| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Moet ik hem terugfluiten? | - Want me to buy him a whistle? |
| En hij zal me niet meer terugfluiten, dat voel ik. | And he will not return whistle me I feel it. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | xiular | Danish | fløjte |
| English | whistle | Esperanto | fajfi |
| Estonian | vilistama | Finnish | viheltää,vislailla |
| French | siffler, siffloter | German | flöten, pfeifen, sausen |
| Greek | σφυρίζω | Hungarian | fütyül |
| Icelandic | flauta | Indonesian | bersiul, bersuit |
| Italian | fischiare, fischiettare | Lithuanian | švilpauti, švilptelėti, švilpti |
| Macedonian | свирка, свирне | Polish | gwizdać, pogwizdywać, przygwizdywać, świstać, zagwizdać |
| Portuguese | assobiar | Quechua | sukay |
| Romanian | fluiera | Russian | насвистать, насвистеть, насвистывать, посвистеть, посвистывать, присвистывать, свистеть, свистнуть |
| Spanish | chiflar, pitar, silbar | Swedish | susa, vissla |
| Turkish | ıslık çalmak | Vietnamese | huýt gió |