| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aber meine Nachforschungen besagen, dass er eine Offene-Tür-Regel hat, dass er gemeinschaftlich ist. | But my research says he has an open door policy, That he's collaborative. Doesn't mean he isn't crazy busy. |
| Das will gar nichts besagen. | It doesn't mean that at all. |
| Das will nichts besagen. | You see, that doesn't mean anything. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | عنى,قصد | Catalan | significar |
| Danish | betyde, mene | Dutch | bedoelen, beduiden, betekenen, menen |
| English | mean | Esperanto | signifi |
| Faroese | merkja | Finnish | meinata, tarkoittaa |
| French | vouloir | Greek | εννοώ, σημαίνω |
| Hungarian | jelent | Indonesian | berarti |
| Italian | intendere, significare | Japanese | 意味 |
| Latvian | nozīmēt | Lithuanian | reikšti |
| Macedonian | значи | Malay | berarti |
| Norwegian | bety, meina | Polish | oznaczać, znaczyć |
| Portuguese | querer dizer, significar, tencionar | Romanian | însemna |
| Russian | значить, означать | Swedish | betyda, betyga, innebära, mena |
| Thai | หมาย, หมายความ | Turkish | anlamına gelmek |