| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ich sollte schnell wissen, ob ich Ihre Stelle aufbessern kann. | I should know very quickly if I can improve your position. |
| Ich will mein Image aufbessern, Turtle, nicht in einer "US Weekly" -Schlagzeile landen. | I wanna improve my image, Turtle, not end up in US Weekly headline. |
| Sie müssen Ihr Angebot aufbessern. | You'll have to improve your offer. |
| - Eigentlich habe ich das Buch aufgebessert. | Actually, I improved the book. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | mirësoj,përmirësoj | Arabic | تحسن |
| Catalan | millorar | Dutch | verbeteren |
| English | improve | Faroese | batna |
| Finnish | kohentua, parantaa, parantua, parata, tsempata | French | améliorer, perfectionner, s’améliorer |
| Greek | βελτιώνομαι, βελτιώνω | Hawaiian | hoʻomaikaʻi |
| Hungarian | javít, javul, megjavít | Icelandic | bæta, skána |
| Indonesian | membaik | Italian | migliorare, migliorarsi |
| Japanese | 改善, 向上, 上達, 進歩 | Latvian | uzlabot |
| Lithuanian | gerinti, pagerėti, pagerinti, pasitaisyti, patobulinti, tobulinti | Macedonian | подобри, подобрува, се подобрува |
| Norwegian | bedre, betra, forbedre, forbetra | Polish | doskonalić, douczać, polepszać, polepszyć, udoskonalać, udoskonalić, ulepszać, ulepszyć, usprawniać, usprawnić, wydobrzeć |
| Portuguese | melhorar | Romanian | îmbunătăți |
| Russian | улучшать, улучшаться, улучшить, улучшиться | Spanish | mejorarse, perfeccionarse, remendar |
| Swedish | bättra, förbättra, putsa | Thai | กระเตื้อง, เงยหน้าอ้าปาก, ปรับปรุง |
| Turkish | ilerletmek | Vietnamese | cải biến, cải lương, cải thiện, cải tiến |