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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dhewbh-der. Proto-Indo-European *dhewbhnós Proto-Germanic *deupaz Proto-West Germanic *deup Old English dēop Middle English dep English deep From Middle English dep, deep, depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhewbh-nós, from *dhewbh- (“deep”). Cognates Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), North Frisian diip, jip (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Alemannic German tüüf (“deep”), Central Franconian deef, deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Luxembourgish déif (“deep”), Mòcheno tiaf (“deep”), Vilamovian tif, tīf, tiif (“deep”), Yiddish טיף (tif, “deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Faroese and Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål djup, dyp (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish djup (“deep”), Scanian djyber (“deep”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups, “deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).

Two main origins: * From the adjective deep, either a topographic surname for someone who lived in a deep valley, or a nickname for a deep and thoughtful person. * Borrowed from Punjabi ਦੀਪ (dīp), from Sanskrit दीप (dīpa).

413 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aklanon: madaeom — having its bottom far down
• Albanian: thellë — having its bottom far down
• Amharic: ጠልቅ (ṭälḳ) — having its bottom far down
• Arabic: عَمِيق (ʕamīq) — having its bottom far down
• Arabic: غَوِيط (ḡawīṭ) — having its bottom far down
• Arabic: غويط (ḡawīṭ) — having its bottom far down
• Arabic: عميق (ʕamīg) — having its bottom far down
• Arabic: غويط (ḡawīṭ) — having its bottom far down
• Arabic: غارق (ḡāreq) — having its bottom far down
• Arabic: عامق (ʕāmeq) — having its bottom far down
• Argobba: ጠልቅ (ṭälq) — having its bottom far down
• Armenian: խոր (xor) — having its bottom far down
• Aromanian: adãncu — having its bottom far down
• Aromanian: afundu — having its bottom far down
• Eastern Arrernte: iperte — having its bottom far down
• Assamese: দ (do) — having its bottom far down
• Asturian: fondu — having its bottom far down
• Avestan: 𐬘𐬀𐬟𐬭𐬀 (jafra) — having its bottom far down
• Azerbaijani: dərin — having its bottom far down
• Bashkir: тәрән (tərən) — having its bottom far down
• Belarusian: глыбо́кі (hlybóki) — having its bottom far down
• Bengali: গভীর (gobhir) — having its bottom far down
• Bhojpuri: गहिर (gahir) — having its bottom far down
• Central Bikol: hararom — having its bottom far down
• Breton: don — having its bottom far down
• Bulgarian: дълбо́к (dǎlbók) — having its bottom far down
• Burmese: နက် (nak) — having its bottom far down
• Catalan: profund — having its bottom far down
• Chamicuro: pnawa — having its bottom far down
• Chechen: кӏорга (kʼorga) — having its bottom far down
• Chinese Cantonese: 深 (sam1) — having its bottom far down
• Chinese Mandarin: 深 (shēn) — having its bottom far down
• Choctaw: hofobi — having its bottom far down
• Corsican: fondu — having its bottom far down
• Czech: hluboký — having its bottom far down
• Danish: dyb — having its bottom far down
• Dongxiang: gun — having its bottom far down
• Dutch: diep — having its bottom far down
• Erzya: домка (domka) — having its bottom far down
• Esperanto: profunda — having its bottom far down
• Estonian: sügav — having its bottom far down
• Estonian: süva — having its bottom far down
• Even: хунта (hunta) — having its bottom far down
• Evenki: суңта — having its bottom far down
• Faroese: djúpur — having its bottom far down
• Finnish: syvä — having its bottom far down
• French: profond — having its bottom far down
• West-Frisian: djip — having its bottom far down
• Galician: profundo — having its bottom far down
• Galician: fondo — having its bottom far down
• Ge'ez: ጥሉቅ (ṭəluḳ) — having its bottom far down
• Georgian: ღრმა (ɣrma) — having its bottom far down
• German: tief — having its bottom far down
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups) — having its bottom far down
• Greek: βαθύς (vathýs) — having its bottom far down
• Ancient Greek: βᾰθύς (băthús) — having its bottom far down
• Hanunoo: abasad — having its bottom far down
• Hebrew: עמוק — having its bottom far down
• Hebrew: עמק ('amoq) — having its bottom far down
• Higaonon: madalum — having its bottom far down
• Hindi: गहरा (gahrā) — having its bottom far down
• Hungarian: mély — having its bottom far down
• Icelandic: djúpur — having its bottom far down
• Ido: profunda — having its bottom far down
• Ingrian: syvä — having its bottom far down
• Ingush: кӏоарга (kʼoarga) — having its bottom far down
• Irish: domhain — having its bottom far down
• Italian: profondo — having its bottom far down
• Japanese: 深い (fukai) — having its bottom far down
• Kabuverdianu: fundu — having its bottom far down
• Kabuverdianu: funde — having its bottom far down
• Kazakh: терең (tereñ) — having its bottom far down
• Khmer: ជ្រៅ (jrɨv) — having its bottom far down
• Korean: 깊은 (gipeun) — having its bottom far down
• Kumyk: терен (teren) — having its bottom far down
• Central Kurdish: قووڵ (qûll) — having its bottom far down
• Northern Kurdish: kûr — having its bottom far down
• Kyrgyz: терең (tereŋ) — having its bottom far down
• Latgalian: dziļs — having its bottom far down
• Latgalian: dziļa — having its bottom far down
• Latin: profundus — having its bottom far down
• Latin: altus — having its bottom far down
• Latvian: dziļš — having its bottom far down
• Latvian: dziļa — having its bottom far down
• Lezgi: дерин (derin) — having its bottom far down
• Lithuanian: gilus — having its bottom far down
• Lithuanian: gili — having its bottom far down
• Low German: deep — having its bottom far down
• Low German: deep — having its bottom far down
• Luxembourgish: déif — having its bottom far down
• Macedonian: длабок (dlabok) — having its bottom far down
• Maguindanao: madalem — having its bottom far down
• Malay: dalam — having its bottom far down
• Manchu: ᡧᡠᠮᡳᠨ (šumin) — having its bottom far down
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: mezalem — having its bottom far down
• Mansaka: mararum — having its bottom far down
• Māori: rētō — having its bottom far down
• Māori: whakarētō — having its bottom far down
• Māori: wheuri — having its bottom far down
• Māori: hohonu — having its bottom far down
• Maranao: madalem — having its bottom far down
• Mòcheno: tiaf — having its bottom far down
• Mongolian: гүн (gün) — having its bottom far down
• Mongolian: гүнзгий (günzgii) — having its bottom far down
• Khiamniungan Naga: ā-àutīng — having its bottom far down
• Nanai: сонгта (soŋta) — having its bottom far down
• Norwegian: dyp — having its bottom far down
• Norwegian: djup — having its bottom far down
• Occitan: prigond — having its bottom far down
• Odia: ଗଭୀର (gabhira) — having its bottom far down
• Pashto: ژور (žëwër) — having its bottom far down
• Persian: گود (gowd) — having its bottom far down
• Persian: عمیق ('amiq) — having its bottom far down
• Persian: ژرف (žarf) — having its bottom far down
• Persian: چوقور (čûqûr) — having its bottom far down
• Plautdietsch: deep (nds) — having its bottom far down
• Pohnpeian: loal — having its bottom far down
• Polish: głęboki — having its bottom far down
• Portuguese: fundo — having its bottom far down
• Portuguese: profundo — having its bottom far down
• Romanian: adânc — having its bottom far down
• Romanian: profund — having its bottom far down
• Russian: глубо́кий (glubókij) — having its bottom far down
• Sanskrit: गभीर (gabhīra) — having its bottom far down
• Sanskrit: निम्न (nimna) — having its bottom far down
• Serbo-Croatian: дубок — having its bottom far down
• Serbo-Croatian: dubok — having its bottom far down
• Slovak: hlboký — having its bottom far down
• Slovene: globok — having its bottom far down
• Lower Sorbian: dłymoki — having its bottom far down
• Upper Sorbian: hłuboki — having its bottom far down
• Spanish: profundo — having its bottom far down
• Spanish: hondo — having its bottom far down
• Spanish: fundo — having its bottom far down
• Sranan Tongo: dipi — having its bottom far down
• Swahili: refu — having its bottom far down
• Swedish: djup — having its bottom far down
• Tagalog: malalim — having its bottom far down
• Tatar: тирән (tirän) — having its bottom far down
• Telugu: లోతు (lōtu) — having its bottom far down
• Thai: ลึก (lʉ́k) — having its bottom far down
• Tongan: loloto — having its bottom far down
• Turkish: derin — having its bottom far down
• Ottoman Turkish: دریڭ (deriñ) — having its bottom far down
• Turkmen: çuň — having its bottom far down
• Ukrainian: глибо́кий (hlybókyj) — having its bottom far down
• Unami: xitkwe — having its bottom far down
• Urdu: گہرا (gahrā) — having its bottom far down
• Veps: süvä — having its bottom far down
• Vietnamese: sâu — having its bottom far down
• Walloon: fond — having its bottom far down
• Walloon: parfond — having its bottom far down
• Welsh: dwfn — having its bottom far down
• Wolaytta: ciimmaa — having its bottom far down
• Yakut: дириҥ (diriŋ) — having its bottom far down
• Yiddish: טיף (tif) — having its bottom far down
• Zazaki: xorı — having its bottom far down
• Armenian: խոր (xor) — a long way inward
• Chinese Mandarin: 深 (shēn) — a long way inward
• Danish: dyb — a long way inward
• Dutch: diep — a long way inward
• Finnish: syvä — a long way inward
• German: tief — a long way inward
• Hebrew: עמק — a long way inward
• Hebrew: עמוק ('amoq) — a long way inward
• Northern Kurdish: kûr — a long way inward
• Low German: deep — a long way inward
• Portuguese: profundo — a long way inward
• Russian: глубо́кий (glubókij) — a long way inward
• Slovene: globok — a long way inward
• Lower Sorbian: dłymoki — a long way inward
• Spanish: profundo — a long way inward
• Spanish: fundo — a long way inward
• Swedish: djup — a long way inward
• Yiddish: טיף (tif) — a long way inward
• Chinese Mandarin: 深 (shēn) — a long way forward
• Danish: dyb — a long way forward
• Dutch: diep — a long way forward
• Finnish: pitkä — a long way forward
• German: tief — a long way forward
• Northern Kurdish: dirêj — a long way forward
• Low German: deep — a long way forward
• Danish: dyb — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Dutch: diep — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Faroese: djúpur — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Finnish: syvä — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• German: tief — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Central Kurdish: قووڵی (qûllî) — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Northern Kurdish: kûr — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Low German: deep — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Portuguese: de fundo — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Russian: глубо́кий (glubókij) — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Slovene: globok — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Lower Sorbian: dłymoki — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Swedish: djup — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Yiddish: טיף (tif) — in extent in a direction away from the observer
• Catalan: fondo — in a number of rows or layers
• Finnish: syvä — in a number of rows or layers
• German: tief — in a number of rows or layers
• Northern Kurdish: kûr — in a number of rows or layers
• Low German: deep — in a number of rows or layers
• Armenian: խոր (xor) — thick in a vertical direction
• Catalan: profund — thick in a vertical direction
• Danish: bred — thick in a vertical direction
• Dutch: dik — thick in a vertical direction
• Finnish: paksu — thick in a vertical direction
• Finnish: tukeva — thick in a vertical direction
• French: épais — thick in a vertical direction
• Galician: fondo — thick in a vertical direction
• Italian: spesso — thick in a vertical direction
• Italian: esteso — thick in a vertical direction
• Northern Kurdish: stûr — thick in a vertical direction
• Northern Kurdish: qalind — thick in a vertical direction
• Low German: dick — thick in a vertical direction
• Portuguese: espesso — thick in a vertical direction
• Catalan: pregon — voluminous
• Danish: dyb — voluminous
• Dutch: diep — voluminous
• Finnish: syvä — voluminous
• German: tief — voluminous
• Hebrew: עמוקה (amuká) — voluminous
• Central Kurdish: قووڵ (qûll) — voluminous
• Northern Kurdish: kûr — voluminous
• Low German: deep — voluminous
• Portuguese: fundo — voluminous
• Russian: глубо́кий (glubókij) — voluminous
• Slovene: globok — voluminous
• Lower Sorbian: dłymoki — voluminous
• Swedish: djup — voluminous
• Armenian: խոր (xor) — profound
• Bashkir: тәрән (tərən) — profound
• Bulgarian: дълбо́к (dǎlbók) — profound
• Catalan: profund — profound
• Chinese Mandarin: 深奧 /深奥 (shēn'ào) — profound
• Danish: dyb — profound
• Danish: dybsindig — profound
• Danish: dybttænkende — profound
• Dutch: diepgaand — profound
• Faroese: djúpur — profound
• Finnish: syvällinen — profound
• French: profond — profound
• Galician: profundo — profound
• Galician: fondo — profound
• German: tief — profound
• German: tiefgründig — profound
• Hebrew: עמק — profound
• Hebrew: עמוק ('amoq) — profound
• Hungarian: mély — profound
• Ido: profunda — profound
• Irish: domhain — profound
• Italian: profondo — profound
• Japanese: 深い (fukai) — profound
• Japanese: 深遠 (shin'en) — profound
• Northern Kurdish: dûrûdirêj — profound
• Northern Kurdish: kûrûdûr — profound
• Latin: profundus — profound
• Low German: deep — profound
• Malay: dalam — profound
• Māori: hōhonu — profound
• Mongolian: гүн (gün) — profound
• Mongolian: гүнзгий (günzgii) — profound
• Plautdietsch: deep (nds) — profound
• Polish: głęboki — profound
• Portuguese: profundo — profound
• Romanian: profund — profound
• Russian: глубо́кий (glubókij) — profound
• Slovene: globok — profound
• Lower Sorbian: dłymoki — profound
• Spanish: profundo — profound
• Spanish: fundo — profound
• Spanish: jondo — profound
• Swedish: djup — profound
• Swedish: djupsinnig — profound
• Tagalog: dep — profound
• Telugu: లోతు (lōtu) — profound
• Ottoman Turkish: دریڭ (deriñ) — profound
• Veps: süvä — profound
• Vietnamese: sâu sắc — profound
• Welsh: dwfn — profound
• Yiddish: טיף (tif) — profound
• Armenian: խոր (xor) — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Bulgarian: нисък (nisǎk) — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Catalan: greu — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Chinese Mandarin: 深沉 (shēnchén) — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Danish: dyb — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Danish: mørk — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Dutch: diep — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Dutch: zwaar — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Faroese: djúpur — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Finnish: matala — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• French: grave — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• German: tief — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Irish: domhain — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Central Kurdish: گڕ (girr) — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Northern Kurdish: girr — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Low German: deep — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Low German: swoor — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Māori: ponguru — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Māori: tanguru — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Norwegian Bokmål: dyp — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørk — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Norwegian Bokmål: lav — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Norwegian Nynorsk: djup — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørk — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Norwegian Nynorsk: låg — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Polish: głęboki — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Polish: niski — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Portuguese: grave — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Russian: ни́зкий (nízkij) — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Serbo-Croatian: dubok — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Slovene: globok — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Lower Sorbian: dłymoki — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Spanish: bajo — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Spanish: grave — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Swedish: djup — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Swedish: låg — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Swedish: mörk — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Udmurt: зӧк (zök) — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Vietnamese: trầm — of a sound or voice, low in pitch
• Armenian: մուգ (mug) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Bulgarian: тъмен (tǎmen) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Bulgarian: наситен (nasiten) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Catalan: intens — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Chinese Mandarin: 濃的 /浓的 (nóng de) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Danish: mørk — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Danish: dyb — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Dutch: donker — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Faroese: djúpur — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Finnish: tumma — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Finnish: syvä — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• French: foncé — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• French: foncée — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• German: dunkel — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Hebrew: עמק — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Hebrew: עמוק ('amoq) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Japanese: 深い (fukai) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Japanese: 濃い (koi) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Central Kurdish: تۆخ (tox) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Northern Kurdish: tarî — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Low German: düüster — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Malay: tua — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Māori: uri — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Mongolian: гүн (gün) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Norwegian Bokmål: dyp — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørk — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Norwegian Nynorsk: djup — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørk — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Polish: głęboki — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Portuguese: profundo — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Spanish: oscuro — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Spanish: intenso — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Turkish: koyu — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Ottoman Turkish: قویو (koyu) — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Vietnamese: đậm — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Vietnamese: sẫm — of a color, dark and highly saturated
• Armenian: խոր (xor) — difficult to awake from
• Bulgarian: дълбо́к (dǎlbók) — difficult to awake from
• Catalan: profund — difficult to awake from
• Danish: dyb — difficult to awake from
• Dutch: diep — difficult to awake from
• Finnish: syvässä unessa — difficult to awake from
• German: tief — difficult to awake from
• Ancient Greek: νήγρετος (nḗgretos) — difficult to awake from
• Ido: profunda — difficult to awake from
• Low German: deep — difficult to awake from
• Polish: głęboki — difficult to awake from
• Portuguese: profundo — difficult to awake from
• Russian: глубо́кий (glubókij) — difficult to awake from
• Slovene: globok — difficult to awake from
• Lower Sorbian: dłymoki — difficult to awake from
• Spanish: fondo — difficult to awake from
• Swedish: djup — difficult to awake from
• Vietnamese: sâu — difficult to awake from
• Armenian: խոր (xor) — deeply
• Bulgarian: дълбо́ко (dǎlbóko) — deeply
• Chinese Mandarin: 深 (shēn) — deeply
• Danish: dybt — deeply
• Dutch: diep — deeply
• Esperanto: profunde — deeply
• German: tief — deeply
• Central Kurdish: بە قووڵی (be qûllî) — deeply
• Low German: deep — deeply
• Macedonian: длабоко (dlaboko) — deeply
• Polish: głęboko — deeply
• Portuguese: profundamente — deeply
• Portuguese: fundo — deeply
• Romanian: adânc — deeply
• Russian: глубоко́ (glubokó) — deeply
• Serbo-Croatian: duboko — deeply
• Slovene: globoko — deeply
• Telugu: లోతుగా (lōtugā) — deeply
• Ukrainian: гли́боко (hlýboko) — deeply
• Bulgarian: глъбина (glǎbina) — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• Danish: dyb — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• Finnish: syvyys — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• German: Tiefe — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• Ingrian: jaama — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• Polish: głębia — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• Portuguese: profundezas — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• Portuguese: pego — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• Romanian: adâncime — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• Romanian: adânc — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• Russian: пучи́на (pučína) — (literary) part of a lake, sea, etc
• German: Tiefe — (US, rare) part of a problem
• Danish: dyb — the sea, the ocean
• French: profondeurs — the sea, the ocean
• German: Tiefe — the sea, the ocean
• Polish: głębiny — the sea, the ocean
• Portuguese: oceano — the sea, the ocean
• Portuguese: mar — the sea, the ocean
• Portuguese: pego — the sea, the ocean
• Russian: пучи́на (pučína) — the sea, the ocean
• Welsh: pellter — (cricket) a fielding position near the boundary