| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Und statt den Sonnenaufgang oder mich anzusehen, konnte er nur grummeln und zog ein düsteres Gesicht. | And instead of looking at the sunrise or at me, all he could do was grumble along with a face black as thunder. |
| ', grummelten sie, als die Sonne über ihnen brannte. | Not much shade! ' they grumbled, as they set out across the scorching sand. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | قمقم | Catalan | rondinar |
| Dutch | mopperen,moraliseren | English | grumble |
| Estonian | jorisema, jõrisema, jörisema, nurama, torisema | Finnish | marmattaa, mukista, napista, nurkua, purnata, urputtaa |
| French | bougonner, grommeler, ronchonner, rougner | Icelandic | sífra |
| Indonesian | bersungut-sungut | Italian | bofonchiare |
| Japanese | ぼやく | Macedonian | мрчи |
| Norwegian | knurre | Polish | poburczeć, pogderać, pokwękać, sarkać, utyskiwać, zrzedzić, zrzędzić |
| Russian | брюзжать, бурчать, ворчать, пробурчать, рычать, урчать | Spanish | refunfuñar, rezongar |
| Thai | ครวญ | Turkish | homurdanmak |
| Vietnamese | càu nhàu, làu bàu |