 'ndla' (like), meaning 'same with' or 'similar to'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שטארק" (stark) originates from the Old High German word "sterk", meaning "strong" or "rigid". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba term "gidigidi" can also signify "intensity" or "excessiveness". |
| Zulu | The word "ngokuqinile" can be broken down into "ngoku" (now) and "qinile" (strong), implying an immediate and intense level of strength. |
| English | Historically, strongly could also mean strongly flavored or smelling, or physically robust. |