| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Also? Wen habt Ihr als unsere Geisel auserkoren? | So who have you chosen for our hostage? |
| Das Schicksal hat Sie dazu auserkoren, ein Kind zur Welt zu bringen. Ein neues Wesen. | Fate has chosen you to help bring a baby into the world, a new bud. |
| Dass ich auserkoren sei, den Dienst des Totenwächters anzutreten. | That I had been chosen to take up the service of the Guardian of the Dead. |
| Du glaubst mir auch, denn es stärkt dein Ego... zu wissen, dass du als einziger von Milliarden Menschen... in den 12 Kolonien für meine Mission auserkoren wurdest. | And you believe me because it flatters your ego... to believe that alone, among all the billions of people... of the Twelve Colonies, you were chosen for my mission. |
| Er hat sie seit Anbeginn der Zeit auserkoren. | And he's chosen them from the beginning of time. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | zgjedh | Arabic | اختار |
| Azeri | seçmək | Basque | aukeratu |
| Catalan | elegir,escollir | Danish | vælge |
| Dutch | kiezen, uitkiezen | English | choose |
| Esperanto | elekti | Estonian | eelistama, otsustama, valima |
| Faroese | kjósa, velja | Finnish | valita |
| French | choisir, déchoisir | Greek | διαλέγω |
| Hebrew | בחר | Hungarian | megválaszt, választ, válogat |
| Icelandic | velja | Indonesian | memilih, pilih |
| Italian | decernere, scegliere | Japanese | 取捨 |
| Latvian | izvēlēties | Lithuanian | išsirinkti, parinkti, pasirinkti |
| Macedonian | избере, избира, одбере, одбира | Malay | memilih |
| Maltese | għażel | Maori | whiriwhiri |
| Norwegian | velge, velja | Persian | انتخاب کردن |
| Polish | dobierać, dobrać, podobierać, wybierać, wybrać | Portuguese | escolher |
| Quechua | akllay | Romanian | alege |
| Russian | выбирать, выбрать, избирать, избрать, облюбовать, облюбовывать, отбирать, отобрать | Spanish | elegir, escoger |
| Thai | เลือก | Turkish | seçim yapmak, seçmek |
| Vietnamese | chọn, chọn lọc, lựa chọn, tuyển |
