| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Gédéon will die Fotos, es artet aus, und er bringt ihn um. | Trying to get the photos back, it degenerates. Gédéon kills him. |
| Es war Maria aus Magdala, die, nachdem sie ihren Mann verliess,.. mit ihrem Liebhaber in die Festung floh, von Luxus umgeben... veranstaltete sie Bankette, die zu skandalösen Trinkgelangen ausarteten. | It was Mary Magdalene, who, after leaving her husband... retreated to a castle with her lover where in great luxury... she held banquets that degenerated into scandalous orgies. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | degenerere | Dutch | ontaarden,verloederen, verworden |
| English | degenerate | Esperanto | degeneri |
| Estonian | degenereeruma, väärastama, väärastuma | Finnish | degeneroida, degeneroitua, rappeuttaa, rappeutua |
| French | dégénérer | Greek | εκφυλίζω, εκχειλίζω, εκχιονίζω, εκχυλίζω |
| Hungarian | degenerál, elkorcsosodik | Italian | imbastardirsi, snaturarsi, tralignare |
| Japanese | 退化 | Macedonian | дегенерира |
| Polish | degenerować, nikczemnieć, przerodzić, wyrodnieć, zdegenerować, zwyrodnieć | Portuguese | degenerar, descambar |
| Spanish | degenerar | Thai | ทราม |
| Turkish | soysuzlaşmak | Vietnamese | suy biến, thoái hóa |