Under in Different Languages
Discover 'Under' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Under
Afrikaans onder | ||
Albanian nën | ||
Amharic በታች | ||
Arabic تحت | ||
Armenian տակ | ||
Assamese অধীনত | ||
Aymara aynacha | ||
Azerbaijani altında | ||
Bambara jukɔrɔ | ||
Basque azpian | ||
Belarusian пад | ||
Bengali অধীনে | ||
Bhojpuri नीचे | ||
Bosnian pod | ||
Bulgarian под | ||
Catalan sota | ||
Cebuano ilalum | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 下 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 下 | ||
Corsican sottu | ||
Croatian pod, ispod | ||
Czech pod | ||
Danish under | ||
Dhivehi އަޑީގައި | ||
Dogri मतैहत | ||
Dutch onder | ||
English under | ||
Esperanto sub | ||
Estonian all | ||
Ewe egɔme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sa ilalim | ||
Finnish alla | ||
French en dessous de | ||
Frisian ûnder | ||
Galician baixo | ||
Georgian ქვეშ | ||
German unter | ||
Greek υπό | ||
Guarani iguýpe | ||
Gujarati હેઠળ | ||
Haitian Creole anba | ||
Hausa a karkashin | ||
Hawaiian malalo | ||
Hebrew תַחַת | ||
Hindi के अंतर्गत | ||
Hmong hauv qab | ||
Hungarian alatt | ||
Icelandic undir | ||
Igbo n'okpuru | ||
Ilocano baba | ||
Indonesian dibawah | ||
Irish faoi | ||
Italian sotto | ||
Japanese 下 | ||
Javanese ing sangisore | ||
Kannada ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ | ||
Kazakh астында | ||
Khmer នៅក្រោម | ||
Kinyarwanda munsi | ||
Konkani खाला | ||
Korean 아래에 | ||
Krio ɔnda | ||
Kurdish binê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) لەژێر | ||
Kyrgyz астында | ||
Lao ພາຍໃຕ້ | ||
Latin sub | ||
Latvian zem | ||
Lingala na nse | ||
Lithuanian pagal | ||
Luganda wansi | ||
Luxembourgish ënner | ||
Macedonian под | ||
Maithili नीचां | ||
Malagasy ambany | ||
Malay bawah | ||
Malayalam കീഴിൽ | ||
Maltese taħt | ||
Maori i raro | ||
Marathi अंतर्गत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯈꯥꯗ | ||
Mizo hnuai | ||
Mongolian дор | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အောက်မှာ | ||
Nepali अन्तर्गत | ||
Norwegian under | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) pansi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ତଳେ | | ||
Oromo jala | ||
Pashto لاندې | ||
Persian زیر | ||
Polish pod | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) debaixo | ||
Punjabi ਦੇ ਅਧੀਨ | ||
Quechua urapi | ||
Romanian sub | ||
Russian под | ||
Samoan lalo | ||
Sanskrit अधः | ||
Scots Gaelic fo | ||
Sepedi ka fase | ||
Serbian испод | ||
Sesotho tlas'a | ||
Shona pasi | ||
Sindhi هيٺ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) යටතේ | ||
Slovak pod | ||
Slovenian spodaj | ||
Somali hoosta | ||
Spanish debajo | ||
Sundanese handapeun | ||
Swahili chini | ||
Swedish under | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sa ilalim | ||
Tajik дар зери | ||
Tamil கீழ் | ||
Tatar астында | ||
Telugu కింద | ||
Thai ภายใต้ | ||
Tigrinya ትሕቲ | ||
Tsonga ehansi | ||
Turkish altında | ||
Turkmen astynda | ||
Twi (Akan) aseɛ | ||
Ukrainian під | ||
Urdu کے تحت | ||
Uyghur ئاستىدا | ||
Uzbek ostida | ||
Vietnamese dưới | ||
Welsh dan | ||
Xhosa ngaphantsi | ||
Yiddish אונטער | ||
Yoruba labẹ | ||
Zulu ngaphansi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "onder" in Afrikaans can also mean "among" or "below" |
| Albanian | In Albanian, |
| Amharic | The word "በታች" has other uses, such as a noun meaning "the downstairs" of a building. |
| Arabic | The word "تحت" in Arabic also means "beneath" or "below" in English. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "տակ" also means "beneath", "at the bottom", "behind", or "in back" depending on the context. |
| Azerbaijani | "Altında" in Azerbaijani, besides meaning "under," also refers to "the bottom," "the lower part," and "the base." |
| Basque | The word "azpian" is related to the word "azpi" (below), which is used to indicate a location below something else. |
| Belarusian | The word "пад" can also refers to a place under the eaves of a house or the area under the floor of a hut used for storing vegetables and other supplies. |
| Bengali | অধীনে' also means "according to" in a specific context when expressing obedience |
| Bosnian | The word 'pod' can also be used to refer to a group or collection of things. |
| Bulgarian | "Под" can also be used to express "near", "beside" or "next to" |
| Catalan | "Sota" also means "deck" or "floor" in Catalan, and it comes from the Latin word "subtus", which means "beneath". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In addition to its primary meaning, "under," the Chinese character "下" also means "down," "below," or "inferior." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 下 has also been used to mean “the morning after.” |
| Corsican | "Sottu" also refers to the underside of an animal, a bed or a vehicle. |
| Croatian | The word 'ispod' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *podъ, meaning 'base, foundation, foot'. This root is also found in other Slavic languages such as Polish, Czech, and Russian. |
| Czech | The Czech word "pod" means "under" but can also mean "near by" or "approximately." |
| Danish | The Danish word "under" is cognate with the English "under" and shares its meaning of "situated or moving at a lower level." |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "onder" may also mean "among" or "during" in certain contexts, such as "onder vrienden" (among friends) or "onderweg" (on the way). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "sub" also signifies "nearly" or "somewhat." |
| Estonian | The word "all" also means "down" or "under" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word "alla" can also mean "according to" or "on the basis of". |
| French | "En dessous de" can also mean "below the surface, hidden, or not apparent". |
| Frisian | The word “ûnder” in Frisian can also mean “between” and “among”, similar to its usage in other Germanic languages like Old English. |
| Galician | In Galician, "baixo" also means low, bass (in music), or short (person) |
| Georgian | The Georgian word ქვეშ can also refer to the concept of subordination, a lower rank, or something inferior. |
| German | In German, "unter" has an alternate meaning of "among" or "between". |
| Greek | "Υπό" can also mean "by" or even "about" in certain archaic constructions. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "હેઠળ" can also be used to describe a subordinate or follower. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "anba" can also mean "secretly" or "without permission." |
| Hausa | The word "a karkashin" also means "in the name of" or "for the sake of" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | In the Hawaiian language, "malalo" has alternate meanings of "submerged" and "below the surface of the ocean". |
| Hebrew | The word "תַחַת" ("under") derives from the Akkadian word "tahatu" and can also mean "instead of" or "because of." |
| Hindi | The word "under" can also mean "subordinate to" or "subject to". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "hauv qab" can also mean "in" or "within" the confines of something. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian verb 'alá' ('down') is related etymologically to other Finno-Ugric words like the Finnish words 'alle' ('down', 'under'), 'ala' ('the downstairs', 'the bottom of something') and 'alhaalla' ('downstairs', at the 'bottom'). |
| Icelandic | The Old Norse word "undirr," which means "off to one side," is the root of the modern Icelandic word "undir." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "n'okpuru" can also mean "beneath" or "subsequent". |
| Indonesian | "Dibawah" comes from the Proto-Austronesian word "*di bavaR" meaning "in the direction of the speaker." |
| Irish | Irish "faoi" derives from Proto-Celtic "upo", meaning "beneath, under, down". |
| Italian | In Italian, "sotto" can also mean "below, beneath, underneath," or "downward," or even "in the direction of". |
| Japanese | The kanji "下" (しも) or "しも" can also mean "to descend" or "to be inferior". |
| Javanese | The word "ing sangisore" can also mean "in the middle" or "in the midst of something". |
| Kannada | In Tulu and Konkani, ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ can also mean "with" or "in the presence of". |
| Kazakh | The word "астында" can also mean "in the presence of" or "behind someone's back". |
| Korean | 아래에 is also used to refer to something that is lower in rank or status. |
| Kurdish | The word 'binê' in Kurdish can also refer to 'downwards' or 'lower part'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "астында" derives from the Proto-Turkic word *astïnda*, meaning "on the lower side" or "in the lower part". |
| Latin | The Latin word "sub" also means "up" or "near," as in "suburban" and "subcutaneous." |
| Latvian | ZEMS, Latvian for “under,” is the same root as ground in the English language. |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian "pagal" is a preposition meaning "according to" and is also used in toponyms to mean "near the river" (like English "by-the-sea") |
| Luxembourgish | "Ënner" derives from the Middle High German "under" and is also used figuratively to indicate something subordinate or inferior. |
| Macedonian | Macedonian "под" derives from the Slavic "podъ", meaning "near" or "by". |
| Malagasy | Ambany also means 'underground' and 'inside' in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "bawah" also colloquially means "downside". |
| Malayalam | The word "കീഴിൽ" (under) in Malayalam can also mean "subject to" or "in the power of". |
| Maltese | The word "taħt" also has the alternate meanings of "below" and "down". |
| Maori | In the Maori language, "i raro" can also mean either "in the lower part" or "of lower rank or importance."} |
| Marathi | The word "अंतर्गत" in Marathi can also mean "within" or "inside". |
| Mongolian | The word "дор" in Mongolian derives from the Proto-Mongolic word "*tori" meaning "foot". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "အောက်မှာ" not only means "under" but also "below", "beneath", "underneath", "at the bottom", and "in a lower position or level." |
| Nepali | The Sanskrit root 'antar' also implies a sense of 'interior', as used in words like 'antaranga' (intimate friend) or 'antarjal' (subterranean water). |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "under" can also mean "wonder" or "miracle". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "pansi" in Nyanja (Chichewa) can also refer to a lower portion, basement, or a person of lower social or economic status. |
| Pashto | The word "لاندې" is also used in Pashto to mean "below" or "beneath". |
| Persian | "زیر" (under) is cognate with "hypo" in English and "hypo" in Greek, both meaning "under" or "below". |
| Polish | The Polish word "pod" has a second meaning, "similar to" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Debaixo" can also mean "hidden" or "secret" in Brazilian Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | In some contexts, it can also mean "below" or "inferior to". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "sub" (meaning "under") is a cognate of the Latin preposition "sub" and can be found in both Romanian and the Romance languages in compounds like "submarine" or "suburban". |
| Russian | In Russian, 'под' can also mean 'near' or 'next to', and is often used in place names, such as Podolsk. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "lalo" also means "within" or "towards" |
| Scots Gaelic | Fo also means 'through' as in 'fo na coille' (through the forest). |
| Serbian | The word “испод” is a homograph, meaning that it can have multiple meanings. One meaning is “under” while the other means “from underneath”. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word "tlas'a" can also refer to being hidden from view. |
| Shona | The Shona word "pasi" also means "underside" or "foot path". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "هيٺ" can also mean "lower" or "inferior". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "යටතේ" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *upo-, meaning "under, below". |
| Slovak | The word "pod" can also mean "to go" or "along" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word 'Spodaj' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'podъ', which means 'under' or 'beneath'. |
| Somali | In Somali, "hoosta" also refers to the underside of an object or the space beneath it. |
| Spanish | The word "debajo" also means "just below the surface of" or "hidden beneath". |
| Sundanese | Handapeun also means 'at', 'by', 'in', 'on', or 'towards' depending on the context |
| Swahili | The word 'chini' may also refer to the bottom part of something, a valley, or a low-lying area. |
| Swedish | Under is also a common component of surnames, like Andersson, meaning "son of Anders". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Sa ilalim ng" (literally "under the") is also used figuratively to mean "in the subject of" or "with regard to" |
| Tajik | The word "дар зери" is also used in a figurative sense to indicate something hidden or not apparent. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, the word "கீழ்" not only means "under" but can also indicate the base or lower part of an object, as in "தளம் கீழ்" (bottom of the platform). |
| Telugu | కింద (kinda) also means 'lower' or 'inferior' in certain contexts. |
| Thai | ภายใต้ (phai tai) means "under" in Thai and is derived from the Sanskrit word "upa-adha" meaning "below" or "underneath" |
| Turkish | "Altında" (literally “in its bottom, or under it”) is the Turkish name of a popular Ottoman dance accompanied by songs praising the Sultan or some religious figures, mostly performed during religious festivals. |
| Ukrainian | The word "під" in Ukrainian has its roots in the Proto-Slavic *podъ, which also means "near" or "next to". |
| Urdu | The word "کے تحت" in Urdu can also mean "in the care of" or "in the custody of." |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "ostida" can also be used to mean the underside of an object, the area beneath a place, or the base or foundation of something |
| Vietnamese | "Dưới" in Vietnamese also means "subordinate" or "inferior". |
| Welsh | An alternative meaning of "dan" in Welsh is "to hide" or "to conceal". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word "ngaphantsi" primarily signifies "beneath," also connoting the concepts of "lower" or "inferior." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'אונטער' ('unter') can also mean 'in front of' or 'in the presence of'. |
| Yoruba | The word "labẹ" also means "subsequently" or "afterwards" in Yoruba, depending on the context. |
| Zulu | The word "ngaphansi" in Zulu is also used to describe the position of being in front of someone who is standing. |
| English | The word 'under' derives from the Old English word 'under', meaning 'below or beneath'. It can also refer to a position of subordination or inferiority. |