| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Du schmunzelst. | -Yeah, a smile. |
| Ich verstehe, warum Sie schmunzelten, als ich nach einem Videorekorder fragte. | No wonder you smiled when I asked if you had a video player. |
| Aber wenn es einen Anlass zum Scherzen gibt, schmunzele ich gern einmal. | But if there is a reason for a joke, I like to smile. Even your Aunt Hedwig. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | glimlag | Albanian | buzëqesh |
| Arabic | ابتسم,بسم, تبسم | Catalan | somriure |
| Danish | smile | Dutch | glimlachen |
| English | smile | Esperanto | rideti |
| Faroese | smíla | Finnish | hymyillä, hymytä, myhäillä |
| French | sourire | Greek | χαμογελάω |
| Hebrew | חייך | Hungarian | mosolyog |
| Indonesian | tersenyum | Italian | arridere, sorridere, sorridersi |
| Japanese | ニコニコ, 微笑む | Latvian | pasmaidīt, smaidīt |
| Lithuanian | nusišypsoti, šypsotis, šyptelėti | Macedonian | се насмевне, се насмевнува |
| Malay | senyum | Maori | menemene |
| Norwegian | smile | Persian | لبخند زدن |
| Polish | uśmiechać, uśmiechnąć | Portuguese | sorrir |
| Russian | улыбаться, улыбнуться | Spanish | sonreír, sonreírse |
| Swedish | le | Thai | ยิ้ม |
| Turkish | gülümsemek | Vietnamese | mỉm cười |